An Experimental Study of Attenuation in Sandstones at Seismic Frequencies

We present the results of our measurements conducted on two Donnybrook (A and B)and one Harvey (C)sandstone samples with high (590 mD) and low (7.8 mD and 9.6 mD) permeability. There were no significant attenuation and dispersion observed in the high-permeability sample A. Two distinct inter-related...

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Main Authors: Mikhaltsevitch, Vassili, Lebedev, Maxim, Gurevich, Boris
Other Authors: EAGE
Format: Conference Paper
Published: EAGE 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41676
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author Mikhaltsevitch, Vassili
Lebedev, Maxim
Gurevich, Boris
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description We present the results of our measurements conducted on two Donnybrook (A and B)and one Harvey (C)sandstone samples with high (590 mD) and low (7.8 mD and 9.6 mD) permeability. There were no significant attenuation and dispersion observed in the high-permeability sample A. Two distinct inter-related effects have been indicated in the water/brine saturated low-permeability samples B and C. Prominent peaks of extensional attenuation were found at frequency of 0.8 Hz in sample B and at frequencies ~7 Hz (at effective pressure of 23 MPa) and ~20 Hz (at effective pressure of 9 MPa) in sample C. The dispersion of the bulk moduli of both samples in the frequency range from 0.1 to 100 Hz was also detected. The dispersion of the bulk and shear moduli of the samples in the dry state was within the accuracy of our measurements. Our results demonstrate that the low frequency limit of acoustic dispersion for low-permeability rocks can correspond to seismic or even teleseismic frequency band.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-416762017-09-13T14:15:05Z An Experimental Study of Attenuation in Sandstones at Seismic Frequencies Mikhaltsevitch, Vassili Lebedev, Maxim Gurevich, Boris EAGE We present the results of our measurements conducted on two Donnybrook (A and B)and one Harvey (C)sandstone samples with high (590 mD) and low (7.8 mD and 9.6 mD) permeability. There were no significant attenuation and dispersion observed in the high-permeability sample A. Two distinct inter-related effects have been indicated in the water/brine saturated low-permeability samples B and C. Prominent peaks of extensional attenuation were found at frequency of 0.8 Hz in sample B and at frequencies ~7 Hz (at effective pressure of 23 MPa) and ~20 Hz (at effective pressure of 9 MPa) in sample C. The dispersion of the bulk moduli of both samples in the frequency range from 0.1 to 100 Hz was also detected. The dispersion of the bulk and shear moduli of the samples in the dry state was within the accuracy of our measurements. Our results demonstrate that the low frequency limit of acoustic dispersion for low-permeability rocks can correspond to seismic or even teleseismic frequency band. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41676 10.3997/2214-4609.20131844 EAGE restricted
spellingShingle Mikhaltsevitch, Vassili
Lebedev, Maxim
Gurevich, Boris
An Experimental Study of Attenuation in Sandstones at Seismic Frequencies
title An Experimental Study of Attenuation in Sandstones at Seismic Frequencies
title_full An Experimental Study of Attenuation in Sandstones at Seismic Frequencies
title_fullStr An Experimental Study of Attenuation in Sandstones at Seismic Frequencies
title_full_unstemmed An Experimental Study of Attenuation in Sandstones at Seismic Frequencies
title_short An Experimental Study of Attenuation in Sandstones at Seismic Frequencies
title_sort experimental study of attenuation in sandstones at seismic frequencies
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41676