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Source repeatability of time-lapse offset VSP surveys for monitoring CO2 injection

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The sources of time-lapse offset vertical seismic profiling (VSP) surveys should be located exactly at the same positions to reliably monitor reservoir changes due to CO2 injection. However, there is often some uncertainty in source locations during time-lapse data acquisitions. We use double-difference tomography and downgoing waves of time-lapse offset VSP data to invert for the source locations and the velocity structures simultaneously. We use synthetic data for validation and apply doubledifference tomography to time-lapse offset VSP data acquired at the Aneth oil field in Utah for monitoring CO2 injection. Our synthetic studies demonstrate that doubledifference tomography can accurately invert for VSP source locations. Our results of Aneth field data show that real source locations of time-lapse offset VSP surveys are separated up to a few tens of meters. Accounting for these source location differences can improve reliability of timelapse VSP monitoring.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSociety of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 80th Annual Meeting 2010, SEG 2010
PublisherSociety of Exploration Geophysicists
Pages4232-4236
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781617389801
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
EventSociety of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 80th Annual Meeting 2010, SEG 2010 - Denver, United States
Duration: 17 Oct 201022 Oct 2010

Publication series

NameSociety of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 80th Annual Meeting 2010, SEG 2010

Conference

ConferenceSociety of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 80th Annual Meeting 2010, SEG 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver
Period17/10/1022/10/10

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