Channel Modeling Based on Seismic, Wells and Analogue Data: Parameter Uncertainty Handling and Volume Uncertainty Assessment Using Experimental Design

Yuniyanto, Paul Thompson, Lothar Schulte, Andrian Elim, Vikram Sharma

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... horizons. The channel reservoir is relatively thin (40-130ft) and therefore it was possible to take advantage of the seismic tuning effect to get...

AusAEM Year 1: Some aspects of quality control and calibration

Ross C. Brodie, Yusen Ley-Cooper, Ray Lockwood, David Murray

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

...’s transmitter-receiver geometry. Previously this had not been successfully achieved due to electromagnetic noise created by the IMU device being...

Recursive Inversion and Attribute Analysis of 3D Seismic Data Over a Four-Way Dip Structure, Gulf of Thailand

S. Thanatit, S. Ronghe

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... The end product of modeling does depend heavily on the quality of the input data. Processing inadequacies leading to random or coherent noise...

Seismic and Geologic Facies Analysis in Field Development, Mackerel Field, Gippsland Basin, Australia

A. J. Mebberson, D. J. Morton

AAPG Special Volumes

... found in all four wells; however, these appeared to occur at random stratigraphic intervals. Although the upper 100 m of the Latrobe Group was barren...

Abstract: Predicting Free Surface Multiples without the Water: SRME on Land; #90224 (2015)

Keith Wilkinson, Richard Bale, and Ken Gray

Search and Discovery.com

.... The processing steps to generate the result in Figure 6 include the following: 1. Random and coherent noise attenuation 2. Data interpolation...

ABSTRACT: Thermal Effects of Overthrusting, Little Mountains Thrust Belt, Eastern New York, by Zintars Zadins and Gautam Mitra; #91043 (2011)

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Abstract: Flow in Porous Media: Experiments and Simulations with Application to CO2 Sequestration

Dustin Crandall, Goodarz Ahmadi, Duane H. Smith

Search and Discovery.com

... displacements within a novel flowcell and extends this experimental work with a computational fluid dynamics model within the same random pore-throat geometry...

Filling the Inversion GapŽ Without Well Data: Multi Level Sources and Streamers Help Improve Inversion

Martin Bayly, Dominic Lowden, Bruce Webb, Ed Kragh

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... frequency range from zero to approximately 6-12 Hertz. This is due to the free surface “ghost” effect of towing sources and streamers beneath the sea surface...

Effective (and Not-So-Effective) Channel Maps

Mike Cline

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... as apparent “noise” due to a lack of spatial Figure 5. This color-filled channel map does not define the channel very well. End_Page 45...

Abstract: AVO Crossplotting II: Examining Vp/Vs Behavior; #90171 (2013)

Heath Pelletier

Search and Discovery.com

... rotation effect can be problematic for interpretation only when low velocity unconsolidated materials (and their associated high Vp/Vs ratios...

Abstract: Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Monitoring of Salt Impacted Soil and Groundwater; #90172 (2014)

Kevin Hayley, Laurence Bentley, Adam Pidlisecky

Search and Discovery.com

... resulting in relatively consistent high soil saturation across the site and during all of the surveys. Hence, the effect of soil saturation changes...

Abstract: Horn River Microseismic Acquisition: Designing a Shallow Array; #90174 (2014)

Neil Taylor, Paige Snelling, Kyubum Hwang, Mark Stacey, and Dave Abbott

Search and Discovery.com

... the microseismic events from background noise? Second, what effect would the Quaternary channels have? Due to risks involved in drilling through...

Seismic Damage Zones and Their Impact within Thrust and Fault Systems; #41017 (2012)

David Iacopini and Rob W. H. Butler

Search and Discovery.com

... system • What do we observe at seismic scale? What does the seismic tell us? At larger seismic scale in deepwater system, same effect but different...

Analysis of Temperatures and Thermal Processes in the Uinta Basin

Sean D. Willett, David S. Chapman

CSPG Special Publications

... gradients; the bottom hole temperatures constitute the data. With a stochastic inversion method, the data and parameters are treated as random variables...

History Matching of Reservoir Models by Ensemble Kalman Filtering: The State of the Art and a Sensitivity Study

Leila Heidari, Veronique Gervais, Mickaele Le Ravalec, Hans Wackernagel

AAPG Special Volumes

... are viewed as realizations of a random function.Accounting for dynamic data in reservoir models is not straightforward, and this process is known...

Abstract: VSP P-Wave Attenuation Model Study in Elastic Earth: Spectral Ratio method Vs Centroid Frequency Shift Method; #90187 (2014)

Waheduzzaman Talukder and Ralph Phillip Bording

Search and Discovery.com

... to noise, scattering, receiver coupling effect or interference from other signals. It is necessary take extra care in processing and prepare the data...

Cross-Well Seismology: A New Production Tool

B. N. P. Paulsson, R. T. Langan

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... with the energy loss of a reflection reduce the signal-to-noise ratio. The noisy oil field environment is also a limiting factor for surface seismology...

4D Seismic Monitoring of Gas Production and CO2 Sequestration, North West Australia

David Lumley

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... seismic non-repeatable noise envelope (pink). Stiff rocks and fluids of similar compressibility produce weak 40 signals (lower left quadran t); soft rocks...

Aspects of Seismic Resolution: Chapter 1

R. E. Sheriff

AAPG Special Volumes

... considerations. However, on migrated sections other factors become important, such as noise on the unmigrated section, spatial aliasing, migration aperture...

Time Lapse Seismic for Reservoir Characterization

Rick Walia

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... help in assessing the effect of reservoir production from seismic data. The backbone of this technology involves the specialized 4D processing...

Broadband Seismic Technology and Beyond: Part VIII: BroadSeis in Exploration

Lasse Amundsen, Martin Landrø, Vetle Vinje, Jo Firth

GEO ExPro Magazine

.... Conventional marine streamer acquisition usually lacks sufficient signal-to-noise ratio in the 2–7 Hz bandwidth due to streamer depth, streamer tow noise, source...

Interpolation Using Higher Dimensions: A Case Study ON KE2 Three-Dimensional Transition Zone Seismic Survey, Madura Field, Indonesia

Cecep Sutisna, Frans Langitan, Vishal Kumar, Keat Huat Teng, Pongga Wardaya

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... the effect of source ghost and enhances the low frequency bandwidth. Pre-stack time migration helps to move the data to actual subsurface locations...

Fluid Movement Monitoring Base on Time-Lapse Microgravity Anomali Data (Case Studies in Sumatra)

Dian Pratiwi, Muh. Sarkowi

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... at reservoir depth and noise. The time-lapse microgravity anomaly has a value of -132 μGal to 54 μGal. Positive anomalies are related to the injection...

Electrical Methods: Part 7. Geophysical Methods

Arnold S. Orange

AAPG Special Volumes

.... Faulting or fracturing of porous sedimentary formations in most instances has little effect on the bulk average resistivity since the additional fracture...

Abstract: Simple Wavefield Modelling to Evaluate the Low Frequency Artifacts in Reverse-Time Migration; #90224 (2015)

John C. Bancroft

Search and Discovery.com

... their effect on the cross correlation and subsequent filtering. Alternative methods of recovering the wavefield prior to the cross-correlation are also...