Simultaneous Angle

Dependant Inversion

Recall that the Aki-Richards Equation can be written:

R A B sin 2 C sin 2 tan 2

where : A

1 VP

,
2 VP

VS
1 VP
B
4

2 VP
V
P

VS
VS
2

VS
V
P

and : C

1 VP
.
2 VP

Elastic Impedance Theory

Recall that the Aki-Richards Equation can be written:

R A B sin 2 C sin 2 tan 2

1 VP
where : A

,
2 VP

V
1 VP
4 S
2 VP
VP

V
VS
2 S
VS
VP

1 VP
and : C
.
2 VP
Connolly (1999) proposed that, analogously to acoustic impedance, we could define
elastic impedance (EI)
EI as:

1 EI 1
R
ln EI
2 EI
2
3

If we then integrate and exponentiate, we get the following form for EI:
EI

EI ( ) V

( 1 tan 2 )
P

( 8 K sin 2 )
S

where

( 1 K sin 2 )

VS2
K 2
VP

Note that if = 0o, EI reduces to Acoustic Impedance (AI),

AI where:

EI 0 AI VP

The preceding equation used all three terms in the Aki-Richards equation.
equation For angles
greater than 300, this equation does not give a straight line fit. For a higher angle
(larger offsets), we use only the first two terms, which leads to:

EI ( ) V

(1 sin 2 )
P

( 8 K sin 2 )
S

where

VS

K
VP

Again note that where = 0o, we get:

EI 0 AI VP

(1 K sin 2 )

EI Inversion Steps

Gathers
AVO Analysis
Near angle
stack at 1

Far angle
stack at 2

Invert to EI(1)

Invert to EI(2)
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Seismic
2-10 deg

Seismic 816 deg

Seismic
12-24 deg

Seismic
20-30 deg

Generalized Workflow of Simultaneous Angle Dependant Inversion

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Real Data Example

Near

Mid

Far

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Well-A

Well-C

Well-B

Inversion Result

Inversion Result

P-Impedance (upper panel) and S-Impedance (lower panel)

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Well-C

Well-B

Lambda-Rho Section

Inversion Result

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Proposed

Well-C

Well-B

(Lambda / Mu) Section

Inversion Result

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