Seismic wave modeling of fluid-saturated fractured porous rock: including fluid pressure diffusion effects of discretely distributed large-scale fractures

Abstract The scattered seismic waves of fractured porous rock are strongly affected by the wave-induced fluid pressure diffusion effects between the compliant fractures and the stiffer embedding background. To include these poroelastic effects in seismic modeling, we develop a numerical scheme for discretely distributed large-scale fractures embedded in fluid-saturated porous rock. Using Coates and Schoenberg's local-effective-medium theory and Barbosa's dynamic linear slip model characterized by complex-valued and frequency-dependent fracture compliances, we derive the effective viscoelastic compliances in each spatial discretized cell by superimposing the compliances of the background and the fractures. The effective governing equations for fractured porous rocks are viscoelastic anisotropic and numerically solved by the mixed-grid-stencil frequency-domain finite-difference method. The main advantage of our proposed modeling scheme over poroelastic modeling schemes is that the fractured domain can be modeled using a viscoelastic solid, while the rest of the domain can be modeled using an elastic solid. We have tested the modeling scheme in a single fracture model, a fractured model, and a modified Marmousi model. The good consistency between the scattered waves off a single horizontal fracture calculated using our proposed scheme and the poroelastic modeling validates that our modeling scheme can properly capture the fluid pressure diffusion (FPD) effects. In the case of a set of aligned fractures, the scattered waves from the top and bottom of the fractured reservoir are strongly influenced by the FPD effects, and the reflected waves from the underlying formation can retain the relevant attenuation and dispersion information. The proposed numerical modeling scheme can also be used to improve migration quality and the estimation of fracture mechanical characteristics in inversion.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Seismic wave modeling of fluid-saturated fractured porous rock: including fluid pressure diffusion effects of discretely distributed large-scale fractures ; volume:15 ; number:4 ; year:2024 ; pages:535-554 ; extent:20
Solid earth ; 15, Heft 4 (2024), 535-554 (gesamt 20)

Creator
Qi, Yingkai
Chen, Xuehua
Zhao, Qingwei
Luo, Xin
Feng, Chunqiang

DOI
10.5194/se-15-535-2024
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2404250423267.853091961503
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Qi, Yingkai
  • Chen, Xuehua
  • Zhao, Qingwei
  • Luo, Xin
  • Feng, Chunqiang

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