S/N RATIO AND BANDWIDTH CONSIDERATIONS WHEN UTILIZING SEISMIC DATA IN EXPLORING FOR SUBTLE TRAPS - EXAMPLES FROM THE KNOX PLAY

Edward R. Tegland, Exploration Development, Inc., S. Pikes Peak Dr., Parker, CO Patrick H. Bygott, Exploration Development, Inc., S. Pikes Peak Dr., Parker, CO

Ohio Geological Society

... Hale,D., 1984, Dip Moveout by Fourier Transform (Stacking NMO): Geophysics, v. 49, p. 741-757. Sheriff, R. E., 1968...

Imaging Solutions for Geophysical Challenges in South East Asia (Paper A13)

N. El Kady, Z. Mohd Dom, Y. Prasetyo, M. Bayly, G. Nyein, P. Vasilyev, N. Mat Don Ya

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... (WesternGeco), P. Vasilyev (WesternGeco) & N. Mat Don Ya (WesternGeco) Introduction Significant improvements in seismic acquisition, signal processing...

Abstract: DMO and Migration: Imaging Tools in Geophysics

Craig J. Beasley

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... of problems in seismic imaging related to focusing the seismic reflections has enjoyed dramatic success in recent years. Dip moveout (DMO) and migration...

Delaware Basin Horizontal Wolfcamp Case History: HTI Fracture Analysis to Avoid H2S and Extraneous Water Linked to Graben Features

Scott Cook, Mike McKee, Sid Bjorlie

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... fracture networks at the Wolfcamp by detecting changes in azimuthal moveout and amplitudes caused by long, narrow bands of fractures associated...

Danish Sector: Insight into Mature and Deeper Plays

Will Bradbury, Steve Drewell, Gulnara Hickman, TGS

GEO ExPro Magazine

... Plays TGS’ new regional 2D long-offset seismic survey of the Danish sector employs innovative processing techniques already proven in the North Sea...

Using Strike Resolved by Neural-Optic Processing of Non-Digital Dipmeter Data to Determine Dip in Complex Structures Penetrated by Deviated Wells

Milt Enderlin, Dick Lenzer

CSPG Special Publications

...Using Strike Resolved by Neural-Optic Processing of Non-Digital Dipmeter Data to Determine Dip in Complex Structures Penetrated by Deviated Wells...

Derivation of Seismic Depth Sections

H. Buchholtz, W. Houba

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

.... If steep and/or conflicting dips are involved in the data a special dip moveout (DMO) processing is required to improve the stacked data for migration...

Fault Interpretation Problems in the Southeast Barrow Sub-Basin

R. K. Whyte

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

..., if the stack is not correctly carried out then no amount of esoteric, post-stack processing will help. With seriously non-hyperbolic moveout there are two...

High - Quality, Efficient Broadband Acquisition & Processing-An Integrated Approach

Richard Patenall, Dominic Fell, Timothy Brice, Saeeda Hydal

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... in apparent geometrical or moveout distortion in seismic reflections; therefore, processing algorithms that assume straight-line sampling may require...

Getting it Right the First Time in the Ceduna Sub-Basin: Regional and Target Depth Imaging in a Frontier Setting

Weidi Koh

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

..., structurally closed formations. New seismic acquisition, processing and VMB The 2014 Springboard multi-client 3D (MC3D) survey contains 8000 km2 of dual...

Migration Velocity Analysis by Migration of Velocity Spectra

Craig J. Beasley, Rolf Klotz

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

...., 1984, Dip moveout by Fourier transform: Geophysics, 49, 741–757. Kim, Y. C., and Gonzalez, R., 1991, Migration velocity analysis with the Kirchhoff...

The Geophysical Aspects of Abnormal Fluid Pressures

Edward B. Reynolds, John E. May, Alf Klaveness

Houston Geological Society

... ingredients in processing seismic data (for more than just normal moveout corrections) as well as for predicting lithology, the seismic industry is now...

Long Offset AVO in a Midcontinent Tight Gas Sand Reservoir

Pankhurst, Duane, Marfurt, Kurt, Sullivan, Charlotte

GCAGS Transactions

... information added to the seismic trace headers. Normal moveout (NMO) and dip moveout (DMO) corrections were applied with azimuthal anisotropic...

Maximizing imaging resolution and amplitude fidelity of low-dip stratigraphic traps through continued optimization of seismic acquisition and processing: A case study from the Guyana South East Stabroek Block

Yaxun Tang, Fuxian Song, Lorie Bear, Mark Widmer, Luke Wilson, Vikas Gudipati, Rishi Bansal, Steve Knapp, Chunshou Xia, Wei Zhao, Yu Huang

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... bandwidth, continuity and reduced weather noise. PROCESSING IDGHLIGHTS The majority of discoveries in the Stabroek Block are confined to low-dip...

North Belut 3D Seismic Processing Experience: The First High-Resolution High-Density Q-Marine Survey Conducted in Indonesia

Andreas T. Waluyo, Michael I. Challis

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...North Belut 3D Seismic Processing Experience: The First High-Resolution High-Density Q-Marine Survey Conducted in Indonesia Andreas T. Waluyo...

The Use of Physical Modeling to Resolve Offshore Seismic Problems

B. J. Evans, M. Urosevic

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... acquisition and, if so, whether to acquire it in the dip or strike direction. The recording, processing and interpretation of seismic data over...

An Interpreter's Guide to Improvements in Depth Imaging through Model-Based Velocity Estimation and Refinement

Andy Furniss

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... to Snell's Law, and structural dip within the model are all accounted for by ray tracing and we are therefore no longer limited by the hyperbolic moveout...

Quality Data at a Reduced Price: Innovative Approaches in 3-D Acquisition and Processing

Mars E. Semaan, Michel F. Bee, Maryanto, Gerard Dufourd, Eddy A. Sentani

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to apply Dip Move Out (DMO) and interpolation in the processing sequence. Extensive testing of processing tools and interpolation techniques...

Impact of an Integrated Seismic Data Processing Approach: A Case Study in Central Sumatra

Mars E. Semaan, Eddy Murhantoro, Maryanto, Achmad Bermawi, Budi Subianto, Hari Santoso

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... PreStack Processing Accurate imaging of seismic events is normally not possible with CMP stacked data alone in a multivalued moveout situation...

Seismic Migration: Part 7. Geophysical Methods

Ken Larner, David Hale

AAPG Special Volumes

... of dip moveout (DMO) applied after normal moveout (NMO) correction, but before the data are stacked. DMO, a form of partial prestack migration, completes...

Fractured Reservoir Prediction … A Case Study in the Sichuan Basin; #10512 (2013)

Ling Yun, Xiangyu Guo, Qianggong Song, and Weisheng He

Search and Discovery.com

... by the problems in seismic acquisition design and processing. In this paper, the research targets at the fracture prediction in the fluvial clastic...

Essentials of Streamer Marine 3-D Surveys, by Malcolm Lansley, #40140 (2004).

Search and Discovery.com

Application of Advanced Depth Imaging Technology in Shallow Water Offshore Indonesia

Michael Gidding, Suyang Chen, Steven Wiseman, Moch Asrori, Richard Bolton

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... wererealized. The processing flow consists of multiple iterations of Kirchhoff depth migration and unconstrained grid based tomography. Comparisons...

New Solutions to Old Problems: A Seismic Reprocessing Case History, DC and BQ Fields, Malacca Strait PSC

Charles A. Hinson

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of little more than regional dip. A processing procedure was designed by P.T. Dwipantara Perdana staff to address the particular statics problem...

Abstracts: True-Amplitude PS Prestack Time Migration via 5D Interpolation; #90173 (2015)

Peter W. Cary, Albert Zhang

Search and Discovery.com

..., Ext. Abs.,1496-1499. Hale, D., 1991, A non-aliased integral method for dip-moveout: Geophysics, 56, 795-805. Kristiansen, P., Paul Fowler, and Everett...