Patent ID: 11953638
Assignee: G-O-IMAGE, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  E | IPC E  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for determining a permeability field architecture of at least a portion of a fluid reservoir, the method comprising the steps of:
establishing a seismic array in the vicinity of a wellbore in fluid communication with said fluid reservoir; wherein said seismic array is operable to acquire seismic energy emission data and said seismic array comprises a plurality of seismic energy sensors;
generating a change in fluid pressure in said fluid reservoir;
acquiring seismic energy emission data from said seismic array prior to and after said change in fluid pressure;
processing a selected portion of said seismic energy emission data to generate three dimensional spatial representations of a fluid pressure wave through said portion of said fluid reservoir; wherein said processing further comprises identifying a semblance band utilizing semblance filtering techniques;
determining a permeability field architecture of said portion of said fluid reservoir based on said fluid pressure wave; and
identifying at least one high permeability pathway in said fluid reservoir, wherein said high permeability pathway corresponds to a medial surface of said fluid reservoir.