Inversion for elliptically anisotropic velocity using VSP reflection traveltimes

This paper presents a traveltime inversion approach, using the reflection traveltimes from offset VSP data, to reconstruct the horizontal and vertical velocities for stratified anisotropic media. The inverse problem is reduced to a set of linear equations, and solved by the singular value decomposition (SVD) technique. The validity of this inversion scheme is verified using two sets of synthetic data simulated using a finite‐difference method, one for an isotropic model and the other for an elliptically anisotropic model. The inversion result demonstrates that our anisotropic velocity inversion scheme may be applied to both isotropic and anisotropic media. The method is finally applied to a real offset VSP data set, acquired in an oilfield in northwestern China.     

零偏VSP资料波阻抗反演方法研究(英文)

VSP资料钻前预测的关键在于高精度的波阻抗反演,本文针对VSP资料高分辨率、高信噪比以及能精确地分离出上、下行波的特点,提出了一种利用VSP资料进行井底以下钻头前方地层波阻抗反演的方法。该方法首先对VSP走廊叠加记录采用非线性迭代反演方法反演地下地层的波阻抗;通过在迭代过程中不断修改阻尼因子,以及引入预条件共轭梯度法求解方程组,增强了解的稳定性和收敛速度。理论模型与实际资料的处理结果表明该方法具有较好的效果,并在VSP资料钻前预测研究中具有良好的应用前景。     

储层重力密度反演后验约束正则化方法

本文针对蒸汽辅助重力泄油(SAGD)生产中开发监测问题,发展了综合应用地震及重力数据反演储层密度的联合反演算法.通过测井数据建立纵波阻抗与密度的直接关系,并推导出这种关系下重力与纵波阻抗数据联合反演的计算方法,从而计算出蒸汽腔体密度分布规律.文中应用密度反演后验约束正则化方法,采用Tikhonov正则化模型,通过波阻抗数据作为约束进行联合反演,在算法上提高了稳定性,同时得到较高的反演精度.文中对SAGD生产中的理论模型进行了方法试算,并分析了算法的误差,最终应用于SAGD生产的实际数据中,通过最终反演结果分析,该方法取得了很好的应用效果.     

多尺度地震资料联合反演方法研究

常规三维地面地震反演不可避免的存在多解性和分辨率不高的缺陷,而油藏地球物理阶段丰富的多尺度地震资料为减小多解性、提高分辨率提供了可能.基于贝叶斯反演理论,通过联合概率分布建立新的似然函数,将三维地面地震、VSP和井间地震三种多尺度资料有机地融合在一起,完善了多尺度地震资料联合反演框架及反演流程.模型测试及实际资料处理表明,联合反演算法有效地引入了小尺度地震资料中的高频信息对大尺度资料进行约束,反演结果在保留大尺度地震资料特征的基础上提高了分辨率,降低了多解性,同时促进了多种地震资料之间的相互匹配.     

Non-linear three-dimensional inversion of cross-well electrical measurements

Cross-well electrical measurement as known in the oil industry is a method for determining the electrical conductivity distribution between boreholes from the electrostatic field measurements in the boreholes. We discuss the reconstruction of the conductivity distribution of a three-dimensional domain. The measured secondary electric potential field is represented in terms of an integral equation for the vector electric field. This integral equation is taken as the starting point to develop a non-linear inversion method, the so-called contrast source inversion (CSI) method. The CSI method considers the inverse scattering problem as an inverse source problem in which the unknown contrast source (the product of the total electric field and the conductivity contrast) in the object domain is reconstructed by minimizing the object and data error using a conjugate-gradient step, after which the conductivity contrast is updated by minimizing only the error in the object. This method has been tested on a number of numerical examples using the synthetic 'measured' data with and without noise. Numerical tests indicate that the inversion method yields a reasonably good reconstruction result, and is fairly insensitive to added random noise.     

基于走时约束的分频分步零偏VSP波动方程多参数反演

在地震勘探中,描述复杂介质的正演和反演问题通常包含许多反映介质不同特性的参数.同时获得这些参数对进行更准确的岩性描述和油藏预测具有重要的理论和现实意义.为了提高频率域黏弹性波动方程的零偏VSP多参数反演的精度,本文对多参数反演的可行性进行分析,明确了目标函数的敏感程度及参数之间的耦合情况,提出了一种基于走时约束的分频分步多参数反演策略.首先利用零偏VSP资料构建先验信息,然后分别利用高、低频数据进行两步反演,也就是"三个参数反演+五个参数反演"的过程,以提高反演的稳健性和精度.利用此方法可同时得到零偏VSP数据可靠的弹性波速度、密度和品质因子,为精确的时-深关系及含油气的解释和预测奠定基础,同时也可以为地面地震叠前反演提供可靠有效的约束,增强地面地震反演精度.     

Adaptive reconstruction method of impedance model with absolute and relative constraints

Inversion for seismic impedance is an ill-posed and band-limited problem so that inversion results are non-unique and unstable and low and high frequency components of inversion results are missed. Combining regularization with constraints of sonic log data and geological structure information can help to alleviate these problems. To achieve this, we developed an inversion method by constructing a new objective function which includes edge-preserving regularization and soft constraint based on Markov random field (MRF). The method directly introduces absolute constraints with prior impedance and sonic log data in the objective function and indirectly achieves relative constraints with geologic structures of layer interfaces and faults by adjusting the regularization parameter which is the scaling parameter δ. Moreover, we improved the inversion result using anisotropic diffusion smoothing method. Optimization approach utilized in inversion is a fast simulated annealing (FSA). We test the method on both synthetic and field data examples. Tests on 2-D synthetic data indicate that aspects of the discontinuity in the inversion results are significantly improved by adding δ values in faults and layer interfaces. We obtained better results by combining the first-order neighborhood and the third-order neighborhood of MRF. The inversion results of the field data provide more detailed information of the layers. The results of nearby faults were improved by introducing the geological structure constraints.     

页岩储层叠前密度稳定反演方法

密度参数是页岩储层评价的重要敏感参数,但通常认为准确获得密度信息难度较大.本文探索提出了一种稳定的基于弹性阻抗的叠前密度反演方法,以提高优质页岩的识别精度.首先,基于不同的参数化弹性阻抗方程开展密度敏感性分析,优选了敏感性最高的Aki-Richards近似弹性阻抗方程作为反演方程.然后,在弹性阻抗方程线性化的基础上,假设反演方程系数矩阵的逆存在,将密度(取对数)表示为多个角度弹性阻抗(取对数)的加权和,通过井旁道弹性阻抗反演结果与测井数据的回归求取加权系数,避免了常规反演方法对大型系数矩阵的求逆计算,从而提高了密度反演的稳定性,同时由于利用测井资料作为匹配目标,密度反演的精度也得到了提高.模型试算和涪陵页岩气田的实际资料应用实践均表明了该方法能够有效地提高密度反演的精度与稳定性.     

Fourier reconstruction with sparse inversion

The problem of seismic data reconstruction is posed as an inverse problem where the objective is to obtain the Fourier coefficients that synthesize the signal. Once the coefficients have been found, they are used to reconstruct the data on a uniformly spaced grid. A non‐quadratic model weight function is included to stabilize the inversion and to provide the additional information required to interpolate through gaps. In the reconstruction of a non‐uniformly sampled trace, an image and a marine 3D VSP shot‐record, the method shows improved reconstruction in large gaps and is less sensitive to the spatial bandwidth used in the inversion compared to Fourier reconstruction without the non‐quadratic model weight function.     

正则化方法在无线电波层析中的应用

无线电波透视法是常用的工作面地质构造探测方法之一,目前普遍使用的SIRT方法层析分辨率不高。本文采用约束正则化方法,推导Tikhonov正则化和全变差正则化的最小化问题表达式,讨论影响层析结果的主要因素,对典型理论模型进行了层析成像实验。结果表明:正则化方法具有比SIRT方法更好的分辨率;射线条数越多、噪声水平越低,层析分辨率越高;Tikhonov正则化在正则参数增大时层析结果更光滑,减小时则更贴近异常,全变差正则化与其相反。最后对实际坑透数据进行层析,识别出的异常构造基本吻合已知疑似构造位置,从而说明正则化方法在无线电波透视应用中的可行性。      

超声反射法套管-地层环空间介质波阻抗反演方法与成像实例

针对套管井反射式超声波水泥固井质量检测问题，本文利用超声反射波频谱中套管共振透射窗内的复合反射系数，提出了定量反演套管-地层环空间内介质的波阻抗的方法. 利用复合反射系数中多个频率点的相移反正切函数主值，给出了波阻抗的计算公式，并把套管-地层环空间介质中波的相移的整、实特性作为波阻抗反演收敛的判据. 针对井下实际测井环境中超声换能器性能受温度和压力等的影响而发生变化，导致的声源波形（子波）和复合反射系数不确定的困难，提出了用井下原地（in situ）实测波形定量估计声源波形和复合反射系数的方法. 通过对合成数据的处理，分别考察了已知介质的声学和几何参数存在的偏差对套管-地层环空间内介质的波阻抗反演结果的影响. 本文对多组模型井检验数据进行了目的层介质的波阻抗反演与成像，成像结果与真实情况吻合，验证了反演方法的有效性. 最后对现场实测资料进行了套管-地层环空间内介质的波阻抗定量反演与成像.     

双井Walkaway VSP技术在辽河坳陷曙光高陡构造地区的应用研究

针对辽河坳陷西部凹陷曙光潜山高陡构造带顶界面断裂成像精度差、内幕地层识别难的问题,开展双井Walkaway VSP应用研究.利用大阵列检波器接收、炸药与震源联合采集方法,获得了高品质采集数据,是高陡构造成像的基础;子波一致性校正、基于射线追踪的矢量波场分离、VSP数据与地面地震数据联合各向异性速度建模、双井Walkaway VSP成像方法对比等针对性处理技术和波阻抗反演、地震属性提取等综合研究方法的应用,精细刻画了潜山顶界面,新识别出井旁小断层,落实了大倾角潜山构造形态,分析了内幕地层的接触关系,对板岩隔夹层及储层分布有进一步认识,展现了Walkaway VSP技术在高陡构造地区的应用前景.研究得到以下认识:(1)逆时偏移成像方法对高陡潜山成像更具适用性;(2)增加检波器进入潜山内幕的深度,避开潜山高速顶界面的能量屏蔽及滑行波、转换波等干扰,对潜山勘探具有重要意义;(3)双井Walkaway VSP联采时,两井距离要控制在一定范围内,防止两井间距离过大对深层偏移成像造成影响.     

基于构造约束的波阻抗边界刻画

通过边界保护正则化和约束反演,在反演的目标函数中引入各种先验信息约束,以解决波阻抗反演的病态问题和带限问题.为了克服波阻抗模型边界过于平滑,在反演中引入地层和断层等构造信息约束,并且通过调整地层分界面和断层处的正则参数值来实现构造约束.此外,采用各向异性扩散法进行平滑处理,改善反演结果.通过合成数据测试和实际资料反演,证明了本文提出的方法对刻画模型边界是有效的.     

Global Lightning Activity on the Basis of Inversions of Natural ELF Electromagnetic Data Observed at Multiple Stations around the World

The monitoring of global lightning activity and its spatial and temporal variations is known to be very essential for the study of global warming, the subject of greatest concern to human beings on planet Earth today. As a method of remote sensing for the global lightning distribution, we have proposed an inverse problem by using the data of natural electromagnetic noise in the ELF (extremely low frequency) Schumann resonance (SR) band observed simultaneously at a few stations around the world. The fundamentals of this inversion problem (or ELF tomography) to the SR data have been presented and the first attempt to deduce the global lightning distribution by means of the real SR data has been performed, which has indicated a possibility of snapshots of well-known thunderstorm centers on the globe. This ELF tomography consists of two stages. The first stage is the inversion of the ELF field power spectra to the distribution of lightning intensity by distance relative to an observation point. The obtained distance profiles of intensity of sources at a few stations are used as tomographic projections for reconstructing a spatial distribution of sources in the second stage. Maps of the global lightning distributions constructed by the result of inversions of ELF background field spectra obtained from three stations around the world show that the most active regions vary meridionally on the diurnal time scale being connected mainly with continental areas in the tropics. We do hope that this kind of inversion method to multi-stationed ELF data will be of great importance in the future.     

变阻尼约束层析成像及其在VSP资料中的应用(英文)

初至波走时层析成像已经取得了广泛的应用,然而,由于观测系统的限制,射线在模型中分布不均匀,导致层析结果的分辨能力不足。变阻尼约束方法应用不均匀的先验信息来匹配不均匀的数据分布,可以减小速度模型校正量与射线覆盖程度的相关性。本文将变阻尼约束方法应用于初至波旅行时层析成像中,并将平滑约束方法加入正则化方程组中来避免单独使用变阻尼约束带来的不稳定性,利用阿尔法滤波器对反演中间迭代结果进行平滑和去噪,采用LSQR算法求解线性方程组来提高收敛速度和压制误差传递。本文应用上述层析成像算法对VSP观测系统进行速度反演,分别应用于检测板速度模型数据和实际VSP资料速度反演中,结果表咀变阻尼约束层析成像可以改善射线不均匀覆盖带来的影响,从而提高速度反演结果的质量;VSP资料检波点附近的速度反演结果可靠性高。     

Three‐dimensional potential field data inversion with L0 quasinorm sparse constraints

The quantitative explanation of the potential field data of three‐dimensional geological structures remains one of the most challenging issues in modern geophysical inversion. Obtaining a stable solution that can simultaneously resolve complicated geological structures is a critical inverse problem in the geophysics field. I have developed a new method for determining a three‐dimensional petrophysical property distribution, which produces a corresponding potential field anomaly. In contrast with the tradition inverse algorithm, my inversion method proposes a new model norm, which incorporates two important weighting functions. One is the L0 quasi norm (enforcing sparse constraints), and the other is depth‐weighting that counteracts the influence of source depth on the resulting potential field data of the solution. Sparseness constraints are imposed by using the L0 quasinorm on model parameters. To solve the representation problem, an L0 quasinorm minimisation model with different smooth approximations is proposed. Hence, the data space (N) method, which is much smaller than model space (M), combined with the gradient‐projected method, and the model space, combined with the modified Newton method for L0 quasinorm sparse constraints, leads to a computationally efficient method by using an N × N system versus an M × M one because N ? M. Tests on synthetic data and real datasets demonstrate the stability and validity of the L0 quasinorm spare norms inversion method. With the aim of obtaining the blocky results, the inversion method with the L0 quasinorm sparse constraints method performs better than the traditional L2 norm (standard Tikhonov regularisation). It can obtain the focus and sparse results easily. Then, the Bouguer anomaly survey data of the salt dome, offshore Louisiana, is considered as a real case study. The real inversion result shows that the inclusion the L0 quasinorm sparse constraints leads to a simpler and better resolved solution, and the density distribution is obtained in this area to reveal its geological structure. These results confirm the validity of the L0 quasinorm sparse constraints method and indicate its application for other potential field data inversions and the exploration of geological structures.     

大地电磁全张量响应的一维各向异性反演

目前大地电磁(MT)测深资料反演主要基于各向同性介质,但随着MT实际应用的需要,各向异性研究已逐渐引起关注.我们采用广泛应用的广义逆法对一维MT水平层状各向异性介质模型反演进行了探索性研究,并实现了MT全张量响应(即所有的阻抗张量的视电阻率和相位)的一维各向异性反演.理论模型试验表明,无论理论观测值中是否含有噪声,这种方法都能够较好地恢复真实模型,验证了其正确性和有效性.将此方法用于MT实测资料时,能够同时拟合4对视电阻率和阻抗相位曲线,说明本方法可以用于实测资料的处理解释,具有一定的实用价值.     

2D多尺度非线性地震速度成像

将遗传算法和单纯形算法相结合,得到了一种高效、健全的2D混合地震走时反演方法.把速度场划分为不同的空间尺度,定义网格节点上的速度作为待反演参数,采用双三次样条函数模型参数化,正问题采用有限差分走时计算方法,反问题采用多尺度混合反演方法.首先在较大的空间尺度内反演,然后减小空间尺度,将大尺度的反演结果作为次一级尺度反问题的初始模型,再进行混合反演,如此类推逐次逼近全局最优解.一个低速度异常体的数值模拟试验和抗走时扰动试验表明该方法是有效和健全的.我们将该方法应用到青藏高原东北缘阿尼玛卿缝合带东段上部地壳速度结构研究中,并与前人的成果进行了对比.     

位场向下延拓的波数域广义逆算法

位场向下延拓是位场数据处理和反演中的重要运算,但是它的不稳定性影响了它在许多处理和反演方法技术中的应用.本文通过把位场向下延拓视为向上延拓的反问题,得到向下延拓的褶积型线性积分方程,再利用Fourier变换矩阵的正交对称特性,并结合矩阵的奇异值分解和广义逆原理,提出了一种稳定的不需要进行求逆运算的位场向下延拓广义逆方法——波数域广义逆算法,解决了位场大深度向下延拓的不稳定性问题.把这种方法用于三维理论模型数据和实际磁场数据的向下延拓获得了理想的结果.     

A non-linear regularized constrained impedance inversion

Inversion for seismic impedance is an inherently complicated problem. It is ill‐posed and band‐limited. Thus the inversion results are non‐unique and the process is unstable. Combining regularization with constraints using sonic and density log data can help to reduce these problems. To achieve this, we developed an inversion method by constructing a new objective function, including edge‐preserving regularization and a soft constraint based on a Markov random field. The method includes the selection of proper initial values of the regularization parameters by a statistical method, and it adaptively adjusts the regularization parameters by the maximum likelihood method in a fast simulated‐annealing procedure to improve the inversion result and the convergence speed. Moreover, the method uses two kinds of regularization parameter: a ‘weighting factor’λ and a ‘scaling parameter’δ. We tested the method on both synthetic and field data examples. Tests on 2D synthetic data indicate that the inversion results, especially the aspects of the discontinuity, are significantly different for different regularization functions. The initial values of the regularization parameters are either too large or too small to avoid either an unstable or an over‐smoothed result, and they affect the convergence speed. When selecting the initial values of λ, the type of the regularization function should be considered. The results obtained by constant regularization parameters are smoother than those obtained by adaptively adjusting the regularization parameters. The inversion results of the field data provide more detailed information about the layers, and they match the impedance curves calculated from the well logs at the three wells, over most portions of the curves.