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ELASTIC IMPEDANCE INVERSION FOR RESERVOIR AND HYDROCARBON IDENTIFICATION, NORTHERN PATTANI BASIN, GULF OF THAILAND |
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| Creator | Monawat Kamolsilp |
| Title | ELASTIC IMPEDANCE INVERSION FOR RESERVOIR AND HYDROCARBON IDENTIFICATION, NORTHERN PATTANI BASIN, GULF OF THAILAND |
| Contributor | - |
| Publisher | Department of Geology, Chulalongkorn University |
| Publication Year | 2559 |
| Journal Title | Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand (BEST) |
| Journal Vol. | 8 |
| Journal No. | 2 |
| Page no. | 62-72 |
| Keyword | Elastic impedance, Inversion, Partial-angle stacked seismic |
| URL Website | https://www.bestjournal.org/ |
| Website title | Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand |
| ISSN | 1906-280X |
| Abstract | The study area is located in the northern part of the Pattani Basin, Gulf of Thailand. The main reservoirs in this Basin are early to middle Miocene fluvial sandstone. The imaging of these reservoirs using seismic data is always challenging due to the rapid lateral and vertical lithological variations of fluvial systems. Also, the normal faulting in this Basin causes the reservoir to be highly compartmentalized. Rock physics analysis was studied and elastic impedance inversion techniques were applied to improve the reservoir imaging and to predict potential hydrocarbon bearing zone. According to the rock physic analysis, far-angle elastic impedance can differentiate between clean sand and shale in main reservoir interval. P-impedance and near-angle elastic impedance cannot clearly separate sand and shale in the studied intervals. Hydrocarbon sand shows lower values in far-angle elastic impedance compared to the wet sand, whereas P-impedance of hydrocarbon sand and wet sand falls in the same ranges. The far-angle elastic impedance inversion volume was generated. The inversion results show a reasonable match with the blind test wells which conform to the rock physics analysis. The sand mapping reveals that far-angle elastic impedance can detect sand distribution and it can predict potential hydrocarbon zones in the main reservoir interval. The hydrocarbon zones can be further confirmed by using the seismic crossplots of near-angle and far-angle elastic impedance inversion. This study shows that elastic impedance inversion can be used to predict the reservoir distribution and identify potential hydrocarbon zone. |
