Understanding Subsurface Fracture Evolution Dynamics Using Time‐Lapse Full Waveform Inversion of Continuous Active‐Source Seismic Monitoring Data
Abstract
Abstract Predicting the behavior, geometry, and flow properties of subsurface fractures remains a challenging problem. Seismic models that can characterize fractures usually suffer from low spatiotemporal resolution. Here, we develop a correlative double‐difference time‐lapse full waveform inversion of continuous active source seismic monitoring data for determining high‐spatiotemporal‐resolution time‐lapse V p models of in‐situ fracture evolution at a shallow contamination site in Wyoming, USA. Assisted by rock physics modeling, we find that (a) rapidly increasing pore pressure initializes and grows the fracture, increasing the porosity slightly (from ∼13.7% to ∼14.6%) in the tight clay formation, thus decreasing V p (∼50 m/s); (b) the fluid injection continues decreasing V p , likely through the introduction of gas bubbles in the injectate; and (c) final V p reductions reach over ∼150 m/s due to a posited ∼4.5% gas saturation. Our results demonstrate that high‐resolution V p changes are indicative of mechanical and fluid changes within the fracture zone during hydrofracturing.
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[1];
[1];
[2]
- Department of Geosciences The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA USA
- Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science Rice University Houston TX USA
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1958219
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1923752; OSTI ID: 1962877
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FE0031544
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Volume: 50 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; hydrofractures; seismic; time-lapse monitoring
Citation Formats
Liu, Xuejian, Zhu, Tieyuan, and Ajo‐Franklin, Jonathan. Understanding Subsurface Fracture Evolution Dynamics Using Time‐Lapse Full Waveform Inversion of Continuous Active‐Source Seismic Monitoring Data. United States: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.1029/2022GL101739.
Liu, Xuejian, Zhu, Tieyuan, & Ajo‐Franklin, Jonathan. Understanding Subsurface Fracture Evolution Dynamics Using Time‐Lapse Full Waveform Inversion of Continuous Active‐Source Seismic Monitoring Data. United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101739
Liu, Xuejian, Zhu, Tieyuan, and Ajo‐Franklin, Jonathan. Wed .
"Understanding Subsurface Fracture Evolution Dynamics Using Time‐Lapse Full Waveform Inversion of Continuous Active‐Source Seismic Monitoring Data". United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101739.
@article{osti_1958219,
title = {Understanding Subsurface Fracture Evolution Dynamics Using Time‐Lapse Full Waveform Inversion of Continuous Active‐Source Seismic Monitoring Data},
author = {Liu, Xuejian and Zhu, Tieyuan and Ajo‐Franklin, Jonathan},
abstractNote = {Abstract Predicting the behavior, geometry, and flow properties of subsurface fractures remains a challenging problem. Seismic models that can characterize fractures usually suffer from low spatiotemporal resolution. Here, we develop a correlative double‐difference time‐lapse full waveform inversion of continuous active source seismic monitoring data for determining high‐spatiotemporal‐resolution time‐lapse V p models of in‐situ fracture evolution at a shallow contamination site in Wyoming, USA. Assisted by rock physics modeling, we find that (a) rapidly increasing pore pressure initializes and grows the fracture, increasing the porosity slightly (from ∼13.7% to ∼14.6%) in the tight clay formation, thus decreasing V p (∼50 m/s); (b) the fluid injection continues decreasing V p , likely through the introduction of gas bubbles in the injectate; and (c) final V p reductions reach over ∼150 m/s due to a posited ∼4.5% gas saturation. Our results demonstrate that high‐resolution V p changes are indicative of mechanical and fluid changes within the fracture zone during hydrofracturing.},
doi = {10.1029/2022GL101739},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
number = 4,
volume = 50,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2023},
month = {Wed Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2023}
}
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Figure 1: (a) The hydrofracturing experiment site at the F.E. Warren Air Force Base (FEW AFB) in Wyoming, USA. (b) The cross-well continuous active source seismic monitoring geometry with 10 sources in 1M and 30 receivers in 5M. (c) A temporal gather of a single source-receiver trace indicated by themore »
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