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Abstract:<br />

During this last quarter <strong>of</strong> the "<strong>Seismic</strong> <strong>Evaluation</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hydrocarbon Saturation in Deep-<br />

Water Reservoirs" project (Grant/Cooperative <strong>Agreement</strong> <strong>DE</strong>-<strong>FC26</strong>-<strong>02NT15342</strong>), we<br />

finalized integration <strong>of</strong> rock physics, well log analysis, seismic processing, and forward<br />

modeling techniques. Most <strong>of</strong> the last quarter was spent combining the results from the<br />

principal investigators and come to some final conclusions about the project. Also much<br />

<strong>of</strong> the effort was directed towards technology transfer through the Direct Hydrocarbon<br />

Indicators mini-symposium at UH and through publications.<br />

During this quarter we have:<br />

- Tested a new method to directly invert reservoir properties, water saturation, Sw,<br />

and porosity from seismic AVO attributes<br />

- Constrained the seismic response based on fluid and rock property correlations<br />

- Reprocessed seismic data from Ursa field<br />

- Compared thin layer property distributions and averaging on AVO response<br />

- Related pressures and sorting effects on porosity and their influence on DHI’s.<br />

- Examined and compared gas saturation effects for deep and shallow reservoirs<br />

- Performed forward modeling using geobodies from deepwater outcrops<br />

- Documented velocities for deepwater sediments<br />

- Continued incorporating outcrop descriptive models in seismic forward models<br />

- Held an open DHI symposium to present the final results <strong>of</strong> the project<br />

- Relations between Sw, porosity, and AVO attributes<br />

- Models <strong>of</strong> Complex, Layered Reservoirs<br />

- Technology transfer<br />

Several factors can contribute to limit our ability to extract accurate hydrocarbon<br />

saturations in deep water environments. Rock and fluid properties are one factor, since,<br />

for example, hydrocarbon properties will be considerably different with great depths<br />

(high pressure) when compared to shallow properties. Significant over pressure, on the<br />

other hand will make the rocks behave as if they were shallower. In addition to the<br />

physical properties, the scale and tuning will alter our hydrocarbon indicators. Gas<br />

saturated reservoirs change reflection amplitudes significantly. The goal for the final<br />

project period was to systematically combine and document these various effects for use<br />

in deep water exploration and transfer this knowledge as clearly and effectively as<br />

possible.<br />

<strong>Agreement</strong> <strong>DE</strong>-<strong>FC26</strong>-<strong>02NT15342</strong>, <strong>Seismic</strong> <strong>Evaluation</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hydrocarbon Saturation 3

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