Imaging the Morrow A Sandstone Using Shear Wave VSP Data, Postle Field, Oklahoma
Morrow sandstones constitute important oil-producing reservoirs in the Anadarko Basin in the Mid-Continent Region of the USA. Characterization of the Morrow A sandstone reservoir in Postle Field, Texas County, Oklahoma, is challenging due to its small thickness, low acoustic impedance contrast with...
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| description | Morrow sandstones constitute important oil-producing reservoirs in the Anadarko
Basin in the Mid-Continent Region of the USA. Characterization of the Morrow A sandstone reservoir in Postle Field, Texas County, Oklahoma, is challenging due to its small thickness, low acoustic impedance contrast with the surrounding Morrow shale, and lithological heterogeneity. Shear wave data have been documented as a promising solution for imaging the Morrow A sandstone. Vertical seismic profiling (VSP) offers the
potential to enhance shear wave imaging of the thin heterogeneous Morrow A sandstone at Postle Field. The zero-offset VSP results confirm the advantages of shear wave over compressional wave in imaging the Morrow A sandstone. Also, the final shear wave VSP image shows that, applying the proposed processing flow, we are able to image the Morrow A sandstone where the thickness is as thin as 8.5 m. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-acdb0f5506844a6fbb1a88afe58f2a6e2025-02-03T05:45:01ZengWileyInternational Journal of Geophysics1687-885X1687-88682012-01-01201210.1155/2012/231256231256Imaging the Morrow A Sandstone Using Shear Wave VSP Data, Postle Field, OklahomaNaser Tamimi0Thomas L. Davis1Reservoir Characterization Project, Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USAReservoir Characterization Project, Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USAMorrow sandstones constitute important oil-producing reservoirs in the Anadarko Basin in the Mid-Continent Region of the USA. Characterization of the Morrow A sandstone reservoir in Postle Field, Texas County, Oklahoma, is challenging due to its small thickness, low acoustic impedance contrast with the surrounding Morrow shale, and lithological heterogeneity. Shear wave data have been documented as a promising solution for imaging the Morrow A sandstone. Vertical seismic profiling (VSP) offers the potential to enhance shear wave imaging of the thin heterogeneous Morrow A sandstone at Postle Field. The zero-offset VSP results confirm the advantages of shear wave over compressional wave in imaging the Morrow A sandstone. Also, the final shear wave VSP image shows that, applying the proposed processing flow, we are able to image the Morrow A sandstone where the thickness is as thin as 8.5 m.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/231256 |
| spellingShingle | Naser Tamimi Thomas L. Davis Imaging the Morrow A Sandstone Using Shear Wave VSP Data, Postle Field, Oklahoma International Journal of Geophysics |
| title | Imaging the Morrow A Sandstone Using Shear Wave VSP Data, Postle Field, Oklahoma |
| title_full | Imaging the Morrow A Sandstone Using Shear Wave VSP Data, Postle Field, Oklahoma |
| title_fullStr | Imaging the Morrow A Sandstone Using Shear Wave VSP Data, Postle Field, Oklahoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Imaging the Morrow A Sandstone Using Shear Wave VSP Data, Postle Field, Oklahoma |
| title_short | Imaging the Morrow A Sandstone Using Shear Wave VSP Data, Postle Field, Oklahoma |
| title_sort | imaging the morrow a sandstone using shear wave vsp data postle field oklahoma |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/231256 |
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