Abstract:
A method is described for deriving high-resolution reservoir properties for a subsurface reservoir. The method may include receiving a seismic dataset; inverting the seismic dataset to generate an ensemble of coarse-scale seismic parameters, wherein the inverting may use one of Bayesian models with Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling, simulated annealing, partial swarm, or analytic Bayes formulations; receiving fine-scale lithotype models; developing deep learning neural networks based on transfer learning using the fine-scale lithotype models to generate a conditional probability distribution of high-resolution reservoir parameters; generating an ensemble of high-resolution reservoir parameters using the deep learning neural network to condition the ensemble of coarse-scale seismic parameters; and displaying, on a user interface, the ensemble of high-resolution reservoir parameters. The method is executed by a computer system.
Abstract:
A method and system for characterizing subsurface hydraulic fractures, specifically the effective permeability thereof, are disclosed. One method includes transmitting electromagnetic signals from an electromagnetic source toward a subsurface hydraulic fracture location, capturing electromagnetic signal measurements of a subsurface hydraulic fracture on the Earth's surface above the subsurface hydraulic fracture location at a plurality of electromagnetic receivers, and associating characteristic hydraulic flow parameters with the electromagnetic signal measurements to determine one or more fracture zones. The method further includes determining an effective permeability of the one or more fracture zones, thereby determining an effectiveness of hydraulic fracturing in the subsurface hydraulic fracture location.
Abstract:
A method for determining placement of MFEIT sensors in a horizontal well for detecting producing stages of the horizontal well. Embodiments involve computationally modeling the underlying physics of a well system and performing inversion to identify the MFEIT parameters (locations and conductivity) from electrical impedance measurements.
Abstract:
A method is described for subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir characterization including receiving a time-lapse electromagnetic (EM) dataset and a flow dataset; inverting the time-lapse EM dataset using a parametric inversion that models steel well casings to determine a volume of fluid-changed reservoir; inverting the time-lapse EM dataset and the flow dataset using a joint inversion that honors the volume of the fluid-changed reservoir to determine relative permeability and capillary pressure; and characterizing flow characteristics in the volume of the fluid-changed reservoir. The method may be executed by a computer system.
Abstract:
A system and a method for estimating a reservoir parameter are provided. The method includes calculating a plurality of priors using a Markov random field, the plurality of priors comprising probability distributions of a plurality of litho-types; calculating posterior distributions based on the priors, the posterior distribution depending upon measured geophysical data, geophysical attributes and reservoir parameters; and determining at least a portion of litho-types in the plurality of litho-types that correlate most with the measured geophysical data.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for training a model that uses probabilities of lithologies as prior information in an inversion are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain training data, the training data including (i) subsurface map data sets, and (ii) known lithologies; obtain an initial seismic mapping model; generate a conditioned seismic mapping model by training the initial seismic mapping model; store the conditioned seismic mapping model; obtain a target subsurface map data set; apply the conditioned seismic mapping model to generate a classified lithology map data set; apply an inversion to the classified lithology map data set to generate volumes of lithologies; generate an image that represents the volumes of lithologies; display the image.
Abstract:
A system and a method for estimating a reservoir parameter are provided. The method includes calculating a plurality of priors using a Markov random field, the plurality of priors comprising probability distributions of a plurality of litho-types; calculating posterior distributions based on the priors, the posterior distribution depending upon measured geophysical data, geophysical attributes and reservoir parameters; and determining at least a portion of litho-types in the plurality of litho-types that correlate most with the measured geophysical data.
Abstract:
A method is described for generating a subsurface model using stochastic full waveform inversion by receiving a seismic dataset representative of a subsurface volume of interest; performing stochastic full waveform inversion of the seismic dataset to generate a long wavelength subsurface model; and performing full waveform inversion of the seismic dataset using the long wavelength subsurface model as a starting model to generate an improved subsurface model. The method may further include performing seismic imaging of the seismic dataset using the improved subsurface model to generate a seismic image and identifying geologic features based on the seismic image. The method may be executed by a computer system.
Abstract:
A multi-frequency signal may be used to induce voltage difference across a portion of a pipe. The voltage difference may be induced to take multi-frequency measurement of impedance characteristics of fluid inside the pipe. The multi-frequency measurement of the impedance characteristic of the fluid inside the pipe may be used to determine a characteristic of the fluid inside the pipe. This may be achieved by active integration of experimental data with high-resolution multi-frequency electrical impedance tomography (MFEIT) modeling.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for training a model that uses probabilities of lithologies as prior information in an inversion are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain training data, the training data including (i) subsurface map data sets, and (ii) known lithologies; obtain an initial seismic mapping model; generate a conditioned seismic mapping model by training the initial seismic mapping model; store the conditioned seismic mapping model; obtain a target subsurface map data set; apply the conditioned seismic mapping model to generate a classified lithology map data set; apply an inversion to the classified lithology map data set to generate volumes of lithologies; generate an image that represents the volumes of lithologies; display the image.