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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2003
Frederick David Gray, Calgary, CA;
Abdel M. Zellou, Bourg La Reine, CA;
Dragana Todorovic-marinic, Calgary, CA;
Sean T. Boerner, Cypress, TX (US);
Frederick David Gray, Calgary, CA;
Abdel M. Zellou, Bourg La Reine, CA;
Dragana Todorovic-Marinic, Calgary, CA;
Sean T. Boerner, Cypress, TX (US);
Veritas DGC Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of reservoir fracture characterization are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes: 1) obtaining seismic traces; 2) combining seismic traces into gathers that reveal acoustic reflectivity as a function of offset, azimuth, and position; 3) measuring reflection anisotropy as a function of position; 4) determining a relationship between reflection anisotropy and fracture intensity measurements at specific positions; and 5) applying the relationship to reflection anisotropy measurements to create a set of fracture intensity measurements at regularly-spaced positions.