Granted Patent B2

US 8,064,287 · App. 11/646,935 · Granted Nov 22, 2011

Abstract

Claims (39)

1. A method for mapping a property of a subsurface reservoir, comprising:

determining a value of at least one reservoir property from measurements obtained from a well drilled through the reservoir

determining a relationship between the at least one property of the reservoir and at least one seismic attribute and at least one electromagnetic survey attribute respectively from seismic data acquired and electromagnetic survey data acquired at a geodetic position of the well;

determining a value of the at least one reservoir property at least one other geodetic position from a value of the at least one seismic attribute and a value of the at least one electromagnetic survey attribute respectively from seismic data and electromagnetic survey data acquired at the at least one other geodetic position and from the determined relationship;

at least one of storing the determined value at the at least one other geodetic position and displaying the determined value at the at least one other geodetic position; and

matching a resolution of the electromagnetic survey data to a resolution of the seismic data comprising solving a constrained system of linear equations.

2. A method for mapping a property of a subsurface reservoir, comprising:

determining a value of at least one reservoir property from measurements obtained from a well drilled through the reservoir

determining a relationship between the at least one property of the reservoir and at least one seismic attribute and at least one electromagnetic survey attribute respectively from seismic data acquired and electromagnetic survey data acquired at a geodetic position of the well, comprising solving a set of linear equations relating the reservoir property to the at least one seismic attribute and the at least one electromagnetic survey attribute;

determining a value of the at least one reservoir property at least one other geodetic position from a value of the at least one seismic attribute and a value of the at least one electromagnetic survey attribute respectively from seismic data and electromagnetic survey data acquired at the at least one other geodetic position and from the determined relationship; and

at least one of storing the determined value at the at least one other geodetic position and displaying the determined value at the at least one other geodetic position.

3. A computer program stored in a computer readable medium, the program having logic operable to cause a programmable computer to perform steps comprising:

determining a value of at least one reservoir property from measurements obtained from a well drilled through the reservoir

determining a relationship between the at least one property of the reservoir and at least one seismic attribute and at least one electromagnetic survey attribute respectively from seismic data acquired and electromagnetic survey data acquired at a geodetic position of the well;

determining a value of the at least one reservoir property at least one other geodetic position from a value of the at least one seismic attribute and a value of the at least one electromagnetic survey attribute respectively from seismic data and electromagnetic survey data acquired at the at least one other geodetic position and from the determined relationship;

at least one of storing the determined value at the at least one other geodetic position and displaying the determined value at the at least one other geodetic position; and

matching a resolution of the electromagnetic survey data to a resolution of the seismic data comprising solving a constrained system of linear equations.

4. A computer program stored in a computer readable medium, the program having logic operable to cause a programmable computer to perform steps comprising:

determining a value of at least one reservoir property from measurements obtained from a well drilled through the reservoir

determining a relationship between the at least one property of the reservoir and at least one seismic attribute and at least one electromagnetic survey attribute respectively from seismic data acquired and electromagnetic survey data acquired at a geodetic position of the well, comprising solving a set of linear equations relating the reservoir property to the at least one seismic attribute and the at least one electromagnetic survey attribute;

determining a value of the at least one reservoir property at least one other geodetic position from a value of the at least one seismic attribute and a value of the at least one electromagnetic survey attribute respectively from seismic data and electromagnetic survey data acquired at the at least one other geodetic position and from the determined relationship;

at least one of storing the determined value at the at least one other geodetic position and displaying the determined value at the at least one other geodetic position.

5. A method of mapping the Earth's subsurface comprising:

acquiring seismic data over a selected area of the Earth's subsurface;

acquiring electromagnetic survey data over the selected area of the Earth's subsurface;

acquiring petrophysical data from at least on well proximate the selected area;

determining a value of at least one reservoir property from the petrophysical data;

determining a relationship between the at least one property of the reservoir and at least one seismic attribute and at least one electromagnetic survey attribute respectively from the seismic data and the electromagnetic survey data acquired at proximate the geodetic position of the well;

determining a value of the at least one reservoir property at least one other geodetic position from a value of the at least one seismic attribute and a value of the at least one electromagnetic survey attribute respectively from seismic data and electromagnetic survey data acquired at the at least one other geodetic position and from the determined relationship;

at least one of storing the determined value at the at least one other geodetic position and displaying the determined value at the at least one other geodetic position; and

matching a resolution of the electromagnetic survey data to a resolution of the seismic data comprising solving a constrained system of linear equations.

6. A method of mapping the Earth's subsurface comprising:

acquiring seismic data over a selected area of the Earth's subsurface;

acquiring electromagnetic survey data over the selected area of the Earth's subsurface;

acquiring petrophysical data from at least on well proximate the selected area;

determining a value of at least one reservoir property from the petrophysical data;

determining a relationship between the at least one property of the reservoir and at least one seismic attribute and at least one electromagnetic survey attribute respectively from the seismic data and the electromagnetic survey data acquired at proximate the geodetic position of the well, comprising solving a set of linear equations relating the reservoir property to the at least one seismic attribute and the at least one electromagnetic survey attribute;

determining a value of the at least one reservoir property at least one other geodetic position from a value of the at least one seismic attribute and a value of the at least one electromagnetic survey attribute respectively from seismic data and electromagnetic survey data acquired at the at least one other geodetic position and from the determined relationship; and

at least one of storing the determined value at the at least one other geodetic position and displaying the determined value at the at least one other geodetic position.

Assignments (8)