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- This invention relates generally to the field of geophysical prospecting and, more particularly, to electroseismic prospecting, including reservoir delineation. Specifically, the invention is improved electrode configurations for electroseismic prospecting for hydrocarbons.
- the electroseismic (ES) method is an exploration tool designed to image conversions between electromagnetic and seismic energy.
- An electric current is created in the subsurface of the Earth by applying an electrical potential between two or more electrodes in contact with the Earth. These electrodes may be wires buried in trenches, pipes or rods placed in holes, casings of wells, either water wells or wells used in hydrocarbon exploration and production, or sheets of metal buried near the surface.
- the Earth current that is produced by these electrodes interacts with subterranean formations to create seismic waves. These seismic waves have particularly large amplitudes when they are created at the boundaries between rock containing hydrocarbon and non-reservoir rock.
- this method must distinguish seismic signals that originate at or near the Earth's surface from those generated at greater depth, particularly, signals originating at hydrocarbon reservoirs or other deep targets of interest.
- the present inventors have discovered numerous sources of unwanted seismic noises that can be generated near the surface electrodes, including: • ES conversions at a shallow water table or at other inhomogeneities in near-surface rock or soil;
- the invention is a method for survey design including configuring, and selecting the number of, a plurality of near-surface electrodes connected to the outputs of a source signal generator for transmission of electrical current into the earth in an electroseismic survey of a subsurface formation so as to cause current to penetrate to the depth of interest and produce a seismic response at deployed receivers while providing for substantially reduced noise from near-surface conversions of electromagnetic to seismic energy, said method comprising selecting a technique from the following group:
- FIG. 1 illustrates a field layout for acquisition of electroseismic data with three electrodes, and further illustrates how the near-surface electroseismic response may be separately measured;
- Figs. 2, 3 and 5 are examples of near and far electrode configurations that create a region of low near-surface electric field around the near electrodes while maintaining strong fields at depth, Fig. 2 using four parallel, horizontal electrodes, Fig. 3 being a variation on the arrangement of Fig. 2 where the two near electrodes are replaced by vertical electrodes, and Fig. 5 employing several near electrodes arrayed in a closed polygon configuration;
- Fig. 4 illustrates an electrode configuration suitable for covering a large area
- Fig. 6 illustrates electrode arrangements designed to minimize the near surface magnetic field
- Fig. 7 illustrates a method for modulating subsurface electrical currents with an applied magnetic field
- Fig. 8 illustrates a method for collecting electroseismic data along a path while minimizing electric fields near the electrodes
- Fig. 9 illustrates reduction in near-surface electric and magnetic fields when many electrodes are used in parallel.
- Fig. 10 illustrates how electrodes composed of stakes, pipes or rods placed in the ground can be used to produce an arrangement that simulates that of Fig.8 and further reduces near-surface electric fields.
- the present invention is electrode configurations for suppression of near- surface noise in electroseismic prospecting.
- Alternative embodiments of the invention approach this problem in somewhat different ways.
- the following description places various embodiments or techniques of the present invention into one or another of four categories characterized by their shared similarities.
- Fig. 1 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention in which three electrodes, one with positive polarity and two negative, are used for identification of surface noise and its removal.
- the source of power which may be called a source signal generator, has a positive output, 2, and a negative output 3. These outputs are connected to wires 4 and 5 that are further connected to electrodes 6, 7, and 8. (The signal generator and its connections are not shown in many of the succeeding drawings, which show the electrode arrangements only.)
- the electrodes are illustrated in Fig. 1 to represent horizontal wires buried in trenches in the ground. These electrodes may also be made of rods or tubes or pipes, and they may be placed in vertical holes in the ground.
- both electrodes 6 and 7 are shown connected to the power source 1 in Fig. 1, in the method disclosed below, only one of these electrodes is connected at a given time, during which the other is disconnected.
- the positive electrode 8 and the negative electrode 7 create electrical currents 9 in the earth.
- the currents 9 will have their largest values at depths equal to or less than the separation between electrodes 7 and 8. If these two electrodes are spaced 100 feet apart, then the current density 9 will decay rapidly at depths greater than 100 feet.
- the subsurface formation 10 is illustrated to be at a depth less than the distance between electrodes 7 and 8.
- a seismic wave 11 is generated by electroseismic coupling as disclosed by Thompson and Gist in their 1999 patent. This seismic wave is detected by seismic receivers called geophones 12.
- Current 13 will also flow from the positive electrode 8 to the other negative electrode 6. Because of the greater electrode separation, this current flow will penetrate to greater depths where it penetrates a deeper formation 14, giving rise to seismic wave 15, which is also detected by geophones 12. The current flow 13 also causes conversion to seismic energy in the shallow formation 10.
- the signal from deep formation 14, which is the depth of interest is extracted from the data from electrodes 8 and 6 (with electrode 7 disconnected from the power supply) by subtracting the signals measured using electrodes 8 and 7 (with electrode 6 disconnected). This subtraction requires matching the amplitudes (i.e., normalization) of signals measured from 8 and 7 to the shallow features in the data from electrodes 8 and 6.
- Some embodiments of the present invention operate on the principle of reducing surface noise instead of the subtraction-correction technique disclosed above.
- the electrodes are used to reduce the amplitude of surface electric fields, thereby reducing the magnitude of near-surface seismic conversions.
- An arrangement of "near" electrodes of the same polarity is designed to minimize the electric field in the vicinity of the near electrodes, which is therefore a preferable location for the receiver geophones, while maintaining a strong field at depth.
- the seismic signals generated near the surface which are not of interest, are suppressed, instead of intentionally generating noise signals for later subtraction as in the embodiment illustrated by Fig. 1.
- One or more electrodes of opposite polarity are located a sufficient distance from the near electrodes to penetrate the deep formations of interest. (The electrode polarity assignments may be reversed in any of these embodiments.) The detailed and refined design of the electrodes is determined by maximizing the electric fields at depth relative to the electric fields near the electrodes. Examples of such embodiments follow.
- negative electrodes 22 are placed to create a region of minimal electric field in the region 23 between them. This arrangement will minimize the excitation of electric-field-generated noise in 23.
- the electrodes 22 are horizontal buried wires or other conductors.
- Two positive electrodes 21 are used in this embodiment. All four electrodes may be substantially parallel, coplanar, and buried at shallow depths, or they may be varied in depth and orientation to minimize the electric field in the neighborhood of the near electrodes.
- the geophones located in region 23 receive seismic energy converted in deep formations, but minimal shallow excitations. Wherever the geophones are located, they will receive minimal surface excitations from the low- field zone created by the near electrodes' configuration.
- Fig. 3 illustrates a variation on the configuration of Fig. 2.
- the near electrodes are pipes or rods 32 placed vertically in the earth.
- the distant electrodes 31 of opposite polarity may be buried wire, or any combination of stakes, pipes, wells or sheets of electrode materials.
- the electric field can be minimized throughout the volume of region 34.
- Fig. 5 illustrates another embodiment that minimizes electric fields in the vicinity of the near electrodes.
- a buried wire 51 is laid out in the form of a closed curve or polygon, or, alternatively, vertical rods or pipes 52 may be placed in the ground to define a closed volume of earth where the electric field will be minimized relative to the electric field at depth.
- 51 or 52 are the near electrodes as explained above, and the opposite polarity is represented in this embodiment by the single electrode 54.
- Region 53 will be a region of minimum electric field where the geophones are preferably placed.
- Fig. 8 illustrates a method for collecting electroseismic data along a path, or swath, to cover a large area of land, to image a large volume of the subsurface, and, at the same time, to minimize the electric fields near the electrodes.
- the two positive electrodes 81 and the two negative electrodes 82 create regions of approximately uniform electric potential between them in areas 83.
- Seismic receivers (not shown) advantageously may be placed in areas 83 where there will be small electric fields and hence, small electrical interference with the receivers.
- the region of small electric field 83 is localized to the near surface and to regions around the electrodes. These small-field regions will minimize the generation of near-surface noises.
- this system of electrodes will create appreciable electric fields at the target.
- Fig. 8 can be systematically moved in the direction 84 to achieve coverage over large areas of land.
- FIG 10 illustrates how electrodes composed of stakes, pipes, or rods placed in the ground, can be used to further reduce near-surface electric fields and electroseismic noise.
- the overall arrangement is similar to that shown in Figure 8 with positive electrodes 81, negative elecfrodes 82 and low electric field areas 83.
- the electrodes are constructed by placing vertical electrodes 104 in the ground.
- elecfrodes 104 may be common pipe, metal rods, or cable anchors used for power poles. These electrode structures may penetrate, typically, 1 to 30 feet into the ground, the depth being controlled by the needed electrical resistance of each electrode.
- the electric fields in areas 103 will be largest where the positive and negative electrodes are closest together. This tendency for the field to be largest in that close region can be partially corrected by placing the buried pipe/rod elecfrodes with the variable spacing such as is illustrated.
- the spacing of electrode rods is made closer together in regions where the electric field is small. This arrangement forces more current to enter the ground where the electrode rods are close together and hence to raise the electrical potential in those regions.
- the systematic placing of the electrode rods can be used to minimize the electric field in regions 103 and hence reduce the electroseismic noise in those regions.
- Fig. 6 illustrates two ways to create a minimal magnetic field at the surface and to establish a maximum vertical field at depth. This electrode geometry has been discussed in the context of electromagnetic surveying for hydrocarbons or minerals by Mogilatov and Balashov in J Appl. Geophys. 36, 31-41 (1996). In electromagnetic surveying, an electromagnetic signal is transmitted into the subsurface, and receivers are placed to detect the resulting electromagnetic fields at selected locations.
- Electroseismic conversion is not considered, nor consequently is minimization of seismic noise.
- the authors disclose that the symmetry of this electrode system minimizes the magnetic field produced by the currents in the electrode, or in the surface of the Earth.
- the positive electrode 61 and the negative electrode 62 create currents that travel radially outward in the Earth's surface. These currents create no vertical magnetic field because of self cancellation.
- pairs of positive vertical electrodes 65 and negative vertical electrodes 63 will produce no vertical magnetic fields at the Earth's surface because of cancellation between adjoining pairs. In either arrangement, the near-surface electric fields in the center circular area will be minimal because of the principles employed in the electrode arrangements of Figs. 2, 3 and 5. Seismic receivers placed there will pick up low near-surface seismic conversion of either electric or magnetic energy.
- Mogilatov and Balashov also point out that the electric field in the subsurface is vertical below the center point of the electrode system.
- the geometry of Fig. 6 is good for producing electroseismic conversion at a horizontal interface in the subsurface with low surface noise, although this was not considered or disclosed by Mogilatov and Balashov.
- Fig. 9 illustrates reduction in near-surface electric and magnetic fields when many electrodes are used in parallel circuit connection.
- the positive electrode is divided into a number of segments 91 while the negative elecfrode 92 is a single electrode.
- the current supplied by time-varying power source 96 passes through single wire 95 and into electrode 92.
- the same current is split into smaller currents by the multiple connecting wires 94 and the electrode sections 91.
- Currents flowing in an electrical conductor create associated magnetic fields that circulate around the conductor.
- the amplitude of the magnetic field is proportional to the current flowing in the wire.
- the magnetic field around wire 95 and electrode 92 is then larger than the magnetic fields around wires 94 and electrode segments 91.
- the magnetic field is reduced in the vicinity of the positive elecfrode compared to the vicinity of the negative electrode because of (a) less current through each electrode segment 91 than through electrode 92, and (b) cancellation of vertical magnetic field components between wires 94.
- electrode 92 is split the same as electrode 91, creating reduced fields on both sides of the configuration.
- Fig. 9 therefore illustrates another embodiment of the present invention whereby source electroseismic noise is reduced by decreasing the attractive and repulsive forces between near electrodes by the particular electrode arrangement used. The effect is achieved by partitioning of the total current into smaller currents that are distributed over a larger area.
- Fig. 9 The geometry of Fig. 9 has an added value.
- the partitioned circuits in wires 91 and 94 have smaller electrical inductance than the wires 92 and 95. Electrical inductance is known to have a negative effect on power generation equipment and also limits the electrical power that can be delivered to the ground as disclosed in WPO International Publication No. WO 02/091020 by Hornbostel, et al.
- near-surface fields are minimized by positioning conducting material at a selected near-surface location so as to partially shield that region from the subterranean electric fields generated by the elecfrodes.
- conducting component or components are electrically connected to each other but not to the elecfrode circuit.
- the conducting shield will assume a constant floating potential and will act as a partial Faraday cage thus reducing electric fields in the shielded, near-surface region.
- the shielding components may be any combination of wire, wire mesh, aluminum or other metallic foil, metal wells, metal sheets or rods.
- Fig. 4 illustrates an embodiment in which many electrodes are placed a distance apart that is small compared to the depth of the target of interest (not shown). Negative electrodes and positive electrodes alternate along the survey direction. Thus, current paths exist between each positive electrode and each negative elecfrode. These many different current paths each interact with near surface pipes, fences, and the like in different ways, i.e., each will produce a somewhat different seismic source signature. On the other hand, each positive-negative elecfrode pair will excite deeper regions in essentially identical fashion because the difference in elecfrode locations is insignificant compared to the depth of targets of interest.
- a deep response from any elecfrode pair will have substantially the same source signature as a deep response from any other electrode pair.
- the combined shallow responses will be a mix of many different source signatures, and that mix itself will be a source signature distinguishable from that of the deep response.
- a person of ordinary skill in seismic data processing will be able to use these different source signatures to reject the near surface signals, leaving the deep signals.
- switches can be used to alternately excite different combinations of positive and negative electrodes.
- the signature of the deep response will be unaffected by the switching, and thus the data processor is able to eliminate or reduce the near surface response by rejecting the varying components in the seismic signal.
- the array of Fig. 4 may also be used to generate a source signature for the near-surface response characterized by spatial phase variation to optimize real time rejection of source generated noise.
- the source signal can be swept (using switches in the electrical connections to the elecfrodes) among the electrodes, sequentially exciting different combinations of pairs of electrodes. Any pre-selected sweep can be used. The desirable deep response will be unaffected by the sweep. The part of the measured response that is synchronized with the sweep will be the surface noise, and can be rejected in real time or in a subsequent processing step.
- FIG. 7 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention in which surface noises are identified and suppressed by modulating the surface currents with an applied magnetic field.
- electrodes 71 and 72 are used to apply a current to the subsurface.
- a separate power/signal generator 76 generates counter-clockwise current in wire loop 74 that has one dimension much smaller than the depth to the target.
- the current in loop 74 creates a magnetic field 75 out of the plane of the paper (and of the Earth's surface).
- the magnetic field also penetrates vertically into the subsurface before the field lines eventually curve and close in loops that enclose the current carrying wire 74.
- Such a magnetic field will constrain the subsurface current between electrodes 71 and 72 to move parallel to the magnetic field direction. This follows from the formula for force F exerted on a particle of charge q moving with velocity v through magnetic field B :
- the force is zero if the vectors F and v are parallel.
- the magnetic field from current loop 74 will cause the charge carrying particles moving from electrode 71 to electrode 72 to move in the direction of the magnetic field lines 75 as the charge carriers approach near the surface where electrode 72 is located. If the current were to stray in a direction perpendicular to the magnetic field, the interaction of the magnetic field with the moving charge would force the charge back to a direction parallel to the magnetic field.
- the applied magnetic field is modulated in time (by modulating signal generator 76), the current in the subsurface is alternately constrained and then released by the applied field.
- the magnetic field will have a dominantly vertical direction only to a depth approximately equal to the smallest dimension of loop 74, and will thus modulate the current only near to the surface and the electrode.
- the magnitude and direction of the electric field at depths much greater than the dimensions of the loop are unaltered by the applied magnetic field.
- the application of a magnetic field preferentially alters the noise-producing, near-surface fields, and persons skilled in the art will realize that that permits their removal from the unchanging deeper signal by any of several known techniques. For example, if the magnetic field is modulated in time, then the noises created near the elecfrode will also be modulated in time. But the deeper signals from target structures will not be modulated significantly. The applied magnetic field thus distinguishes between source-generated noise and the signal from depth.
- This embodiment differs from the first three categories discussed above.
- noise signals are not purposely created, local fields are not purposely reduced in size, and arrays are not used to remove the noise in processing. Rather, in this case, an applied magnetic field is used to modulate the noise-producing fields.
- the third and fourth categories may be conceptually combined since both involve designing waves by which near-surface noise may be discriminated in later data processing.
- the three main approaches used by the present invention to deal with near-surface ES noise are therefore (1) measuring the near-surface noise so that it may be subtracted; (2) generating less near-surface noise by creating regions having low- near surface electric fields; and (3) using electric or magnetic fields to modify the near-surface noise so that it may be discriminated. All of these approaches may be embraced by the term "reducing the problem of near surface noise.”
- polarity is mentioned in terms of positive and negative. As will be apparent to the reader skilled in the art, assigning polarity is only for the purpose of indicating which electrodes are wired to one output terminal of the signal generator, and which are connected to the other terminal. Any signal generator is assumed to have a nominal positive terminal and a nominal negative terminal. Polarities can be reversed, and frequently are in the preferred source signals for electroseismic prospecting. Moreover, some embodiments of the present invention require (relatively small) potential differences between elecfrodes otherwise of common polarity.
- one "near” electrode may be slightly positive in potential compared to another near elecfrode in embodiments where such an adjustment is made to further reduce near-surface electric fields, but both near electrodes will be substantially negative (or positive) relative to the one or more "far” electrodes.
- the term “polarity” is used herein to distinguish between the near and far electrodes in this example, not to refer to the slight potential differences among the near electrodes.
- the two near electrodes in the example just given are both referred to herein as negative electrodes for polarity identification purposes. This should be understood.
- elecfrodes are described as being electrically connected to a common output terminal of the signal generator, that does not necessarily mean by conducting wire, i.e., a voltage adjusting device such as a dropping resistor may be in the connecting circuit for one or more of the electrodes.
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