Hybrid multiplicative time-reversal imaging: Application to Marcellus shale microseismic data

Tieyuan Zhu, Chao Huang

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Abstract

We present a field application of the hybrid multiplicative time-reversal imaging (HyM-TRI) algorithm, for automatically tracking the spatio-temporal distribution of many microseismic events. HyM-TRI back propagates the data traces from groups of receivers (in space and time) as receiver wavefields, multiplies receiver wavefields between all groups, and applies a causal integration over time to obtain a source evolution image. Using field data examples, we demonstrate the capability of the HyM-TRI technique to image the spatio-temporal sequence of asynchronous microseismic events which poses a challenge to standard time-reversal imaging methods. Moreover, the HyM-TRI technique is robust enough to produce a high-resolution image of the source in the presence of noise. The aperture of the 2D receiver array (azimuth coverage in 3D) with respect to the microseismic source area plays an important role on the horizontal and vertical resolution of the source image.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages3111-3115
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2020
EventSociety of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and Annual Meeting 2019, SEG 2019 - San Antonio, United States
Duration: Sep 15 2019Sep 20 2019

Conference

ConferenceSociety of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and Annual Meeting 2019, SEG 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Antonio
Period9/15/199/20/19

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Geophysics

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