Abstract

We present a method to simultaneously estimate pressure and saturation changes in a producing hydrocarbon reservoir using time-lapse (4D) seismic attributes. 4D seismic attributes are displayed in a crossplot domain, where pressure and saturation axes can be estimated deterministically or interpretively. These axes form the basis for a linear or nonlinear coordinate transformation to the pressure-saturation domain. A final calibration to production data is required to convert the qualitative results to quantitative estimates of pressure and saturation. Our method is applied to 4D seismic data sets acquired over producing North Sea reservoirs in the Schiehallion and Gullfaks fields.

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