Value of elastic full-wavefield inversion in derisking clastic reservoirs in presence of noise

Partha Routh, Soumya Nayak, Jake Dorsett, Kaushik Banerji, Young Ho Cha, Vijay Gottumukkula, Gopal Palacharla, Vikas Gudipati, Ramesh (Neelsh) Neelamani, Seth Conway, Andrea Raphael

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... to de-risk fluid prediction at the reservoir. Introduction Elastic property inversion typically relies on post-migrated gathers or angle stacks...

3-D Structural Modeling and Restoration of the Western Sicilian Fold-and-Thrust Belt; #30573 (2018)

Martina Balestra, William Sassi, Jean-Luc Rudkiewicz, Sveva Corrado, Maurizio Gasparo Morticelli, Attilio Sulli

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...-dimensional modeling is a common exploration tool used in oil & gas industry. It allows the reconstruction of the deformation history...

Distribution and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Permian Nowra Sandstone, Southern Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia

P. A. Arditto

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... Sandstone, a widespread nearshore marine sandstone unit, was a common target in the deeper hydrocarbon tests of the southern and central Sydney Basin...

Heavy Minerals of the Jacksonian Sediments of Mississippi and Adjacent Areas

Ming-Shan Sun

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... was carried out with bromoform in a specially made funnel having a stop-cock, and walls with apex angle of about 40 degrees. The heavy fraction...

Structure of Turner Valley Gas and Oil Field, Alberta

Theodore A. Link , P. D. Moore

AAPG Bulletin

... by later slice faults. High-angle slice faults also are present, while underthrusting and underfolding are common phenomena. Many of the inner Foothills...

Structural Modification of Corals in Relation to Waves and Currents: Reef Biota

Richard R. Graus , John A. Chamberlain Jr. , Alexa M. Boker

AAPG Special Volumes

... (i.e., with its long axis parallel with the flow). We do not consider the more general case of branches having a horizontal angle to the flow (i.e....

Seismic diffraction imaging for improved coal structure detection in complex geological environments

Binzhong Zhou, Weijia Sun

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... and defocusing approach (Khaidukov et al., 2004; Berkovitch et al., 2009; Landa et al., 2010); dip angle domain common imaging gathers (Sava and Fomel...

Types of Foothills Structures of Alberta, Canada

Theodore A. Link

AAPG Bulletin

... of folding and faulting in the northern Foothills belt. There is, however, the general opinion that low-angle thrust faults are not as common...

Critical Review of Some Tectonic Problems in Cordilleran Foreland

Frank W. Osterwald

AAPG Bulletin

... Cordilleran foreland tectonics, and are presented accordingly. Tectonics: Tectonics, a word in common geological use, is not defined in modern geological...

Structure of the Frontal Belt of the Ouachita Mountains

Thos. A. Hendricks

Ardmore Geological Society

... of cross faults. Most of the reverse faults appear to dip at high angle and to have a horizontal component of movement that is of the order...

Locating massive syneresis fractures in shale: An experimental study

X. Wang, L. Pan, L. Li, H. C. Lau, M. Zhang, H. Wang, and N. Cai

AAPG Bulletin

... regions. The key factor governing the formation of syneresis fractures is the dip angle of the underlying structure. Steeper dip angles tend...

Tidal Origin of a Precambrian Quartzite--the Lower Fine-Grained Quartzite (Middle Dalradian) of Islay, Scotland

George Devries Klein

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... and ladder ripples are common. Micro-cross-laminated sets are separated by wavy and bifurcated flaser bedding. Facies 2 consists of siltstone and mudstone...

Basic Types of Submarine Slope Curvature

Erwin W. Adams , Wolfgang Schlager

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... profile, and are interpreted to rest at the angle of repose. Oversteepening of this critical angle by sedimentation disturbs the entire planar...

Analysis of Slump Slip Lines and Deformation Fabric in Slumped Pleistocene Lake Beds

Byron D. Stone

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... delta sands and silts exhibit flexural slip folds and low-angle thrust faults where the beds remained coherent during slump deformation. Alternating cross...

Salt Piercement in Shallow Gulf Coast Salt Structures

Derrell A. Smith , F. A. E. Reeve

AAPG Bulletin

... of shallow salt structures, beds in contact with the salt commonly have a discordant relation with the salt plug; i.e., the angle between the structural dip...

Tidally Influenced, Transgressive Shelf Sediments in the Viking Formation, Caroline, Alberta

Dale Leckie

CSPG Bulletin

... and conglomerates contain high-angle and compound crossbedding. These coarse sandstones and conglomerates were deposited as ridges on a tidally affected offshore...

Geometry, Flow, and Sediment Transport of Alluvial Deposits Induced By Topographically Driven Flow Expansions

Luca Sittoni, Chris Paola, Vaughan Voller

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... increasing downstream) and/or horizontal (flow width increasing downstream). Here we focus on the latter case: horizontal expansion is both common...

Fundamental Advances in Structural Geology Based on Ongoing Studies in Reactivation Tectonics, Part 1

S. Parker Gay Jr.

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... of stratigraphic features also arise from lesser movements of basement faults. The work on reactivation tectonics has also explained some very common...

Barons Sandstone, Southern Alberta

Peter E. Putnam, Tom A. Oliver

CSPG Special Publications

... A & B exhibiting shale rip-up clasts & chert pebbles; 8-11-12-22W4, 1059 m. D. High-angle cross-beds & shale rip-up clasts in calcite-cemented sandstone...

Field Summary: Hombre Field

John Dolson

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... - - 4A H I G H ANGLE CROSSBEDS Ah ROOTS HORIZONTAL LAMINATIONS "& . CARBONACEOUS \ MICRO-FAULTING LOW ANGLE LAMINATIONS 9 RIPPLES LEAF...

A Note on a New Type of Conical Structure in Shale: NOTES

Bertram G. Woodland

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... to be upwards.The cones are in a series of stacks each arranged vertically above the other with a common cone axis. Each cone is formed of a very thin shale...

Flake Duplexes in Crocker Turbidites of Tamparuli, Sabah

Azlan Mohd Sabirin, Jaafar Unir, Mohd Fadzil Yusoff, Mohd Shariff Kader, Ramly Manja, Rodziah Daud, Rosemawati Abd Majid, H. D. Tjia, Zainal Abidin Juni

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... fault on Fig. 1). Sole markings among which medium-sized flute and groove casts are common, adorn the bottom surface of sandstone layers and indicate...

Undulose Extinction in Fine-grained Rocks: NOTES

Robert E. Carver

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... 1 illustrates modifications of polarization for five hypothetical cases involving two quartz grains. Case 1 is the common case in which the c-axes...

Integration of Sequence Stratigraphy and Elastic Inversion Improved Understanding on Reservoir Characterization (Paper P33)

N. M. Mohamud, O. A. M. Mahmud, N. A. R. Razali, M. H. M. N. M Nor

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... utilized to validate seismic interpretation (Figure 2) and accurately tie well log to seismic. Forward modelling of synthetic angle stacks indicated...

Abstract: Subaqueous Sandstones Deposited by Meltwater-Fed Density Flows in a Late Paleozoic Glaciomarine Succession, Eastern Paraná Basin, Brazil, by Fernando Farias Vesely; #90079 (2008)

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