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High-Resolution Seismic Characterization of Gas Hydrate Reservoir Using Wave-Equation-Based Inversion

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  • Jie Shao

    (Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resource Research, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
    Innovation Academy for Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China)

  • Yibo Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resource Research, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
    Innovation Academy for Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China)

  • Yanfei Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resource Research, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
    Innovation Academy for Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China)

  • Hongyong Yan

    (Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resource Research, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
    Innovation Academy for Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China)

Abstract

The high-resolution seismic characterization of gas hydrate reservoirs plays an important role in the detection and exploration of gas hydrate. The conventional AVO (amplitude variation with offset) method is based on a linearized Zoeppritz equation and utilizes only the reflected wave for inversion. This reduces the accuracy and resolution of the inversion properties and results in incorrect reservoir interpretation. We have studied a high-resolution wave-equation-based inversion method for gas hydrate reservoirs. The inversion depends on the scattering integral wave equation that describes a nonlinear relationship between the seismic wavefield and the elastic properties of the subsurface medium. In addition to the reflected wave, it considers more wavefields including the multiple scattering and transmission during inversion to improve the subsurface illumination, so as to enhance the accuracy and resolution of the inversion properties. The results of synthetic data from Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea, demonstrate the validity and advantages of the wave-equation-based inversion method. It can effectively improve the resolution of inversion results compared to the conventional AVO method. In addition, it has good performance in the presence of noise, which makes it a promising method for field data.

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  • Jie Shao & Yibo Wang & Yanfei Wang & Hongyong Yan, 2022. "High-Resolution Seismic Characterization of Gas Hydrate Reservoir Using Wave-Equation-Based Inversion," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(20), pages 1-16, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:20:p:7652-:d:944476
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