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GeosPIn: A MATLAB library for Geostatistical Petrophysical Inversion


Abstract Petrophysical inversion of seismic data is one of the key components of seismic reservoir characterization. The goal of petrophysical inversion is to estimate petrophysical properties of reservoir rocks, such as porosity, volumes of minerals or lithologies, and water and hydrocarbon saturations from seismic data. This process can be performed by combining seismic AVO modeling and rock physics relations with deterministic or probabilistic inverse theory methods, either in a two-step approach based on seismic AVO inversion and rock physics inverse mapping or in a single loop step that includes both. We present a comprehensive MATLAB library named Geostatistical Petrophysical Inversion (GeosPIn). The novelty of the library lies in a single-loop geostatistical inversion method based on the Probability Field Simulation (PFS) and the Ensemble Smoother Multiple Data Assimilation (ES-MDA), and its implementation for applications to 3D datasets. The library also includes a Bayesian petrophysical inversion based on the two-step approach for comparison. We illustrate the main algorithms, explain the structure of the source codes, and demonstrate the library applications through 1D and 3D examples.
Authors Dario Grana University of WyomingORCID , Mingliang Liu ORCID , Leandro de Figueiredo
Journal Info Society of Exploration Geophysicists | Geophysics , pages: 1 - 57
Publication Date 5/3/2024
ISSN 0016-8033
TypeKeyword Image article
Open Access closed Closed Access
DOI https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2023-0467.1
KeywordsKeyword Image Geological Modeling (Score: 0.604804) , GIS-based Modeling (Score: 0.591887) , Geospatial Knowledge (Score: 0.590263) , Geological Mapping (Score: 0.575647) , Mineral Prospectivity (Score: 0.560355)