Pore pressure monitoring in a chalk gas reservoir using surface-wave velocity variations

Eldert Fokker; Elmer Ruigrok; Rhys Hawkins; Jeannot Trampert

doi:10.3997/2214-4609.202287006

Pore pressure monitoring in a chalk gas reservoir using surface-wave velocity variations

Eldert Fokker, Elmer Ruigrok, Rhys Hawkins, Jeannot Trampert

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Measurements of pore pressure variations contain important information for the production of hydrocarbon reservoirs. Here, we couple surface-wave velocity changes directly to pore pressure change using sensitivity kernels. Using these kernels for realistic pore pressure changes in the Harlingen chalk gas reservoir, we modelled yearly Rayleigh-wave velocity changes. The velocity variations appear sufficiently large to be detectable on a yearly basis using passive image interferometry. This implies that, for specific formations, field-wide pore pressure monitoring is feasible with continuous seismic noise recordings at the surface.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of First EAGE/SBGf Workshop on Reservoir Monitoring and its Role in the Energy Transition
Publisher	European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202287006
Publication status	Published - 21 Nov 2022
Event	1st EAGE/SBGf Workshop on Reservoir Monitoring and its Role in the Energy Transition - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Duration: 21 Nov 2022 → 22 Nov 2022 https://eage.eventsair.com/first-eagesbgf-workshop-on-reservoir-monitoring/

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Workshop	1st EAGE/SBGf Workshop on Reservoir Monitoring and its Role in the Energy Transition
Abbreviated title	1st EAGE/SBGf Workshop on Reservoir Monitoring
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Rio de Janeiro
Period	21/11/22 → 22/11/22
Internet address	https://eage.eventsair.com/first-eagesbgf-workshop-on-reservoir-monitoring/

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Fokker, E, Ruigrok, E, Hawkins, R & Trampert, J 2022, Pore pressure monitoring in a chalk gas reservoir using surface-wave velocity variations. in Proceedings of First EAGE/SBGf Workshop on Reservoir Monitoring and its Role in the Energy Transition. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, 1st EAGE/SBGf Workshop on Reservoir Monitoring and its Role in the Energy Transition, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 21/11/22. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202287006

Pore pressure monitoring in a chalk gas reservoir using surface-wave velocity variations. / Fokker, Eldert; Ruigrok, Elmer; Hawkins, Rhys et al.
Proceedings of First EAGE/SBGf Workshop on Reservoir Monitoring and its Role in the Energy Transition. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, 2022.

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Pore pressure monitoring in a chalk gas reservoir using surface-wave velocity variations

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