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A Review on Recent Development and Application of Marine Controlled-Source Electromagnetics (Marine CSEM의 최근 기술 개발 및 적용 사례)

  • Song, Yoon-Ho;Kim, Hee-Joon;Seol, Soon-Jee
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.12a
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    • pp.87-100
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    • 2007
  • Marine controlled source electromagnetics (CSEM) or sea bed logging (SBL) is an emerging technology which can provide quantitative information on hydrocarbon reservoir embedded in marine sediment. Electromagnetic responses to the resistive formation saturated with a certain amount of hydrocarbon can be characterized by less attenuated profile otherwise exponentially attenuated fields in conductive sea water or through sediments, and thus can be regarded as a direct indicator of hydrocarbon. In this paper, we introduce the technology of marine CSEM in terms of its physical characteristics and in comparison of typical three-dimensional (3-D) seismic method. History and evolution of commercial marine CSEM are also briefly summarized. We then introduce a representative case history showing how marine CSEM works in reality. Outlook of future applications and technical advances to be made are discussed. Finally, we demonstrate a test example of 2.5-D inversion of synthetic data as the groundwork of 3-D inversion of field data that is to be the ultimate goal of technical development.

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Computation of Apparent Resistivity from Marine Controlled-source Electromagnetic Data for Identifying the Geometric Distribution of Gas Hydrate (가스 하이드레이트 부존양상 도출을 위한 해양 전자탐사 자료의 겉보기 비저항 계산)

  • Noh, Kyu-Bo;Kang, Seo-Gi;Seol, Soon-Jee;Byun, Joong-Moo
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.75-84
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    • 2012
  • The sea layer in marine Controlled-Source Electromagnetic (mCSEM) survey changes the conventional definition of apparent resistivity which is used in the land CSEM survey. Thus, the development of a new algorithm, which computes apparent resistivity for mCSEM survey, can be an initiative of mCSEM data interpretation. First, we compared and analyzed electromagnetic responses of the 1D stratified gas hydrate model and the half-space model below the sea layer. Amplitude and phase components showed proper results for computing apparent resistivity than real and imaginary components. Next, the amplitude component is more sensitive to the subsurface resistivity than the phase component in far offset range and vice versa. We suggested the induction number as a selection criteria of amplitude or phase component to calculate apparent resistivity. Based on our study, we have developed a numerical algorithm, which computes appropriate apparent resistivity corresponding to measured mCSEM data using grid search method. In addition, we verified the validity of the developed algorithm by applying it to the stratified gas hydrate models with various model parameters. Finally, by constructing apparent resistivity pseudo-section from the mCSEM responses with 2D numerical models simulating gas hydrate deposits in the Ulleung Basin, we confirmed that the apparent resistivity can provide the information on the geometric distribution of the gas hydrate deposit.

Observations of the Cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 using Cryo-Methods and Cryo-SEM (Cryo-Methods와 Cryo-SEM을 이용한 Cyanobacteria, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 미세구조 관찰)

  • Lee, Eun-Ju;Moon, Yoon-Jung;Oh, Hyun-Woo;Kim, Su-Jin;Chung, Young-Ho;Kweon, Hee-Seok;Kim, Youn-Joong
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.65-72
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    • 2009
  • Cryo-SEM which enables specimens to be observed in frozen form has been used to study liquid specimens in their native states. Cryo-methods, sample preparation for cryo-SEM, are quite complex and involve several discrete but vitally interconnected steps which are rapid cooling, fracturing, sectioning, etching and coating. It is important to select practical techniques and to optimize conditions of each steps considering analytic purpose and specimen characters, viz., sample dimension, water contents. In this study, etching methods and sample preparation before freezing had been studied for observation of cyanobacteria, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 using cryo-SEM and their cryo-SEM images were compared to Conventional SEM (CSEM) images treated by chemical fixation. We could observe the improved morphological images of the pili of the surface and membranes of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and the three-dimensional architectures of their biofilm, which were difficult to observe using chemical fixation and CSEM. These results suggest that cryo-methods/cryo-SEM are useful techniques for morphological study of biological specimen.

Marine Controlled-source Electromagnetic Surveys for Hydrocarbon Exploration (탄화수소 탐지를 위한 해양 인공송신원 전자탐사)

  • Kim, Hee-Joon;Han, Nu-Ree;Choi, Ji-Hyang;Nam, Myung-Jin;Song, Yoon-Ho;Suh, Jung-Hee
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.163-170
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    • 2006
  • The shortage of proven hydrocarbon reserves has resulted in exploration progressing from the offshore into progressively deeper water of the continental shelf. Despite the success of seismic acquisition at ever greater depths, there are marine geological terrenes in which the interpretation of seismic data is difficult, such regions dominated by scattering or high reflectivity that is characteristic of carbonate reefs, volcanic cover and submarine permafrost. A marine controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) method has recently been applied to the oil and gas exploration thanks to its high-resistivity characteristics of the hydrocarbon. In particular, this method produces better results in terms of sensitivity under the deep water environment rather than the shallow water. Only in the last five years has the relevance of CSEM been recognized by oil companies who now use it to help them make exploration drilling decisions. Initial results are most promising and several contractors now offer magnetotelluric and CSEM services.

Watershed-based PMF and Sediment-runoff Estimation Using Distributed Hydrological Model (분포형 수문모형을 이용한 유역기반의 PMF 및 유사-유출량 산정)

  • Yu, Wansik;Lee, Giha;Kim, Youngkyu;Jung, Kwansue
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.60 no.2
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2018
  • Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) is mostly applied for the designs of large-scale hydraulic structures and it is estimated by computing the runoff hydrograph where Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) is inserted as design rainfall. The existing PMP is estimated by transferring the heavy rainfall from all watersheds of korea to the design watershed, however, in this study, PMP was analyzed by selecting only rainfall events occurred in the design watershed. And then, Catchment-scale Soil Erosion Model (CSEM) was used to estimate the PMF and sediment-runoff yield according to the watershed-based estimated PMP. Although the PMF estimated in this study was lower than the existing estimated PMF in the Yongdam-dam basin, it was estimated to be higher than the 200-year frequency design flood discharge. In addition, sediment-runoff yield was estimated with a 0.05 cm of the maximum erosion and a 0.06 cm of the maximum deposition, and a total sediment-runoff yield of 168,391 tons according to 24-hour PMP duration.

Three-dimensional Modeling of Marine Controlled-source Electromagnetic Surveys Based on Finite Difference Method (유한차분법에 기초한 인공송신원 해양전자탐사 모델링)

  • Han, Nu-Ree;Nam, Myung-Jin;Ku, Bon-Jin;Kim, Hee-Joon
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.66-74
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    • 2012
  • This paper presents development of a three-dimensional marine controlled-source electromagnetic (mCSEM) modeling algorithm and its application to a salt and reservoir model to examine detectability of mCSEM for a reservoir under complex subsurface structures. The algorithm is based on the finite difference method, and employs the secondary field formulation for an accurate and fast calculation of modeling responses. The algorithm is verified for a two-layer model by comparing solutions not only with analytic solutions but also with those from other 3D modeling algorithm. We calculate and analyze electric and magnetic fields and their normalized responses for a salt and reservoir model due to three sources located at boundaries between a salt, a reservoir, and background. Numbers and positions of resistive anomalies are informed by normalized responses for three sources, and types of resistive anomalies can be informed when there is a priori information about a salt by seismic exploration.