Integrated petrophysics and rock physics modeling for well log interpretation of elastic, electrical, and petrophysical properties

- Multi-physics approach for quantitative log interpretation
- Rock and fluid property estimation based on petrophysics and rock physics models
- Joint interpretation of elastic and electrical properties

Rock and fluid volumetric properties, such as porosity, saturation, and mineral volumes, are generally estimated from petrophysical measurements such as density, resistivity, neutron porosity and gamma ray, through petrophysical equations. The computed petrophysical properties and sonic log measurements are generally used to estimate the petro-elastic relationship between elastic and rock and fluid volumetric properties used in reservoir characterization. In this paper, we present a unified workflow that includes petrophysical relations and rock physics models for the estimation of rock and fluid properties from elastic, electrical, and petrophysical (porosity, density, and lithology) measurements. The multi-physics model we propose has the advantage of accounting for the coupled effect of rock and fluid properties in the joint petro-elastic and electrical domains, and potentially reduce the uncertainty in the well log interpretation. Furthermore, the presented workflow can be eventually extended to three-dimensional reservoir characterization problems, where seismic and electromagnetic data are available. To demonstrate the validity of the methodology, we show the application of this multi-physics model to both laboratory measurements and well log data.