Author(s)

Aiqun Liu^*, Caiwei Fan, Yong Deng, Peiyuan Zhu, Qianwei Hu, Peng Song

Zhanjiang Branch of China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd., Zhanjiang, China.

Recently, velocity prediction and modeling have been focus of the geophysical exploration in the high temperature and high pressure of the south China sea area, especially for new offshore exploratory areas. The error is large with great difficulty owing to fewer exploratory wells and misunderstanding. Firstly, on the basis of three typical velocity prediction and modeling examples in Ying-Qiong basin, it’s easy to put forward the corresponding not common but urgent problem in each instance, then combined with the velocity problem and misunderstanding to expand method discussion and solution, which include geological model to guide the velocity interpretation and analysis, the establishment of forward velocity of the auxiliary model explaining and constructing high precision velocity model. This research basically solves existing velocity problems in gas exploration of south China sea in recent years, and proposes corresponding solution and application, which is of great significance to the further exploration and productive practice.

Ying-Qiong Basin, Natural Gas Exploration, Velocity Modeling, Velocity Prediction, Velocity Analysis, Velocity Volume, The Geological Model, Inclination Correction, High Precision Velocity Model, Forward Modeling

Liu, A. , Fan, C. , Deng, Y. , Zhu, P. , Hu, Q. and Song, P. (2017) Problems and Solutions of Velocity Modeling in Natural Gas Exploration. Open Journal of Marine Science, 7, 51-61. doi: 10.4236/ojms.2017.71005.