Seismic facies characterization using Rock Physics Templates and brittleness indices: Stybarrow field
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This paper proposes a method for identifying the lithological properties of the medium based on the joint analysis of the Lamé parameters, Young's Modulus, and Poisson's Ratio. Additionally, an analysis of brittleness was proposed to identify brittle/ductile intervals and areas of potential reservoirs. The petroelastic properties were analyzed at well and seismic scales using ternary rock physics templates. The ternary templates were built from a self-consistent micromechanical model. In addition, the analysis allows for preserving the conditions of the environment subsurface in the seismic and log information. A workflow for petroelastic lithology interpretation was coupled with a workflow of brittleness modeling. The results correlate well with conventional qualitative methodologies applied in previous studies. A brittleness analysis methodology was developed and tested to identify reservoirs associated with the Lower Cretaceous in the Stybarrow field in Australia; the results highlight the high brittleness zones attenuated by hydrocarbons ( ). The proposed seismic-based methodology is an improvement to conventional analysis trends for identifying lithologies and prospective hydrocarbon zones.
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