The characteristics of natural open fractures in acoustic borehole image logs from the pre-salt Barra Velha formation, Santos Basin, Brazil

OP Wennberg, FDO Ramalho, MV Mafia… - Journal of structural …, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural open fractures have been reported in the Barra Velha Formation (BVE) in the pre-
salt lacustrine carbonate reservoirs in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. These fractures …

Bayesian weighted time-lapse full-waveform inversion using a receiver-extension strategy

SLEF Da Silva, A Karsou, RM Moreira… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Time-lapse full-waveform inversion (FWI) has become a powerful tool for characterizing and
monitoring subsurface changes in various geophysical applications. However …

[HTML][HTML] Coupled Effects of Paleofluid Evolution on Ultra-deep Microbialite Reservoir Modification: A case study of the upper Ediacaran Deng-2 Member within the …

X Jin, JM Song, SG Liu, B Wang, D Yang, ZW Li… - Petroleum Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Paleofluid-rock interaction results in the modification of the ultra-deep reservoir quality, but
the coupling effects of the paleofluid evolution on reservoir quality modification are still …

Identifying the risk of high-permeability zones in early field life: gas souring management in a Cretaceous carbonate barrier island reservoir, Miskar Field, offshore …

AJ Barnett, VP Wright, H Khaldi - Geological Society, London …, 2025 - lyellcollection.org
Robust upfront reservoir characterization is vitally important when problems arise later in the
management of a field. In this case, thin high-permeability zones were mapped, even though …

Projection of 4D seismic onto the ensemble observation subspace for data assimilation

AA Emerick, GMS Neto - Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Time-lapse (4D) seismic data offer valuable insights into fluid movements and
pressure changes within reservoirs, thus aiding the updating of numerical models used in …

Seismic first arrival tomography for top salt velocity update: A case study in the Santos Basin, Brazil

PHB Alves, M Cetale, RM Moreira… - … Exposition and Annual …, 2024 - onepetro.org
Refracted seismic waves from a long offset survey can be used for travel time tomography,
providing further information of deep-water oil and gas reservoirs. In this work, we apply first …

Data selection for velocity model estimation using a circular shot OBN survey

FT Costa, SLEF da Silva, AA Karsou… - … Exposition and Annual …, 2023 - onepetro.org
This research aims to investigate the challenge of subsurface illumination issues and
artifacts in the velocity model estimation process caused by the limited number of shots in a …

On-demand ocean-bottom nodes (OD OBN) for low-cost reservoir monitoring

JL Lopez, S Grandi, D Juliano, A da Silva… - … Meeting for Applied …, 2023 - library.seg.org
We present an innovative system for 4D seismic acquisition to monitor reservoirs flexibly, on-
demand and at low cost, enabling better field management. The solution uses nodes, which …

A workflow for high-resolution reservoir characterization using multiple 4D seismic datasets

M Maleki, DJ Schiozer, A Davolio, J Lopez - ECMOR 2022, 2022 - earthdoc.org
The uncertainties and risks related to the complex environments of deepwater oil and gas
reservoirs require interdisciplinary workflows and advanced reservoir monitoring techniques …

Practical Considerations in the Application of Ensemble Smoother for Assimilating Production and 4D Seismic Data

A Emerick - ECMOR 2024, 2024 - earthdoc.org
Iterative ensemble smoothers are gaining recognition as robust data assimilation methods
for modeling geological reservoirs in various applications, including hydrocarbon …