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Rock Physics Modeling: Report and a Case Study

암석 물리 모델링: 기술 보고 및 적용 사례

  • Lee, Gwang H. (Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Pukyong National University)
  • 이광훈 (부경대학교 에너지자원공학과)
  • Received : 2016.02.25
  • Accepted : 2016.06.04
  • Published : 2016.06.28
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Abstract

Rock physics serves as a useful tool for seismic reservoir characterization and monitoring by providing quantitative relationships between rock properties and seismic data. Rock physics models can predict effective moduli for reservoirs with different mineral components and pore fluids from well-log data. The distribution of reservoirs and fluids for the entire seismic volume can also be estimated from rock physics models. The first part of this report discusses the Voigt, Reuss, and Hashin-Shtrikman bounds for effective elastic moduli and the Gassmann fluid substitution. The second part reviews various contact models for moderate- to high-porosity sands. In the third part, constant-cement model, known to work well for the sand that gradually loses porosity with deteriorating sorting, was applied to the well-log data from an oil field in the North Sea. Lastly, the rock physics template constructed from the constant-cement model and the results from the prestack inversion of 2D seismic data were combined to predict the lithology and fluid types for the sand reservoir of this oil field.

암석 물리(rock physics)는 암석의 물성과 탄성파 자료의 정량적인 연결 고리로서 저류암 특성화와 모니터링 등에 적용되는 중요한 도구이다. 암석 물리를 기반으로 시추공 검층 자료로부터 공극 유체와 구성 성분이 다양한 암석의 성질을 대표하는 유효 탄성 계수(effective elastic constants)를 모델링하여 탄성파 자료에 적용함으로서 탄성파 자료전체에 대한 저류암 분포와 공극 유체를 유추할 수 있다. 본 보고에서는 먼저 Voigt, Reuss, Hashin-Shtrikman의 유효 탄성 계수 한계값과 Gassmann 방정식을 이용한 유체 치환에 대해서 설명한 후에 공극률이 비교적 높은 저류 사암에 널리 적용되는 접촉(contact) 암석 물리 모델들을 소개했다. 그리고 접촉 암석 물리 모델 중에서 분포 깊이가 어느 정도 일정하고 공극률이 비교적 높은 사암에 적합한 것으로 알려진 일정 교결량(constant-cement) 모델을 북해 유전의 검층 자료에 적용하여 암석 물리 견본(rock physics template)을 완성했다. 마지막으로 이 암석 물리 견본과 현장 2D 탄성파 자료의 중합전 역산 결과로부터 이 유전의 저류암과 덮개암, 공극 유체 분포를 예측해 보았다.

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