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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Earth Sci.

Sec. Georeservoirs

Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/feart.2025.1530557

This article is part of the Research Topic Advances and New Methods in Reservoirs Quantitative Characterization Using Seismic Data View all 13 articles

Spatial Distribution Prediction of Pore Pressure Based on Mamba Model

Provisionally accepted
Xingye Liu Xingye Liu 1,2Bing Liu Bing Liu 2*Wenyue Wu Wenyue Wu 3Qian Wang Qian Wang 2Yuwei Liu Yuwei Liu 4
  • 1 National energy shale oil research and Development Center, Beijing, China
  • 2 Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China
  • 3 Sichuan Water Development Investigation, Design Research Co., Ltd.,, Chengdu, China
  • 4 SINOPEC Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, Beijing, Beijing, China

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    The pore pressure of formations is a critical factor in assessing reservoir stability, designing drilling programs, and predicting production dynamics. Traditional methods often rely on limited well-logging data and empirical formulas to derive one-dimensional formation pressure models, which are inadequate for accurately reflecting the three-dimensional distribution of pore pressure in complex geological structures. To address this challenge, this study leverages the temporal characteristics of well-logging and seismic data, employing the Mamba technique in conjunction with high-precision seismic inversion results, to construct a pore pressure prediction model.The model is a structured state-space model designed to process complex time-series data, and improve efficiency through parallel scan algorithm, making it suitable for large-scale three-dimensional data prediction. Initially, the deep learning model is trained and optimized by collecting and analyzing well-logging data, including key parameters such as acoustic time difference and density. Advanced seismic inversion techniques are then employed to obtain three-dimensional elastic properties like subsurface velocity and density, which serve as input features for the trained deep learning model.Through complex nonlinear mappings, the model effectively captures the intrinsic relationship between input attributes and formation pressure, enabling accurate spatial distribution prediction of formation pore pressure. Research findings indicate that this method not only achieves high-precision formation pressure predictions but also reveals lateral variations in pore pressure that are challenging to detect using traditional methods. This provides robust technical support for the precise management and efficient development of oil and gas fields. With this method, oilfield engineers can more accurately assess formation pressure, optimize drilling programs, reduce accident risks, and enhance production efficiency.

    Keywords: pore pressure, seismic, deep learning, time series data, drilling

    Received: 19 Nov 2024; Accepted: 10 Mar 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Liu, Liu, Wu, Wang and Liu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Bing Liu, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China

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