| Abstract: | Determination of petrography and pore fluid content is an ultimate goal of an integrated seismic-petrophysical study. For lack of a general inversion technique, forward modelling is useful in studying the relations between lithology, stratigraphy, pore fluid content and the seismic response. This report describes a study of two clastic sequences in Utah, from which 32 rock samples were analysed. A detailed petrographic study was done. Laboratory measurements were made of ultrasonic compressional- and shear-wave velocity as a function of pressure. We computed the velocities at seismic frequencies for the samples when dry, over-pressured, brine saturated, and oil saturated. The velocities were sensitive to the porosity, carbonate cementation and the depositional facies. We generated velocity profiles for hypothetical reservoirs for a range of saturation states. The velocity profiles were used to generate synthetic seismic shot gathers to study the seismic response of these clastic reservoirs. The fluid-saturation strongly affects the seismic respone, as does the presence of a coal seam. An amplitude change with offset is often observed. However, stratigraphy appears to have a stronger effect on the seismic response. |
