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Published as Geophysics, 74, no. 2, A7-A11, (2009)

Time-lapse image registration using the local similarity attribute

Sergey Fomel and Long Jin

John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences
The University of Texas at Austin
University Station, Box X
Austin, TX 78713-8924

Abstract:

We present a method for registration of time-lapse seismic images based on the local similarity attribute. We define registration as an automatic point-by-point alignment of time-lapse images. Stretching and squeezing a monitor image and computing its local similarity to the base image allows us to detect an optimal registration even in the presence of significant velocity changes in the overburden. A by-product of this process is an estimate of the ratio of the interval seismic velocities in the reservoir interval. We illustrate the proposed method and demonstrate its effectiveness using both synthetic experiments and real data from the Duri time-lapse experiment in Indonesia.




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