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Research on the approximate equation inversion method for the physical properties parameters of OA media with decoupling of stress and fracture effects

Zihang  Fan 
Zhaoyun  Zong 
Keywords: OA media; Born approximation; Initial stress;Azimuth Amplitude Difference Method.

Abstract

Pre-stack seismic inversion is an effective method for predicting reservoir physical parameters. At the same time, azimuth seismic data is a reliable source of information for predicting underground reservoir elastic parameters, fracture parameters, and interface parameters and has rich underground information. However, it is difficult to determine whether the anisotropy of the reservoir is caused by stress or the original fractures. Therefore, distinguishing the influence of fractures and initial stress in the reservoir from azimuth seismic data is the key to predicting reservoir parameters. Because of the problem of insufficient consideration of the influence of stress and fracture weakness in OA media, based on Born's first-order scattering theory and Bayesian inversion framework, an approximate equation for the reflection coefficient decoupling fracture anisotropy and stress-induced anisotropy was constructed, and a linear inversion method based on the approximate equation was developed, realizing the exploration of methods for predicting fracture weakness and stress action parameters. Model testing and actual work area application have verified the feasibility and practicability of predicting underground medium parameters from seismic response characteristics.