A novel directional-oriented method for predicting shear wave velocity through empirical rock physics relationship using geostatistics analysis.

This study attempts to design a novel direction-oriented approach for estimating shear wave velocity (V) through geostatistical methods (GM) using density employing geophysical log data. The research area involves three hydrocarbon wells drilled in carbonate reservoirs that are comprised of oil and water. Firstly, V was estimated using the four selected empirical rock physics relationships (ERR) in well A (target well), and then all results were evaluated by ten statistical benchmarks.