Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Estimation of reservoir flow properties from seismic data
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Application No.: US16708710Application Date: 2019-12-10
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Publication No.: US11346968B2Publication Date: 2022-05-31
- Inventor: Brent D. Wheelock , Mehmet D. Ertas
- Applicant: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
- Applicant Address: US NJ Annandale
- Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
- Current Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Annandale
- Agent Scott F. Yarnell
- Main IPC: G01V1/30
- IPC: G01V1/30 ; E21B49/00 ; G01V1/28

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for identifying non-elastic indicators for a subsurface region, the method including obtaining seismic data for the subsurface region; generating a best-fit elastic model from the seismic data; and identifying non-elastic indicators from the seismic data and the best-fit elastic model. The method and apparatus may also include estimating reservoir flow properties from the non-elastic indicators based on a poroelastic interpretation of the seismic response. The method and apparatus may also include subdividing the seismic data into a plurality of subdivisions, wherein: generating the best-fit elastic model from the seismic data includes generating an individual best-fit elastic model for each subdivision; identifying non-elastic indicators from the seismic data and the best-fit elastic model includes identifying individual non-elastic indicators from each subdivision and its respective individual best-fit elastic model; and estimating the reservoir flow properties from the non-elastic indicators comprises analyzing the individual non-elastic indicators based on the subdivisions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200233111A1 Estimation of Reservoir Flow Properties From Seismic Data Public/Granted day:2020-07-23
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