| Author | Le Anh Tuan |
| Note | A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for
the degree of Master of Engineering (Professional) in
Geo-Exploration and Petroleum Geo-Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | In order to consider of the need to perform further timely & costly 3D surveys or even to drill a risky exploration well, we have to maximize all information extraction from existing
2D seismic data which is at the early stage of any exploration. For getting information
from seismic data I applied 2D AVO/AVA forward modeling, analysis and evaluation
steps to the public field dataset.
The objective of this study is to predict how the fluids laterally saturate the interested
reservoir on the 2D seismic section. For the objective I tried to develop a workflow of 2D
AVO/AVA forward modeling and to verify the workflow with a public field dataset for the
applicability and effectiveness of the workflow.
In this study I applied the workflow to a public dataset from Enfield oil field in Australia,
where mainly oil with some gas and water had been produced from the reservoir. From the
interpretation of the results, a discussion was made about the potential applicability of this
workflow in terms of predicting the possible fluid saturated in the reservoir away from the
control well. From these results, the higher confident recommendation for the next well's
locations could be made.
Since this methodology was aimed to imply for the immature exploration field where
limited information is available, results of this research would be only considered as a
qualitative interpretation and predictive answer for the explore-or-not consideration and
decision. However, based on this meaningful outcome, a lot of further works, such as
demanding quantitative reservoir characterization or seismic inversion, would easily attract
our attentions as soon as 3D survey becomes available. |
| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Research Study Project Report (RSPR) |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management (Professional Master) (MPM-CM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Pham Huy Giao; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Jang, Seong Hyung;Noppadol Phien-Wej; |