A Multicomponent Walkaway Vertical Seismic Profile Experiment in a Heavy Oil Reservoir

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dc.contributor.advisorLawton, Donald Caleb
dc.contributor.authorWu, Bona
dc.contributor.committeememberLines, Laurence R.
dc.contributor.committeememberInnanen, Kristopher A. H.
dc.contributor.committeememberYarranton, Harvey
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-03T16:24:16Z
dc.date.available2016-05-03T16:24:16Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractA multicomponent walkaway VSP experiment was successfully processed and used to predict rock properties in a heavy oil reservoir. Post-stack image and pre-stack gathers were made for inversion and AVO analysis. A common shot reflectivity gather was also created for AVO study at the VSP well location. P and S-wave impedance, reflectivity, Vp/Vs and density were studied. AVO attributes and their crossplots were analyzed. Furthermore, AVO Lambda-mu-rho analysis and AVO modeling were conducted. The analyses helped to identify different lithologies and changes of fluids in the target reservoir. The study showed no obvious gas effects in the target interval, a finding validated by production data. The converted-wave data had good resolution. PP-PS joint inversion added more details to P-wave inversion only. This case study demonstrated that multicomponent VSP is an effective tool to predict rock properties, characterize the reservoir, and monitor production.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWu, B. (2016). A Multicomponent Walkaway Vertical Seismic Profile Experiment in a Heavy Oil Reservoir (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24801en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/24801
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2942
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEducation--Sciences
dc.subjectGeology
dc.subjectGeophysics
dc.subject.classificationVSPen_US
dc.subject.classificationMulticomponenten_US
dc.subject.classificationAVOen_US
dc.subject.classificationPP-PS joint inversionen_US
dc.subject.classificationreservoir characterizationen_US
dc.titleA Multicomponent Walkaway Vertical Seismic Profile Experiment in a Heavy Oil Reservoir
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineGeology and Geophysics
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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