Seismic porosity mapping in the Ekofisk Field using a new form of collocated cokriging
An important practical problem in the geosciences is the integration of seismic attribute information in subsurface mapping applications. The aim is to utilize a more densely sampled secondary variable such as seismic impedance to guide the interpolation of a related primary variable such as porosity. The collocated cokriging technique was recently introduced to facilitate the integration process. Here we propose a simplified implementation of collocated cokriging based on a Bayesian updating rule. We demonstrate that the cokriging estimate at one point can be obtained by direct updating of the kriging estimate with the collocated secondary data. The linear update only requires knowledge of the kriging variance and the coefficient(s) of correlation between primary and secondary variables. No cokriging system need be solved and no reference to spatial cross-covariances is required. The new form of collocated cokriging is applied to predict the lateral variations of porosity in a reservoir layer of the Ekofisk Field, Norwegian North Sea. A cokriged porosity map is obtained by combining zone average porosity data at more than one hundred wells and acoustic impedance information extracted from a 3-D seismic survey. Utilization of the seismic information yields a more detailed and reliable image of the porosity distribution along the flanks of the producing structure.
- OSTI ID:
- 471882
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961003--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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