Rock-physics modelling for interpreting thin-bed effects on inverted elastic properties

Carl Reine

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... (Backus, 1962). Here we look at how the measurements from this equivalent layer may be interpreted to infer data about the reservoir layers of interest...

Pore-Pressure Prediction in the Permian Basin Using Seismic Prestack Inversion

Colin Sayers, Lennert den Boer

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., the western sub-basin of the Permian Basin. Also shown is the upscaled velocity obtained by Backus averaging (Backus, 1962), assuming an averaging length...

High-frequency sequence stratigraphy from seismic sedimentology: Applied to Miocene, Vermilion Block 50, Tiger Shoal area, offshore Louisiana

Hongliu Zeng, Tucker F. Hentz

AAPG Bulletin

... Coast Section SEPM Foundation Perkins Research Conference, CD-ROM.Zeng, H., M. M. Backus, K. T. Barrow, and N. Tyler, 1995, Three-dimensional seismic...

ABSTRACT: Reservoir Delineation by Geophysical Methods in the Suizhong 36-1 Oil Field, Bohai Gulf, China, by John B. Gustavson; #91003 (1990).

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ABSTRACT: Reservoir Delineation by Geophysical Methods in the Suizhong 36-1 Oil Field, Bohai Gulf, China, by John B. Gustavson, Xin Shi Gong; #90097 (1990).

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ABSTRACT: Reservoir Delineation by Geophysical Methods in the Suizhong 36-1 Oil Field, Bohai Gulf, China, by John B. Gustavson, Xin Shigang; #91000 (1990).

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Geological Classification of Seismic-Inversion Data in the Doba Basin of Chad

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Abstract: Unconventionals Acoustic Velocities: Model Development from Acoustic Microscope Measurements;

Alessandra Simone, Lori Hathon, Michael Myers

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... is measured on the same sample volume using scanning acoustic microscopy. A Backus average of the measured velocities of each layer type agrees well...

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... the available sonic logs. The initial Vp model was combined with an anisotropy model coming from Backus averaging and regional knowledge. Two multi...

The propagator and transfer matrix for a 3D inhomogeneous dissipative acoustic medium, expressed in Marchenko focusing functions

Kees Wapenaar, Sjoerd de Ridder, Marcin Dukalski, Christian Reinicke

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...; Wapenaar and de Ridder, 2022). A propagator matrix (Gilbert and Backus, 1966; Kennett, 1972; Woodhouse, 1974) “propagates” a full wave field (pressure...

Abstract: The Evolving Role of Geophysics in Exploration. From Amplitudes to Geomechanics (Paper C7)

E. C. Andersen, D. Gray

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... to the seismic ray path came under scrutiny. This brought rock physics into play – the next great innovation. Backus et al. (1993) describe...

Abstracts: The Evolving Role of Geophysics in Exploration: From Amplitudes to Geomechanics; #90173 (2015)

Eric Andersen, David Gray

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... component to the seismic ray path came under scrutiny. This brought rock physics into play – the next great innovation. Backus et al (1993) describe...

Stromatolitic mats from an uplifted Pleistocene lagoon at Punta Chivato on the Gulf of California (Mexico)

David H. Backus, Markes E. Johnson

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...Stromatolitic mats from an uplifted Pleistocene lagoon at Punta Chivato on the Gulf of California (Mexico) David H. Backus, Markes E. Johnson PALAIOS...

Integration of Core Data with Well Logs for Geomechanical Property Determination and Monitoring in the Argentinean Vaca Muerta Shale Formation

Maxwell Willis, Azra N. Tutuncu

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... individual cluster and can help by providing to upscale better the input parameters for characterization and modeling studies. The Backus method has...

Analysis of elastic modulus and brittleness properties of coalbed methane reservoir based on rock physics modeling

Aner Huang, Yaofan Zhang, Guowei Wang, Zhaoji Zhang

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... minerals need to be dealt with by different methods respectively. To simulate the complex structure, we first combine the Backus average and Bond...

Abstract: Numerical Modeling for Different Types of Fractures; #90187 (2014)

Xiaoqin Cui, Laurence R. Lines, and Edward S. Krebes

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... Schoenberg and Muir (1989) presented the group theory formula based on the effective medium theory (Backus, 1962) to conveniently calculate the elastic...

Abstracts: Determining Elastic Constants of an Orthorhombic Material by Physical Seismic Modeling; #90173 (2015)

Faranak Mahmoudian, Gary F. Margrave, P. F. Daley, and Joe Wong

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... of Calgary. Theory The linear expression for P phase velocity in geophysics discipline comes from the work of Backus (1965) as:  v 2  n   cijkl ni...

Seismic Sedimentological Expression of Higher-Order Lowstand Slope Fans and Prograding Deltas in the Frio Formation, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas

Hongliu Zeng, Robert G. Loucks

GCAGS Transactions

...° phasing of seismic traces (Zeng and Backus, 2005a, 2005b) and stratal slicing (Zeng et al., 1998a, 1998b). The purpose of 90° phasing of seismic data...

Seismic Sedimentology and Depositional Systems in the Upper Cretaceous Olmos Formation, Gold River North Field, Webb County, South Texas

Xiupeng Li and Hongliu Zeng

GCAGS Transactions

... at Austin, 164 p. Zeng, H., and M. M. Backus, 2005a, Interpretive advantages of 90°-phase wavelets: Part I. Modeling: Geophysics, v. 70, p. C7-C15...

Seismic reservoir characterization in a VTI anisotropic media: Case study in Malay Basin

Amir Abbas Babasafari, Deva Prasad Ghosh, Seyed Yaser Moussavi AlAshloo, Yasir Bashir, Chica Sambo, Ahmed M.A. Salim

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

.... First using Backus averaging and Berryman equations, stiffness parameters together with Thomsen parameters at well locations are Warta Geologi, Vol. 44...

Sieve Analysis as Tomography

William Menke

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... are needed to determine the distribution of shapes over a size range of about a factor of ten. BACKUS, G., AND GILBERT, F., 1970, Uniqueness...

Seismic frequency control on carbonate seismic stratigraphy: A case study of the Kingdom Abo sequence, west Texas

Hongliu Zeng, Charles Kerans

AAPG Bulletin

.... 38, p. 1176–1180.Yilmaz, O., 1987, Seismic data processing: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 526 p.Zeng, H., M. M. Backus, K. T. Barrow, and N...

Groundbreakers: Re-Living Some Great Moments in Petroleum Geoscience; #70307 (2017)

Henry Edmundson

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... for £24.99  Nigel Anstey (Seismograph Service Limited/Seiscom Delta)  Milo Backus (GSI/University of Texas at Austin)  Bert Bally (Shell/Rice...

Seismic assessment of maturity and richness in carbonate source rocks

Mita Sengupta, David Jacobi, Shannon Eichmann, Brad Wallet, Yazeed Altowairqi, Salma Alsinan

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

..., leading to the anisotropic composite that is welldescribed by Backus averaging. Rock Physics Forward Model Rock physics modeling of these carbonate mud...

Métodos de Conversión Tiempo-Profundidad: Analisis y Discusión de Resultados en un Modelo Estructuralmente Complejo [PAPER IN SPANISH] Methods of Time-Depth Conversion: Analysis and Discussion of Results in a Complex Structural Models

Juan Carlos Vega D., Andres Mora

Asociación Colombiana de Geólogos y Geofisicos del Petróleo (ACGGP)

...Métodos de Conversión Tiempo-Profundidad: Analisis y Discusión de Resultados en un Modelo Estructuralmente Complejo [PAPER IN SPANISH] Methods...