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The AAPG/Datapages Combined Publications Database
Houston Geological Society Bulletin
Abstract
Abstract: The Deliberate Search for the
Seismic
Stratigraphic Trap
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Hamman Oil and Refining
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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