Frequency Dependent Reflectivity Discloses Hydrocarbon Potential of Reservoir Rocks

Autor: N. L. Baransky, E. A. Davydova, A. N. Inozemtsev, E. A. Kozlov
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: 68th EAGE Conference and Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2006.
DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.201402329
Popis: We analyze compressional wave attenuation in fluid-saturated porous material with porous inclusions having different compressibility and very different spatial scale in comparison with the background. Such a medium exhibits attenuation due to wave-induced fluid flow across the interface between inclusion and background. We show that overall wave attenuation is governed by the superposition of two coupled fluid-diffusion processes. Associated with two characteristic spatial scales, we compute two cross-over frequencies that separate three different frequency regimes. We give a physical explanation for an intermediate range of frequencies, where attenuation scales with square-root of frequency. The potential application of this model is in estimation of the background permeability as well as inclusion scale (thickness) by identifying these frequencies from the attenuation measurement.
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