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Pre-Stack Simultaneous Inversion for Petrophysical Properties of the Lower Wilcox Erosional Remnant Sandstone Along the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain
Proceedings of the SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting (2019, San Antonio, TX)
  • T. Zhang
  • Y. Lin
  • Kelly H. Liu, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Stephen S. Gao, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

The lower Wilcox sand deposits encased between two continuous erosional sequences are of good reservoir quality and usually gas productive. However, the distribution of sedimentation is laterally scattered and hard to interpret in seismic data. Simultaneous inversion of petrophysical parameters such as P-impedance, S-impedance, and density by the integration of pre-stack data and well logs allows us to quantitatively characterize the reservoirs, and to distinguish them from the surrounding rocks. In this study, we use pre-stack inversion of the petrophysical parameters for the gas reservoir in an analog field. For wells that are missing sonic and density logs, we estimate the parameters using the time average equation and Gardner's equation, respectively. The estimation results are verified using well log correlations. Rock physics analyses are conducted to find the optimal parameters to characterize the producing sand. Our inversion results show a successful delineation of the reservoir using the Vp/Vs value. In addition, the sandstone is mapped in the crossplot of the inverted results.

Meeting Name
SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting 2019 (2019: Sep. 15-20, San Antonio, TX)
Department(s)
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Center for High Performance Computing Research
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2020 Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
9-1-2020
Publication Date
01 Sep 2020
Citation Information
T. Zhang, Y. Lin, Kelly H. Liu and Stephen S. Gao. "Pre-Stack Simultaneous Inversion for Petrophysical Properties of the Lower Wilcox Erosional Remnant Sandstone Along the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain" Proceedings of the SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting (2019, San Antonio, TX) (2020) p. 694 - 698
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kelly-liu/140/