Geomechanics plays a vital part in today’s oil industry, which is focused on reducing risk and cost during drilling and increasing production rate efficiency in the life cycle of a hydrocarbon reservoir.
By integrating reflection seismic data and well logs during different stages of exploration, drilling and production, one can extract and measure a variety of geomechanical model components. A geomechanical model consists of a numerical distribution of the stress state, rock properties (e.g. strength, density, porosity) and pore pressure in the reservoir.
By utilizing pre-stack 3D seismic data and through pre-stack inversion (simultaneous inversion), some geomechanical and engineering parameters, like Poisson’s Ratio and Young’s Modulus were estimated and analyzed for the reservoir volume in an oilfield located in the Persian Gulf. Correct analysis of the aforementioned parameters could lead to the reduction of risk in the drilling and production stages and also optimize key stages in oil and gas operations.