A new methodology using seismic data to differentiate shallow-water carbonate deposits from similar, noncarbonate structures

M. Badalì, J. Hsieh, and S. D’Annibale

AAPG Bulletin

... or transtensional phase, during or soon after their formation, and now they appear as high-amplitude bodies on top of basement highs. This type...

Primary and Secondary Migration of Oil: Section III. Geological Environments and Migrations

J. M. Hunt

AAPG Special Volumes

... phase. The larger molecules move mainly by the latter two mechanisms with buoyancy as the driving force. The oils move laterally along bedding planes...

Tackling data challenges in land FWI: A case study

Victor Lopez, Yun Dong Guo, QingYang Li, Bin Yu, Changhua Zhang

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... objective function. This approach estimates a source wavelet for each shot in each iteration during inversion by minimizing both amplitude and phase...

Challenges and Current Advances in the Rock Physics of Carbonate Rocks, #120094 (2012)

Tiziana Vanorio, Yael Ebert, Ammar El Husseiny

Search and Discovery.com

... expected seismic signature (i.e., relatively modest seismic amplitude change) upon water flood and the often-questioned applicability of the Gassmann...

Genesis 4D Project — Design and Execution Overview

Bernard Regel, Tom Hudson, John Bretches, Phil Inderwiesen, Pat Condon, James Rickett, Frank Descant

GCAGS Transactions

... strong seismic amplitude responses due to their large impendence contrast with surrounding shales. The 3D seismic data has an extracted wavelet similar...

Abstract: Innovative QCs for More Effective 4D Processing; #90187 (2014)

Cyril Saint Andre, Benoit Blanco, Christian Hubans, and Benoit Paternoster

Search and Discovery.com

... lay the focus on only one nonrepeatability or 4D difference parameter (i.e.time shift or amplitude distortion) and lead to non ambiguous understanding...

4D Seismic Monitoring of In-Situ Combustion of Heavy Oil Reservoirs; #41529 (2015)

Diego Morales, Trino Salinas, Gabriel Alvarez

Search and Discovery.com

... and parameters. Compensation of wavelet phase and amplitudes between surveys. Compensation for time-shift differences (statics) between surveys...

The AVO Response of a Pennsylvanian Age Channel Sandstone in the Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma [Abstract]

Roger A. Young, Eric Kubera, Alan Leaver

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... in September 1994. The dataset was processed to retain relative amplitude fidelity and has been analyzed for anomalous amplitude behavior. Frequency...

Geophysical Investigation Using Resistivity and GPR: A Case Study of an Oil Spill Site at Seberang Prai, Penang

Zaw Win, Umar Hamzah, Mohd Azmi Ismail, Abdul Rahim Samsudin

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

...: [email protected] Abstract: Subsurface contamination by light non-aqueous phase liquids (LNAPLs) is one of the most pressing environmental issues...

Abstract: Deepwater Nigeria OPL-213: An Exploration Risk Reduction Approach Using Integrated Geoscience Technologies

R. K. Saver, David L. Connolly, Arnaud G. Pichon, and Raymond J. Fontenot

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... and quantitative amplitude anomaly comparisons provided the basis for reservoired product phase and lateral distribution. Subregional 2D seismic and 2D basin...

Improving Reservoir Characterization Using 3D-CRS Stack Method

Search and Discovery.com

The Practical Use and Application of theMagnetic Resonance Imaging Log in the Piceance Basin

Paul Lipinski, John Gregg, Mike Mullen

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... in these three fluids is also influenced by numerous, though often known or reliably estimated, environmental factors. The response to water is affected...

Identification of Seismic Facies and Effect of Seismic Data Quality on Hydrocarbon Distribution in Pict Field, Central North Sea, United Kingdom; #20190 (2013)

Muhammad Shahid Tamannai, Abid G. Bhullar, and Chris Ward

Search and Discovery.com

... then confirmed from the detailed well log information. Three types of seismic facies were marked on the maximum seismic amplitude maps. From seismic amplitudes...

Estimating the Lithologic Composition of the Terrigenous Lower Cretaceous Sediments of the Peri-Kuma Region

A. A. Safontsev, I. M. Tanasevich

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... strata (1). However, use of the amplitude of SP for this purpose is generally prevented by difficulty in calculating various factors (change in salinity...

Sergipe Basin Potential Revealed

Karyna Rodriguez, Mike Saunders, Neil Hodgson, Laurie Geiger, Spectrum

GEO ExPro Magazine

... to Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary age. They are associated with clear amplitude anomalies as illustrated in both dip and strike seismic sections over...

AVO Attribute Analysis for Gas Hydrate in Shenhu Area; #41228 (2013)

Rui Yang, Nengyou Wu, Zhibin Sha, and Jinqiang Liang

Search and Discovery.com

... in distance between shot point and receiver reflects differences in lithology and fluid content in strata. AVO (Amplitude Versus Offset) analysis...

Application of intelligent fault identification and sealing evaluation technology in Lukeqin area

Sun bo, Lin Yu, Guo Xiang, Yin Xue Bin, Nie Zhiwei, Liu Hongyan

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... are mostly fault-block traps, and oilcontrolling faults are the main controlling factors for determining the scope of the reservoir. In the early...

The 1993 PESA Australian Lecture: Some Ideas on the Sequence Setting of Source Rocks

R. B. Kirk

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... 117 Sequence setting of source rocks Amplitude and seismic attribute (instantaneous frequency, phase, etc.) mapping may be pertinent. Some...

Petroleum systems of the Simeulue fore-arc basin, offshore Sumatra, Indonesia

Rudiger Lutz, Christoph Gaedicke, Kai Berglar, Stefan Schloemer, Dieter Franke, Yusuf S. Djajadihardja

AAPG Bulletin

... Miocene. High-amplitude, low-frequency reflector bands are characteristic of the initial phase of platform growth (unit A on Figure 9...

The Gunnison Discovery—Garden Banks Block 668, Gulf of Mexico

Jeff Gee-shang Pan, Jim Fulcher

GCAGS Transactions

.... Mapping of the re-processed GPI 3D data in 1999 produced 5 new levels of amplitude-supported targets in a deeper interval. The pre-drilled age prognosis...

Chapter Three: Structural Interpretation

Alistair R. Brown

AAPG Special Volumes

... variable area (upper row), with seismic amplitude coded to color (middle row), and with instantaneous phase coded to color (lower row). (Courtesy Texas...

Fundamental Issues on the Application of Seismic Methodologies for Carbonate Reservoir Characterization

Sigit Sukmono

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... INTERPRETATION Characterization of carbonate seismic facies includes examination of reflection configuration, amplitude magnitude, frequency...

Full azimuth angle domain Q prestack depth migration imaging technology: A case study of tight gas in western China

Huahui Zeng, Qin Su, Huijie Meng, Shengtao Zang, Deying Wang, Shuhai Qie

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

.... Fractures are the main control factors of tight oil and gas, shale oil and gas "sweet spot", which is very important for unconventional oil and gas...

Does 2D Seismic Still Have a Role in Frontier Exploration? A Perspective from the Deepwater Kutei Basin

Doug McKee, John Dunham

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., an amplitude fit-to-structure from the 3D survey suggests the principal reservoir of the structure may have just been missed. Certainly 3D data provide...

Abstract: Azimuthal Fourier Coefficients: A Simple Method to Estimate Fracture Parameters; #90174 (2014)

Jon Downton and Benjamin Roure

Search and Discovery.com

... analysis can be split into two parts: the Amplitude Versus Offset (AVO) analysis and the Amplitude Versus Azimuth (AVAz) analysis. For regularly sampled data...