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AVO analysis of BSR to assess free gas within fine-grained sediments in the Shenhu area,South China Sea |
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| Authors: | Jin Qian Xiu-Juan Wang Shi-Guo Wu Zhen-zhen Wang Sheng-Xiong Yang |
| Institution: | 1. Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China 2. Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China 3. Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, MLR, Guangzhou, 510760, China |
| Abstract: | Gas hydrates have been identified from two-dimensional (2D) seismic data and logging data above bottom simulating reflector (BSR) during China’s first gas hydrate drilling expedition in 2007. The multichannel reflection seismic data were processed to be preserved amplitudes for quantitatively analyzing amplitude variation with offset (AVO) at BSRs. Low P-wave velocity anomaly below BSR, coinciding with high amplitude reflections in 2D seismic data, indicates the presence of free gas. The absolute values of reflection coefficient versus incidence angles for BSR range from 0 to 0.12 at different CMPs near Site SH2. According to logging data and gas hydrate saturations estimated from resistivity of Site SH2, P-wave velocities calculated from effective media theory (EMT) fit the measured sonic velocities well and we choose EMT to calculate elastic velocities for AVO. The rock-physics modeling and AVO analysis were combined to quantitatively assess free gas saturations and distribution by the reflection coefficients variation of the BSRs in Shenhu area, South China Sea. AVO estimation indicates that free gas saturations immediately beneath BSRs may be about 0.2 % (uniform distribution) and up to about 10 % (patchy distribution) at Site SH2. |
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