SBIR Phase I: High-Resolution Imaging and Petrophysical Characterization of Oil Reservoirs

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将开发一项关键技术，旨在通过使用最先进的3-D叠前深度成像技术和先进的岩石物理原理来产生高分辨率的岩石物理和构造信息，从而提高油藏的清晰度和特征。简而言之，这项技术将使石油和天然气公司能够从地震数据中提取岩石信息。这项技术的扩展不仅限于3-D或4-D(时间推移)成像，还可以应用于医学成像、EPA识别埋藏危险物质的项目、使用探地雷达进行远程成像等。完整的软件包将是一个最先进的程序，提供勘探行业目前无法提供的功能和实用程序。这项拟议技术的商业潜力相当大，因为它使三维和四维地震数据能够更有效地用于描述和描述油层，并监测强化采油过程。这一地震成像和储集层描述领域受到技术发展的极大影响，代表着一个快速商业增长的领域。这项先进技术直接影响碳氢化合物的发现和回收，并可减少对进口石油的依赖。在现有油田中，更好的地下复杂地质地震成像直接与岩石物理信息相结合，可以降低开发成本，提高油气采收率。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will develop a key technology designed to enhance the definition and characterization of oil reservoirs, by using state-of-the-art 3-D prestack depth imaging technology coupled with advanced rock physics principles to produce high-resolution petrophysical and structural information. Briefly stated, this technology will allow oil and gas companies to extract rock information from seismic data. Extensions to this technology are not limited to only 3-D or 4-D (time lapse) imaging, but can also be applied to medical imaging, EPA projects of identifying buried hazardous substances, remote imaging using ground penetrating radar, etc. The complete software package will be a state-of-the-art program offering features and utilities that are presently unavailable in the exploration industry. The commercial potential of the technology proposed is considerable because it allows 3-D and 4-D seismic data to be much more effectively used to characterize and delineate oil reservoirs and to monitor enhanced oil recovery processes. This area of seismic imaging and reservoir characterization is greatly influenced by technology developments and represents a fast commercial growth sector. This advanced technology directly impacts the discovery and recovery of hydrocarbons and could decrease dependence on imported oil. In existing oil fields, better seismic images of complicated subsurface geology directly coupled with petrophysical information, can reduce development costs and increase the amount of hydrocarbons recovered.