Laboratory experiments and theoretical study of pressure and fluid influences on acoustic response in tight rocks with pore microstructure

He, Yan-Xiao, Wang, Shangxu, Li, Hongbing, Dai, Xiaofeng, Tang, Genyang, Sun, Chao, Yuan, Sanyi, Yin, Hanjun, Zhang, Jialiang, Shi, Peidong ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5782-245X, Zhang, Huiqing and Wei, Pengpeng 2024. Laboratory experiments and theoretical study of pressure and fluid influences on acoustic response in tight rocks with pore microstructure. Geophysical Prospecting 72 (5) , pp. 1896-1918. 10.1111/1365-2478.13466

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Abstract

Wave-induced fluid flow is considered to be a major source of seismic attenuation and dispersion in porous rocks. From the physical description of partially saturated reservoirs, numerous analytical solutions based on upscaling homogenization theories have been employed to calculate equivalent frequency-dependent poroelastic media. Nevertheless, dispersion and attenuation predictions are often not reasonably consistent with laboratory and field measurements in a broad frequency range, particularly due to influences of biphasic fluids and their distribution, presence of heterogeneities on various length scales, and pore microstructure. We investigate the role of pore microstructure on pressure and fluid saturation dependence of elastic velocities in tight sandstones. Previous work points out that differentiating the impacts of heterogeneities at various scales on dispersion within seismic exploration and sonic frequencies can be very difficult. In practice, this is because fluid-related dispersion mechanisms are impossible to be independent. Thus, it is important for a theoretical and more quantitative analysis of the relative contribution of interrelated energy dissipation processes through a better understanding of combined influences due to the presence of microscopic and mesoscopic heterogeneities. Based on microscopic squirt flow and mesoscopic flow in a partially saturated medium, we develop a poroelastic model that allows evaluating the overall frequency-dependent dispersion via considering a random distribution of fluid heterogeneities as well as the broadly distributed aspect ratio of compliant pores. Experimental validation of the model is accomplished via a comprehensive comparison of predictions with measurements of partially saturated velocities versus pressure and fluid for sandstones with specific pore microstructures.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Publisher:	Wiley: No OnlineOpen
ISSN:	0016-8025
Date of Acceptance:	21 November 2023
Last Modified:	11 Feb 2025 13:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/175370

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