Seismic stratigraphic analysis plays a critical role in the complete integration and evaluation of exploration and development projects. Despite being available for over 25 years, seismic stratigraphic analysis is not sufficiently utilized. This analysis leads to better delineation of depositional environments, reservoir geometry and porosity trends. Many trends and prospects with potentially substantial reserves onshore and offshore Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast have gone unrecognized as a result of a lack of a completely integrated analysis.

There is an industry perception that a shortage of available conventional large potential prospects exists. Less than 5% of all wells drilled in the last 50 years were to depths greater than 15,000 feet. Implementation of seismic stratigraphic analysis combined with multi-attribute processing can provide a competitive advantage. Seismic interpreters are deluged with huge volumes of data as advances in seismic attributes have increased the number of volumes with multiple attribute data sets. The result is a data management and interpretation challenge for the oil industry. Seismic stratigraphic analysis is a rapid data-mining tool that is key to finding unrecognized new plays and prospects.

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