Model experiments to identify relationships between seismic attributes and reservoir characteristics
https://doi.org/10.18303/2619-1563-2025-1-59
Abstract
The results of mathematical modeling of a thin and wedding formation with variable thickness, porosity, and a layer of mineralized water are presented. The values of twelve attributes were calculated using these models. The results demonstrate possible relationships of some attributes under consideration with both porosity and thickness. Other attributes show relationships only with thickness, while individual attributes reveal relationships with thickness and a layer of mineralized water. Thus, the modeling performed allowed us to form groups of attributes that optimize the determination of object characteristics and demonstrated their possible nonlinear relationships with attributes.
Keywords
seismic exploration,
attribute analysis,
relationship of attributes with properties of the medium,
modeling
Supporting agencies: The study was carried out as part of government assignment to the Russian Academy of Sciences in basic research, Project FWZZ-2022-0017.
About the Authors
D. I. Kostashchuk
Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, SB RAS;
Novosibirsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Daniil I. Kostashchuk
Koptyug Ave., 3, Novosibirsk, 630090
Pirogova Str., 1, Novosibirsk, 630090
G. M. Mitrofanov
Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, SB RAS;
Novosibirsk State University;
Novosibirsk State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Georgy M. Mitrofanov
Koptyug Ave., 3, Novosibirsk, 630090
Pirogova Str., 1, Novosibirsk, 630090
K. Marks Ave., 20, Novosibirsk, 630073
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Kostashchuk D.I., Mitrofanov G.M. Model experiments to identify relationships between seismic attributes and reservoir characteristics. Russian Journal of Geophysical Technologies. 2025;(1):59-77. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.18303/2619-1563-2025-1-59
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