勘查天然气水合物资源的海洋可控源电磁发射系统

海洋可控源电磁探测(MCSEM)是勘查天然气水合物资源的有效方法之一.海洋可控源电磁发射系统是实现MCSEM的重要硬件组成部分.本文以天然气水合物在海底的一维地电模型为例,研究电偶源发射频率、发射偶极侧向漂移、源偶极矩大小对电场响应的影响,进而指导发射系统研制.该系统包括:甲板升压控制单元,可将船载大功率电能升为高压并通过万米光电复合缆输送至海底的发射机;水下变压器,可将深拖缆中的大功率高压转换为低压;拖曳式大功率电磁发射机,其内部的控制电路硬件和嵌入式驱动软件可将水下变压器输出的电能逆变为大功率矩形脉冲,并通过发射偶极将脉冲发送至海水介质中;借助水动力学设计的发射机拖体,用于装载发射系统水下部件和保持拖曳过程中的平衡与稳定;甲板端上位机监控单元,利用万米光电复合缆中的光纤实现船上计算机与海底发射机的远程数据通信.2012年5月和2013年5月海洋试验的结果均表明,所研制的发射系统可作为天然气水合物资源勘探的有效激励场源.     

深水拖曳式大功率时频发射与多链缆多分量电磁探测系统

海洋可控源电磁探测方法是目前海洋油气资源勘探和海底地质构造调查中不可或缺的物探手段之一.本文研究的深水拖曳式大功率时频电磁发射与多链缆多分量电磁探测系统,是深水双船拖曳式可控源海洋电磁勘探系统的关键组成部分.发射系统利用深拖缆实现了电能在复杂海洋环境下长距离、大功率和低损耗传输,基于大功率变流拓扑结构攻克了2000 A量级、0.01～16 Hz可控的时频域大电流冲击脉冲发射;接收系统建立了主节点与最多5个从节点的数据链接,单个从节点记录到了三轴正交的电磁场分量以及运动姿态信息.海洋试验表明,深水双船拖曳式海洋可控源电磁勘探系统借助发射系统与接收系统之间的时间同步、时频观测、可变收发距和观测装置等技术优势,显著提升了数据质量和有效的数据数量,为后续处理和反演提供了硬件支撑.经过海上试验,整套系统的技术性能得到多次验证,未来有望在深水油气、天然气水合物和海底硫化物等资源勘查以及海底地质构造调查领域获得广泛应用.     

海洋拖曳式水平电偶源数值模拟与电场接收机研制

海洋天然气水合物资源调查中,电磁法已成为地震勘探最有效的补充手段之一,而我国海洋水合物电磁探测中的拖曳式电场接收机此前是空白.本文从方法原理、仪器设备和海洋试验等方面,对海洋拖曳式水平电偶极-偶极方法进行研讨.建立三维电阻率模型,进行数值模拟,讨论收发距、发射频率、拖曳装置离海底高度等参数与电场异常响应的关系,针对特定模型给出了最佳观测参数以指导仪器硬件设计与海洋测试.在此基础上,采用高级嵌入式计算机的智能化控制、前端低噪声斩波放大、高精度同步采集等技术,研制了由拖体、承压舱、采集电路、低噪声电场传感器等组成的海洋拖曳式水平轴向电场接收机,其系统噪声达到2 nV/√HZ @(1~100Hz).将自主研制的电场接收机用于国内首次拖曳式电偶极-偶极方法的海洋试验与评估,并对海试资料进行了处理与分析.研究结果表明,所研发的仪器达到了设计指标,能够用于海洋天然气水合物调查.     

海洋可控源电磁法发射源姿态影响研究

海洋电磁理论是建立在水平发射偶极的基础上.然而,由于海底洋流作用海洋可控源发射偶极可能产生水平摆动、倾斜和水平旋转,造成测量数据与理想状态的水平电偶极子的电磁响应有较大的偏差.为了研究发射源姿态变化对场的影响,本文提出利用欧拉旋转将发射偶极由源坐标系转换到地球坐标系,进而分析发射源姿态变化造成海洋电磁观测数据的误差分布...     

海洋直流电阻率法电测深装置响应分析

海洋直流电阻率法是海洋电磁勘探的重要方法之一,已经在许多海底资源探测中得到实践.本文推导了供电电极位于海底时四层水平层状介质电位表达式和视电阻率计算公式.根据快速汉克尔滤波法,计算含有贝塞尔函数的积分,编写MATLAB程序计算水平层海洋地电模型电位和视电阻率,探究海水深度和沉积层厚度对于视电阻率曲线的影响.研究表明海水越深,海平面对视电阻率曲线影响越小;沉积层厚度越薄,视电阻率异常响应越明显.建立了各种地电模型,并用二极装置、三极装置、偶极装置进行探测,对不同装置获得的视电阻率曲线进行分析,得出偶极装置对于滨海低阻层和高阻层异常反应能力较强.分析了低阻环境下不同装置在不同供电电流下接收端的电位信号强度,研究发现供电电流强度仅在收发距较小时对接收端电位信号强度影响较大,且供电电流越大电位信号强度越高.本文的结果为深入研究海洋直流电阻率法装置类型应用于海底资源探测奠定了基础.     

层状垂直各向异性介质海洋CSEM发射源及接收站姿态和位置对电磁响应影响研究

众所周知,电阻率各向异性对海洋可控源电磁(CSEM)响应有显著影响.在模拟和解释海洋可控源电磁资料时,通常假设接收站布放于平稳的海底,发射源以理想的水平电偶极源形式按预设路径拖曳前进.然而,在实际海洋作业中,自由下沉的接收站可能沉降在局部倾斜的海底面上,在海底的方位可能是任意取向的.同时,由于洋流等因素的影响,发射源偶极子会发生旋转、倾斜,其位置也会偏离预设的拖曳路径,所以发射源和接收站姿态的变化都将对电磁资料产生影响.本文计算了电阻率各向异性介质中,发射源任意姿态任意位置激发、接收站任意姿态任意位置接收的海洋CSEM响应,分析观测系统引起数据误差的机制,分别在电阻率各向同性、围岩电阻率各向异性和高阻储层电阻率各向异性三种模型中,讨论发射源和接收站的姿态及位置变化对响应的影响.计算结果表明,电磁场振幅误差主要来源于发射源和接收站的倾斜角,而相位的变化为发射源位置和接收站倾斜角、位置共同影响的结果.     

单船拖曳可控源电磁数据自适应分频匹配滤波消噪方法

海洋可控源电磁法(MCSEM, Marine Controlled-Source Electromagnetic Method)是一种工业化的主动源海洋电磁勘探方法,近年来在海底油气资源探测中收效显著,通过测量海底地下介质的电阻率变化,能够有效降低地震勘探方法的多解性.MCSEM的工作方式主要有单船拖曳与双船拖曳两类.单船拖曳信号具有强时变特征,近、中、远收发距信号强度变化极大.由于海水环境较为复杂,数据受到洋流、背景场、仪器等多种因素干扰,使得小收发距数据信噪比较高,中、远收发距数据信噪比较低,因此MCSEM数据随机干扰压制方法的研究难点在于适应数据的强时变特征.本文利用发射机数据与接收机数据的时间(空间)和频率对应关系,提出基于正则化条件和衰减函数约束的自适应分频匹配滤波方法.该方法首先通过计算原始接收机数据基频的振幅随偏移距变化(MVO, Magnitude Versus Offset)曲线获取衰减函数,然后利用该衰减函数将发射机所有频点数据进行振幅衰减,减低MCSEM发射机与接收机数据对应振幅的强时变差异,最后利用基于整形正则化条件的自适应匹配滤波方法压制接收机数据中的强振幅随...     

浅海域海底极低频电磁响应特征研究

极低频电磁探测方法(WEM)是一种新型人工源低频电磁探测技术,目前尚未见极低频电磁探测方法的海区研究,缺少相关经验.为测试WEM在海洋环境中的电磁响应特征,本文将"地-电离层"全空间电磁波传播理论应用到含海水介质的"地-电离层"全空间模型,由地表处数值格林函数出发,利用空气层与海水层界面谢昆诺夫势函数满足的边界条件,推导了海底界面的场强表达式.采用高采样密度的Hankel数字滤波方法进行数值模拟计算.为探究WEM在海洋油气资源探测中的适用性,建立简化海洋地电模型,通过分析WEM对不含异常体的背景场和含高阻油气异常体时的电磁响应曲线差异来检测WEM探测海底高阻油气层的可行性.并讨论不同观测方式、不同收发距以及海水层厚度、油气层埋深和油气藏厚度对WEM电磁响应特征的影响.研究结果表明,WEM可在数百千米收发距下探测浅海区域海底下方电性异常体的存在.     

层状各向异性介质海洋可控源电磁场灵敏度计算及特征分析

海洋可控源电磁(CSEM)方法已广泛应用于地质构造研究以及海底资源探测,但其在各向异性地层中的分辨能力依然不明确.灵敏度分析是一种分析电磁场对探测目标分辨能力的有效方法,传统的地球物理反演方法也需要精确计算电磁场关于地下介质电阻率的灵敏度.在模拟和解释海洋CSEM资料时,地球物理数值模拟常在笛卡尔直角坐标系下进行,且通常假定发射源为理想的水平电偶极源.然而,在实际的海洋可控源电磁勘探作业中,由于海水运动等影响,发射源可能会发生旋转和倾斜等.复杂姿态的电偶极源可通过计算并矢量叠加三个正交方向发射源分量的电磁场以获得总电磁场,因此需三个正交方向电偶源电磁场的计算方法.本文推导了笛卡尔直角坐标系下,电阻率垂直各向异性介质中三个正交方向电偶极源电磁场表达式,并详细导出了电磁场分量关于各向异性电导率的灵敏度解析表达式.通过与各向同性算法对比,验证了本文所提出灵敏度计算方法的正确性;模拟了不同方向电偶源情况下地电模型的灵敏度并分析其特征.计算结果表明,薄层将显著影响地下介质各向异性电阻率的灵敏度分布,垂直电偶源对海底地层各向异性电阻率的分辨能力高于水平电偶源,通过反演各向异性率间接恢复低灵敏度的各...     

双船拖曳式海洋电磁三维自适应正演模拟及响应特征研究（英文）

双船拖曳式海洋电磁系统是近年提出的一种新型海洋电磁勒探系统。与传统海洋电磁系统相比,该系统使用两艘作业船分别拖曳接收机和发射机工作,无需事先在海底铺设接收机,且发射机与接收机的相对位置关系更加灵活多样,釆集电磁数据能够包含更为丰富的海底介质分布信息信息。本文针对双船拖曳海洋电磁系统开发了面向目标自适应可控源海洋电磁三维正演算法并总结了该系统四种装置(同线、旁线、同心扫面、方位扫面)的响应特征。考虑到起伏海底地形普遍存在且对海洋电磁响应影响较大,本文采用基于非结构网格的矢量有限元对海洋电磁响应进行模拟。为了充分满足双船拖曳系统对正演算法的要求,本文针对不同发射源位置采用独立网格剖分并进行响应计算。为了得到更为合理的网格剖分、提高计算精度,本文针对海洋电磁正演问题基于自适应算法研发了近源/远源分区网格加密技术。通过将计算结果与半空间模型半解析解以及已发表的三维模型结果进行对比,验证了本文算法的精度。对海洋电磁系统四种不同装置的正演模拟结果表明,双船拖曳式海洋电磁勘探系统较之于传统半托曳式海洋电磁系统能够提供更多的地质信息。本文研究内容对双船拖曳式海洋电磁勘查系统响应异常识别具有指导意义。     

Two types of marine controlled source electromagnetic transmitters

Marine controlled source electromagnetic methods are used to derive the electrical properties of a wide range of sub‐seafloor targets, including gas hydrate reservoirs. In most marine controlled source electromagnetic surveys, the deep‐tow transmitter is used with a long horizontal electric dipole being towed above the seafloor, which is capable of transmitting dipole moments in the order of up to several thousand ampere‐metres. The newly developed deployed transmitter uses two horizontal orthogonal electrical dipoles and can land on the seafloor. It can transmit higher frequency electromagnetic signals, can provide accurate transmission orientation, and can obtain higher signal stacking, which compensates for the shorter source dipole length. In this paper, we present the study, key technologies, and implementation details of two new marine controlled source electromagnetic transmitters (the deep‐tow transmitter and the deployed transmitter). We also present the results of a marine controlled source electromagnetic experiment conducted from April to May 2014 in the South China Sea using both the deep‐tow transmitter and the deployed transmitter, which show that the two types of marine transmitters can be used as effective source for gas hydrate exploration.     

MCSEM电磁场能流密度分布特征研究

采用海洋可控源电磁方法进行海底油气和水合物的勘查,需事先在海底布放接收机阵列,而后用一艘携带深拖缆的科考船将大功率电磁发射机牵引至海底,沿预设路线慢速走航,并将大功率电磁场导入海底.海底的人工电磁场中,空气波和直达波对提取勘探目标体的异常信息不做贡献.只有当折射波经过被测目标体时,产生电磁感应,海底的接收机对此感应信号进行数据采集,经数据处理,揭示被测目标体的几何大小和物理属性.异常体的有用信息与导入海底电磁场的能流密度(坡印廷矢量)有着密切的关系,以致于后者决定了前者的有效探测范围、有效带宽以及尽可能达到的最佳测量精度.能流密度在海底的分布情况十分复杂,但在均匀全空间中可较清楚地认识其分布特征,可为复杂地质条件的情况作理论铺垫.以此推广,在水平层状介质的地电条件下,建立能流密度的数理模型,利用海洋生产作业中的典型物性与几何参数,对海底以下有覆盖层的高阻体(可模拟油气或天然气水合物)进行正演,建立电磁场能流密度分布特征与数据采集技术的有机联系,为海洋可控源电磁发射机和接收机的优化改进提供理论依据.     

可控源海洋电磁勘探中空气波影响的理论分析和数值模拟

可控源海洋电磁勘探(MCSEM)中空气波对海底电磁响应的影响已为业界所熟知,且已提出了多种压制方法.然而,由于空气波与海水层中其它信号相互作用的复杂性,至今其作用机理及对有效信号的影响方式尚未完全清楚,这也阻碍了浅水域MCSEM油气勘探的应用.本文在前人研究的基础上, 基于一维层状介质的电磁位和电磁场分析,采用电磁场的模式分解理论导出了空气、海水层和海底地层之间的相互作用关系.分析了MCSEM电磁响应的影响因素和空气波的作用机理.以无限水深假想模型、三层介质模型和四层介质模型为基础,导出了水平电偶极子(HED)的横电(TE)和横磁(TM)模式的电磁场关系,分析显示了前人提出的上下行波分离进行空气波压制所存在的缺陷.通过理论和数值模拟知道, 利用横电(TE)和横磁(TM)模式受空气相互作用影响的差异和电磁场水平分量与垂直分量受空气层相互作用影响程度的不同可减弱空气波对有效信号的影响,这将有助于实现浅水域海洋电磁勘探数据的有效利用.     

基于非结构网格剖分的海洋可控源电磁三维正则化反演研究

为更好地处理与解释复杂海底地形条件下测得的海洋可控源电磁数据,本文提出了一种基于非结构网格剖分的频率域海洋可控源电磁数据三维正则化反演方法.该方法首先对海洋地电模型以非结构四面体单元进行离散,然后基于矢量有限元方法获得海洋可控源电磁响应和灵敏度信息,最后采用共轭梯度法求解高斯-牛顿反演方程计算模型修正量.为提高反演的稳定性,通过在反演过程中采用对数转换方法实现反演模型参数的上下限约束.本文分别测试了单测线水平海底地形反演算例和面积性测量的起伏海底地形反演算例.反演结果表明,本文提出的频率域海洋可控源电磁三维反演能够准确地恢复高阻储油层的位置和电阻率信息,且计算效率较高,可用于实测海洋电磁资料的处理与解释.     

A first application of a marine inductive source electromagnetic configuration with remote electric dipole receivers: Palinuro Seamount,Tyrrhenian Sea

We study a new marine electromagnetic configuration that consists of a ship‐towed inductive source transmitter and a series of remote electric dipole receivers placed on the seafloor. The approach was tested at the Palinuro Seamount in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea, at a site where massive sulphide mineralization has been previously identified by shallow drilling. A 3D model of the Palinuro study area was created using bathymetry data, and forward modelling of the electric field diffusion was carried out using a finite volume method. These numerical results suggest that the remote receivers can theoretically detect a block of shallowly buried conductive material at up to ～100 m away when the transmitter is located directly above the target. We also compared the sensitivity of the method using either a horizontal loop transmitter or a vertical loop transmitter and found that when either transmitter is located directly above the mineralized zone, the vertical loop transmitter has sensitivity to the target at a farther distance than the horizontal loop transmitter in the broadside direction by a few tens of metres. Furthermore, the vertical loop transmitter is more effective at distinguishing the seafloor conductivity structure when the vertical separation between transmitter and receiver is large due to the bathymetry. As a horizontal transmitter is logistically easier to deploy, we conducted a first test of the method with a horizontal transmitter. Apparent conductivities are calculated from the electric field transients recorded at the remote receivers. The analysis indicates higher apparent seafloor conductivities when the transmitter is located near the mineralized zone. Forward modelling suggests that the best match to the apparent conductivity data is obtained when the mineralized zone is extended southward by 40 m beyond the zone of previous drilling. Our results demonstrate that the method adds value to the exploration and characterization of seafloor massive sulphide deposits.     

Sediment shear properties from seafloor compliance measurements: Faroes-Shetland basin case study

Shear properties provide important information about the lithology, fluid content and stability of sediments but are difficult to measure using conventional seismics in the marine environment. Seafloor compliance measurements are sensitive to subsurface shear properties but have only been used in the Pacific Ocean and on shallow coastal shelves, where the source wave energy is known to be strong. We show here that seafloor compliance measurements can provide useful information about shear properties of marine sediments in less energetic settings and under high noise conditions caused by strong seafloor currents. We measured compliance at three sites in the Faroes‐Shetland sedimentary basin north of the Atlantic ocean. The sites have 1000 times higher noise levels than quiet seafloor sites and the source wave power is highly variable, but the data still reveal significant differences in sediment properties between two sites down to 2 kilometres beneath the seafloor. The first site, at the northern end of the basin, has an average shear velocity of 400 m/s in the upper 0.6 kilometres beneath the seafloor, increasing to approximately 2100 m/s at 2 kilometres beneath the seafloor. The second site, further south and to the west of the basin axis, has an average shear velocity of 150 m/s in the upper 0.6 kilometres beneath the seafloor, increasing to 1400 m/s at 2 kilometres beneath the seafloor. The sediments are probably unconsolidated in the upper 0.6 kilometres beneath the seafloor at both sites, with a mean grain size of 1 μm at the southern site and 20 μm at the northern site. The southern site has higher porosity at all depths and a higher risk of borehole collapse during drilling.     

On the exploration of a marine aquifer offshore Israel by long-offset transient electromagnetics

The existence of aquifers extending from land beneath the sea floor up to a distance of several kilometres has been observed and examined all over the world. The coastal aquifer of Israel is a heavily used groundwater reservoir which has to be constantly monitored to ensure the drinking water supply. Former land-based electromagnetic measurements show that it is, in several places, blocked to seawater intrusion and is consequently a candidate for submarine extension. Multicomponent long-offset transient electromagnetic measurements were carried out offshore on the coast of Israel. We deployed a 400-m-long grounded dipole as transmitter and several electric and magnetic receivers on the sea floor up to a distance of 4.8 km from the coast. Altogether, we deployed 8 transmitter positions and received data sets at 14 receiver stations onshore and offshore, with offsets of mostly 400 and 800 m. In this paper, we present the survey and 1D Occam and Marquardt inversions of the offshore horizontal electric components in the broadside and inline configuration. In addition, the vertical magnetic component in the broadside position is also considered. Only single inversions, both single offset and single component, were used to detect the aquifer under sea sediments. We prove the submarine existence of the Israeli coastal aquifer up to a distance to the coast of approximately 3.2 to 3.6 km using all measured long-offset transient electromagnetic components. In addition, we present modelling studies with synthetic data derived from a subsurface model adjusted to our survey area with very shallow water from 10 to 50 m. As part of the planning before the survey, a parameter study of the expected subsurface, the examination of the airwave phenomenon and the justification for our 1D inversion strategy are shown. More detailed eigen parameter analyses are added to explain the measured data.