Determination of anisotropic physical characteristics in and around reservoirs
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1. A method, comprising:
- ascertaining a perturbation of an anisotropic physical property in a reservoir and in a surrounding rock mass over time; and
determining the change in a seismic attribute resulting from the perturbation in the anisotropic physical property.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for use in estimating stress fields in a geological formation are disclosed. The method includes ascertaining a perturbation of stress in the triaxial stress state in a reservoir and in a surrounding rock mass over time; and determining the change in a seismic attribute resulting from the perturbation in the stress. The apparatus includes a program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computing device, perform such a method or a computing system programmed to perform such a method.
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1. A method, comprising:
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ascertaining a perturbation of an anisotropic physical property in a reservoir and in a surrounding rock mass over time; and
determining the change in a seismic attribute resulting from the perturbation in the anisotropic physical property. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computing device, perform a method comprising:
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ascertaining a perturbation of an anisotropic physical property in a reservoir and in a surrounding rock mass over time; and
determining the change in a seismic attribute resulting from the perturbation in the stress. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computing apparatus comprising:
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a processor;
a bus system;
a storage communicating with the processor over the bus system; and
a software application capable of performing, when invoked by the processor, a method comprising;
ascertaining a perturbation of an anisotropic physical property in a reservoir and in a surrounding rock mass over time; and
determining the change in a seismic attribute resulting from the perturbation in the stress. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A program storage medium encoded with a plurality of processed data generated by a method comprising:
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ascertaining a perturbation of an anisotropic physical property in a reservoir and in a surrounding rock mass over time; and
determining the change in a seismic attribute resulting from the perturbation in the stress. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method, comprising:
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creating a model of a reservoir and a surrounding rock mass from acquired geophysical data;
simulating the reservoir behavior during production from the model; and
applying the results of the simulation to a stress-sensitive rock physics model describing the changes in seismic velocities as a function of stress-state of a geologic formation defining the reservoir. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computing device, perform a method comprising:
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creating a model of a reservoir and a surrounding rock mass from acquired geophysical data;
simulating the reservoir behavior during production from the model; and
applying the results of the simulation to a stress-sensitive rock physics model describing the changes in seismic velocities as a function of stress-state of a geologic formation defining the reservoir. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A computing apparatus comprising:
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a processor;
a bus system;
a storage communicating with the processor over the bus system; and
a software application capable of performing, when invoked by the processor, a method comprising;
creating a model of a reservoir and a surrounding rock mass from acquired geophysical data;
simulating the reservoir behavior during production from the model; and
applying the results of the simulation to a stress-sensitive rock physics model describing the changes in seismic velocities as a function of stress-state of a geologic formation defining the reservoir. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A program storage medium encoded with a plurality of processed data generated by a method comprising:
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creating a model of a reservoir and a surrounding rock mass from acquired geophysical data;
simulating the reservoir behavior during production from the model; and
applying the results of the simulation to a stress-sensitive rock physics model describing the changes in seismic velocities as a function of stress-state of a geologic formation defining the reservoir. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A method, comprising:
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determine at least one anisotropic variation in a stress state of a reservoir and a surrounding rock mass over time; and
determine at least one anisotropic seismic attribute based on the anisotropic variation in the stress state of the reservoir and the surrounding rock mass. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67)
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68. A method, comprising:
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ascertaining a perturbation of seismic velocities caused by changes in the stress state in a reservoir and in a surrounding rock mass over time; and
determining the change in a seismic attribute resulting from the perturbation in the anisotropic physical property. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70)
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