Effect of pore structure on seismic rock-physics characteristics of dense carbonates
Pan Jian-Guo1, Wang Hong-Bin1, Li Chuang1, and Zhao Jian-Guo2
1. Northwest Branch of PetroChina Exploration and Development Research Institute, Lanzhou 730020, China.
2. College of Geophysics and Information Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China.
Abstract The Ordovician carbonate rocks of the Yingshan formation in the Tarim Basin have a complex pore structure owing to diagenetic and secondary structures. Seismic elastic parameters (e.g., wave velocity) depend on porosity and pore structure. We estimated the average specific surface, average pore-throat radius, pore roundness, and average aspect ratio of carbonate rocks from the Tazhong area. High P-wave velocity samples have small average specific surface, small average pore-throat radius, and large average aspect ratio. Differences in the pore structure of dense carbonate samples lead to fluid-related velocity variability. However, the relation between velocity dispersion and average specific surface, or the average aspect ratio, is not linear. For large or small average specific surface, the pore structure of the rock samples becomes uniform, which weakens squirt flow and minimizes the residuals of ultrasonic data and predictions with the Gassmann equation. When rigid dissolved (casting mold) pores coexist with less rigid microcracks, there are significant P-wave velocity differences between measurements and predictions.
This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41274138).
Cite this article:
Pan Jian-Guo,Wang Hong-Bin,Li Chuang et al. Effect of pore structure on seismic rock-physics characteristics of dense carbonates[J]. APPLIED GEOPHYSICS, 2015, 12(1): 1-10.
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