Abstract
Poststack inversion is purely acoustic because there is no mode conversion at normal incidence. Therefore, P-wave impedance is the only information that can be estimated from poststack inversion of P-wave data. In full prestack inversion, both the low- and high-frequency components of the P-wave acoustic impedance can be extracted from the seismic data. In addition to the P-wave acoustic impedance, S-wave information or Poisson's ratio can also be estimated from prestack data. This provides fluid information for the reservoirs; thus, prestack inversion has an advantage over poststack inversion. We determined k, KC, m, and mC which are, respectively, the slope of the natural logarithm of shear impedance against the natural logarithm of acoustic impedance, the intercept of the natural logarithm of shear impedance against the natural logarithm of acoustic impedance, the slope of the natural logarithm of density against the natural logarithm of acoustic impedance, and the intercept of the natural logarithm of shear impedance against the natural logarithm of acoustic impedance. We also needed a set of angle-dependent wavelets, which are derived from angle stacks. Hence, we built three angle stacks; the near-angle stack (0–11 degrees), middle-angle stack (11–20 degrees), and far-angle stack (20–29 degrees). Using these angle stacks, we built three statistical angle-dependent wavelets. Finally, with log information we built an initial model for acoustic impedance, and tried to solve the inversion matrix using the conjugate gradient method. By solving this, we could simultaneously derive the acoustic impedance, shear impedance, and density sections from prestack data. Simultaneous inversion used the assumption of a constant shear wave to compressional wave velocity ratio, and the generalized Garnder equation, which are only valid in clastic rocks. The simultaneous prestack inversion method was used for the identification of reservoir facies in one of the hydrocarbon fields in Iran. With this method, four facies were identified; these were confirmed by reservoir geological information and well data.
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