Use of Full Azimuth Seismic and Microseismic for Unconventional Plays - FAMS

Discipline: Geophysics / Unconventional Resources
Level: Specialized
Instructors who teach this course:
  • Dr. Heloise Lynn
    Dr. Heloise Lynn
    Dr. HELOISE LYNN has 30 years' consulting experience within the industry on multi-component, multi-azimuth, and anisotropic topics. She has interest in uses of VSP multi-component data in conjunction with 3D multi-azimuth multi-component surveys, and passive seismic monitoring during hydro-frac. During the last 20 years, she has worked more than 25 3D PP wide-azimuth field data surveys and/or 3D multicomponent surveys acquired, processed, and interpreted for seismic anisotropy, in order to learn fracture azimuth, fracture density, and in-situ stress state, as the lead geophysicist assigned to the project. Her oil company experience includes seismic and other geophysics work within such companies as Amoco, British Petroleum, and Texaco. Since 1984 she has been operating her own company, Lynn Incorporated, in which she does Seismic Geophysical Consulting. Heloise holds a PhD in Geophysics and MS in Exploration Geophysics from Stanford University, and a BA in Geology from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

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  • Dr. Ken Mahrer
    Dr. Ken Mahrer
    DR. KENNETH D. MAHRER specializes in integrating the microseismic response from a hydraulic fracture stimulation, the engineering of the stimulation, and all other pertinent data to create the best available, ground-truth picture of the hydraulic fracture stimulation. Dr. Mahrer is a scientist who communicates with engineers. Since his Ph.D., he has held numerous significant positions including two postdoctoral fellowships in fracture mechanics; teaching geophysics and geology at the University of New Mexico, where he won awards for effective teaching; Principal Geophysicist at Teledyne Geotech where he helped pioneer the commercial applicability of microseismic monitoring; Principal Geophysicist at Southwest Research Institute, developing a controlled, borehole seismic source and investigating fluid-induced seismicity; Consultant with Branagan and Associates, the first group to deploy a multi-level, fiber-optic cabled geophone array for microseismicity monitoring; Consultant with the US Bureau of Reclamation, recording, mapping, and characterizing microseismicity induced by the world's deepest, continuous, high-pressure injection well; and Principal Geophysicist at Weatherford International, recording, mapping, and interpreting stimulation-induced microseismicity. His present position is Chief Scientist at Sigma Cubed, Inc., mapping, interpreting, and integrating stimulation-induced microseismicity. Dr. Mahrer has many reports and publications on microseismicity and hydraulic fracturing, in addition to giving numerous presentations. He has been a technical editor for the SEG and the SPE and has written a column on technical writing (THE WRITER's BLOCK) for the SEG journal The Leading Edge. Dr. Mahrer holds an AB in physics (Miami Univ.), an MS in physics (Univ. of Colorado), and a Ph.D. in geophysics (Stanford Univ.).

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About the course
For surface seismic, participants will learn to evaluate azimuthal seismic in fractured reservoirs or resource intervals needing hydro-fracturing. The course presents reflection seismic and microseismic acquisition-design, processing, interpretation, and integrating support data narrow-azimuth seismic, well logs, production tests, VSPs, and core work. For microseismic, participants will learn the strengths, weaknesses, limitations, and benefits of microseismic imaging of hydraulic fractures.


"All young/old earth scientists in unconventionals need this course. I enjoyed thinking about the more complex levels of how to model AVO, and the azimuthal cases." - Geophysicist


"Amazing, very knowledgeable and great instructor." - Geophysicist IT


Designed For
For surface seismic, experienced geoscientists working seismic to evaluate unconventional resources, and/or fractured reservoirs that require hydraulic stimulation. For microseismic, all professionals using microseismicity to plan, monitor, evaluate, and diagnose stimulations will find this course useful.
You will learn
How To:
  • Specify what geologic and/or engineering questions need to be asked about your reservoir and your play
  • Specify the geophysical data that need to be acquired; design acquisition; specify the processing sequence
  • Interpret the final processed data and test different interpretations
  • Identify the support data required for the successful fracture and in-situ horizontal stress characterization
  • Extract engineering benefits and meaning from microseismic data
  • Appraise the utilities, capabilities, and limitations of microseismic imaging
  • Develop insights and fundamental questions for microseismic projects
  • Identify the support data needed to give a complete picture of the results
  • Weigh field deployment options
  • Assess stimulation designs
Course Content
  • Fundamentals of reflection seismology; seismic anisotropy - its causes and uses
  • Issues, goals, and pitfalls in seismic full-azimuth acquisition
  • Seismic data processing - nonazimuthal and azimuthal
  • Interpretation of azimuthal interval velocities and azimuthal amplitudes for in-situ stress and natural fractures; evaluation
  • Fundamentals of seismic modeling for anisotropy, especially common assumptions in different modeling packages
  • Microseismic: opening statements and discussion, historical background, Yeoman science 101
  • Hydraulic fracture technology, in-situ and other studies of hydraulic fracture geometries
  • Earthquake seismology and hydraulic-fracture-induced microseismology
  • The means and the methods of microseismic imaging
  • Examples I: results - the dots
  • Examples II: interpretation and integration
  • Pitfalls, benefits, FAQs
  • Wrap-up discussion
Use of Full Azimuth Seismic and Microseismic for Unconventional Plays - FAMS
Discipline: Geophysics
Level: Specialized
Duration: 5 days
Instructor(s): Heloise Lynn, Ken Mahrer
For surface seismic, participants will learn to evaluate azimuthal seismic in fractured reservoirs or resource intervals needing hydro-fracturing. The course presents reflection seismic and microseismic acquisition-design, processing, interpretation, and integrating support data narrow-azimuth seismic, well logs, production tests, VSPs, and core work. For microseismic, participants will learn the strengths, weaknesses, limitations, and benefits of microseismic imaging of hydraulic fractures.


"All young/old earth scientists in unconventionals need this course. I enjoyed thinking about the more complex levels of how to model AVO, and the azimuthal cases." - Geophysicist


"Amazing, very knowledgeable and great instructor." - Geophysicist IT
Designed For:
For surface seismic, experienced geoscientists working seismic to evaluate unconventional resources, and/or fractured reservoirs that require hydraulic stimulation. For microseismic, all professionals using microseismicity to plan, monitor, evaluate, and diagnose stimulations will find this course useful.
You Will Learn:
How To:
  • Specify what geologic and/or engineering questions need to be asked about your reservoir and your play
  • Specify the geophysical data that need to be acquired; design acquisition; specify the processing sequence
  • Interpret the final processed data and test different interpretations
  • Identify the support data required for the successful fracture and in-situ horizontal stress characterization
  • Extract engineering benefits and meaning from microseismic data
  • Appraise the utilities, capabilities, and limitations of microseismic imaging
  • Develop insights and fundamental questions for microseismic projects
  • Identify the support data needed to give a complete picture of the results
  • Weigh field deployment options
  • Assess stimulation designs
Course Content:
  • Fundamentals of reflection seismology; seismic anisotropy - its causes and uses
  • Issues, goals, and pitfalls in seismic full-azimuth acquisition
  • Seismic data processing - nonazimuthal and azimuthal
  • Interpretation of azimuthal interval velocities and azimuthal amplitudes for in-situ stress and natural fractures; evaluation
  • Fundamentals of seismic modeling for anisotropy, especially common assumptions in different modeling packages
  • Microseismic: opening statements and discussion, historical background, Yeoman science 101
  • Hydraulic fracture technology, in-situ and other studies of hydraulic fracture geometries
  • Earthquake seismology and hydraulic-fracture-induced microseismology
  • The means and the methods of microseismic imaging
  • Examples I: results - the dots
  • Examples II: interpretation and integration
  • Pitfalls, benefits, FAQs
  • Wrap-up discussion
Instructors:

Dr. HELOISE LYNN has 30 years' consulting experience within the industry on multi-component, multi-azimuth, and anisotropic topics. She has interest in uses of VSP multi-component data in conjunction with 3D multi-azimuth multi-component surveys, and passive seismic monitoring during hydro-frac. During the last 20 years, she has worked more than 25 3D PP wide-azimuth field data surveys and/or 3D multicomponent surveys acquired, processed, and interpreted for seismic anisotropy, in order to learn fracture azimuth, fracture density, and in-situ stress state, as the lead geophysicist assigned to the project. Her oil company experience includes seismic and other geophysics work within such companies as Amoco, British Petroleum, and Texaco. Since 1984 she has been operating her own company, Lynn Incorporated, in which she does Seismic Geophysical Consulting. Heloise holds a PhD in Geophysics and MS in Exploration Geophysics from Stanford University, and a BA in Geology from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

DR. KENNETH D. MAHRER specializes in integrating the microseismic response from a hydraulic fracture stimulation, the engineering of the stimulation, and all other pertinent data to create the best available, ground-truth picture of the hydraulic fracture stimulation. Dr. Mahrer is a scientist who communicates with engineers. Since his Ph.D., he has held numerous significant positions including two postdoctoral fellowships in fracture mechanics; teaching geophysics and geology at the University of New Mexico, where he won awards for effective teaching; Principal Geophysicist at Teledyne Geotech where he helped pioneer the commercial applicability of microseismic monitoring; Principal Geophysicist at Southwest Research Institute, developing a controlled, borehole seismic source and investigating fluid-induced seismicity; Consultant with Branagan and Associates, the first group to deploy a multi-level, fiber-optic cabled geophone array for microseismicity monitoring; Consultant with the US Bureau of Reclamation, recording, mapping, and characterizing microseismicity induced by the world's deepest, continuous, high-pressure injection well; and Principal Geophysicist at Weatherford International, recording, mapping, and interpreting stimulation-induced microseismicity. His present position is Chief Scientist at Sigma Cubed, Inc., mapping, interpreting, and integrating stimulation-induced microseismicity. Dr. Mahrer has many reports and publications on microseismicity and hydraulic fracturing, in addition to giving numerous presentations. He has been a technical editor for the SEG and the SPE and has written a column on technical writing (THE WRITER's BLOCK) for the SEG journal The Leading Edge. Dr. Mahrer holds an AB in physics (Miami Univ.), an MS in physics (Univ. of Colorado), and a Ph.D. in geophysics (Stanford Univ.).


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