Joint impedance and facies inversion of time-lapse seismic data for improving monitoring of CO2 incidentally stored from CO2 EOR

Barajas-Olalde, César; Mur, Alan; Adams, Donald C.; Jin, Lu; He, Jun; Hamling, John A.; Gorecki, Charles D.

doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103501

Joint impedance and facies inversion of time-lapse seismic data for improving monitoring of CO₂ incidentally stored from CO₂ EOR

Journal Article · Sun Nov 07 23:00:00 EST 2021 · International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103501· OSTI ID:1977178

Barajas-Olalde, César ^[1]; Mur, Alan ^[2]; Adams, Donald C. ^[3]; Jin, Lu ^[3]; He, Jun ^[3]; Hamling, John A. ^[3]; Gorecki, Charles D. ^[3]

Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (United States). Energy and Environmental Research Center; OSTI
Ikon Science Americas, Houston, TX (United States)
Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (United States). Energy and Environmental Research Center

Time-lapse seismic monitoring is an effective and proven technology for mapping the distribution of CO₂ in a subsurface reservoir. When injected CO₂ displaces other reservoir fluids, porous-medium properties are changed and thus the seismic impedance changes, causing time-lapse seismic amplitude differences in the injection zones. The analysis and interpretation of images created from these amplitude differences can provide information about reservoir architecture and the CO₂ migration within the reservoir. Incorporating seismic inversion and rock physics into the interpretation of time-lapse seismic data can considerably improve the modeling and monitoring to detect and assess the location of CO₂ over time. The joint inversion method presented in this paper has an integral representation of the geology in the inversion algorithm using elastic facies, which provides information about the spatial distribution of the geologic heterogeneities controlling the movement of fluids in the reservoir. The method was successfully applied to time-lapse seismic data from a mature oil field undergoing CO₂ enhanced oil recovery. The estimated seismic acoustic impedances and facies reflect the characteristics of individual geologic facies and fluid conditions of the reservoir subject to CO₂ injection. Finally, the probabilities estimated by the joint impedance and facies inversion for the reservoir's litho-fluid facies can be used for forecasting CO₂ saturation and pressure changes within the target reservoir.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0031540

OSTI ID:: 1977178

Journal Information:: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Journal Name: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control Journal Issue: C Vol. 112; ISSN 1750-5836

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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