Lu, Shaoming and McMechan, George (2002): Elastic impedance inversion of multi-channel seismic data to detect gas hydrate and free gas

Leg/Site/Hole:
ODP 164
ODP 164 994
ODP 164 995
ODP 164 997
Identifier:
2003-036713
georefid

Creator:
Lu, Shaoming
University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, United States
author

McMechan, George
author

Identification:
Elastic impedance inversion of multi-channel seismic data to detect gas hydrate and free gas
2002
In: Anonymous, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, international exposition and 72nd annual meeting; technical program, expanded abstracts with authors' biographies
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, OK, United States
72
293-296
Gas hydrates and free-gas trapped beneath them contain a major untapped source of energy and so are of potential economic importance. However, the elastic properties of hydrated sediments are not well-known, which leads to inaccuracy in the evaluation of the amount of gas hydrates worldwide. We reprocess multi-channel seismic line BT-1 from the Blake Ridge off the east coast of North America to obtain migrated common-angle data sets, which are then inverted for elastic impedance. New algorithms are developed and evaluated to estimate P-impedance and S-impedance from the elastic impedance. After estimating the P- and S-iumpedances, the Poisson's ratio, and Lame parameters are estimated. These elastic parameters show the presence of gas hydrates and free-gas in different ways. Calibrations, developed with the well-logs are applied to the P-impedance to estimate the water-filled porosity. The gas hydrate and free-gas saturation and concentration are estimated from the water-filled porosity with a combination of Archie's equations. The gas hydrate has as average concentration of approximately 3-5.5% by volume, and is highest (8.5%) at the base of the Gas Hydrate Stability Zone (GHSZ). The free-gas concentration ranges from 1 to 8.5% by volume, and is most developed at the topographic high.
English
Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:31.5035
West:-75.3245East: -75.2807
South:31.4708

Economic geology, geology of energy sources; Applied geophysics; aliphatic hydrocarbons; alkanes; Atlantic Ocean; Blake-Bahama Outer Ridge; body waves; data processing; elastic impedance; elastic properties; elastic waves; gas hydrates; geophysical methods; geophysical surveys; hydrocarbons; impedance; inverse problem; Leg 164; methane; multichannel methods; natural gas; North Atlantic; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 994; ODP Site 995; ODP Site 997; organic compounds; P-waves; petroleum; S-waves; seismic methods; seismic migration; seismic waves; surveys; velocity analysis;

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