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Houston Geological Society Bulletin
Abstract
Abstract: 
Seismic
/Sequence Stratigraphy—Applications
for the 21st Century
Seismic/Sequence Stratigraphy—Applications
for the 21st CenturyBy
Hamman Oil and Refining
Houston, Texas
The oil industry is under considerable pressure in its search
for hydrocarbons and faces a major challenge in finding
significant new reserves. The most easily identifiable structures
and amplitude anomalies onshore and offshore have been
drilled. The industry has become too reliant upon drilling amplitude
anomalies over the last 30 years and has neglected using
a complete integration of wells with seismic. Many companies
are drilling prospects in the 40- to 100-acre range because of a
perceived prospect shortage. Seismic sequence stratigraphic
analysis, available to industry for over 25 years, is not being
sufficiently utilized to obtain a complete integration
of well and seismic data. Such analysis leads
to better delineation of depositional environments,
reservoir geometry and potential porosity
trends. There probably are numerous prospects
with substantial reserves both onshore and offshore
the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast, but
they will not be found without a completely
integrated analysis
.
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