Using Reflected Phases to Improve Depth Resolution of Microseismic Source Locations from Single-Well Observations

James Rutledge, Nobukazu Soma

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of radial (R) and vertical (Z) components (Phillips et al., 1998). For inclined wave paths, the arrivals of P and SV plane waves can be enhanced in R*Z wave...

Comprehensive Fracture Evaluation Using Wireline Borehole Imager and Array Acoustic Tools

Cahyo Nugroho, Gunawan Sucahyo, Adriaan Bal, Pipin Ariyanto, Wilfred Samosir, Edison Nadeak

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...) indicate potential fracture zones. Track 3: Down going reflected wave data originating from a reflector above the transmitter (RWVRT), caliper, bit size...

Neogene Sediments of Atlantic Inner Continental Shelf off Northern Florida

Edward P. Meisburger , Michael E. Field

AAPG Bulletin

... internal-reflector characteristics are termed here reflection units. Six reflection units, identified by letter, have been defined from the inner shelf...

Application of deghosting method based on Greens theorem in reservoir description of Bohai Bay

Shaoxuan Li, Jiangfeng Zheng, Lei Gao, Zhiping Zhao

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... for predicting reference wave field and scattered wave field and for deghosting. This paper shows the effect of changes in seismic data on subsequent...

General Geology and Structure of the Bingham District, Utah

Allan James, Wilbur Smith, John Welsh

Utah Geological Association

.... It is not of economic importance. Erosion on its axial plane has determined the location of Middle Canyon. The Bingham syncline strikes and plunges in a more northerly...

Chapter 6: Structural Interpretation of Seismic Geologic Reality, Perspective, and 3-D Thinking

Peter Boult, Brett Freeman, Graham Yielding

AAPG Special Volumes

... an interpretation of seismic data or other remote measurements, rather than the direct observation of an effect. The scientific method of prediction...

Abstract: Post-stack Seismic Geomorphology of Bakken Shale using Spectral Decomposition, Curvature and Waveform Facies Analysis …Southern Alberta Study; #90224 (2015)

Valentina Baranova, Azer Mustaqeem, Steven Foster, and Elvis Floreani

Search and Discovery.com

...Abstract: Post-stack Seismic Geomorphology of Bakken Shale using Spectral Decomposition, Curvature and Waveform Facies Analysis …Southern Alberta...

Seismic Stratigraphy Detection and Evaluation: The Implications in Exploring for Hydrocarbon Structural Traps in Morowali Waters and Gulf Of Kendari, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Kevin Muster Regulus Victor, Delyuzar Ilahude, Hermansyah G, Wijaya P H, Nainggolan T B, Usman E, Lili Sarmili, Hananto Kurnio, Widiatmoko H C, Rachmat B, Dewi K T, Rohendi E, Noviadi Y, Rahardjo P, Mustafa M A, Wahib A, Setyanto A, Ibrahim A, Widodo E W, Iswal M H

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... the bedrock has been faulted creating small rotated sedimentary blocks or minibasins faulted into sedimentary bedding plane made up from bedrock...

III Columbia Oil & Gas Investment Conference: Conventional & Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources - Abstracts

Asociación Colombiana de Geólogos y Geofisicos del Petróleo (ACGGP)

...-surface heterogeneity and elastic wave low-velocity hurt the seismic image of deeper events. This effect appears quite severe and hard to attenuate...

Structural Restoration of Seismic and Geologic Sections in Extensional Regimes (1)

ALAN G. NUNNS

AAPG Bulletin

... of the designated reference horizon. Assuming plane strain, structural restoration is achieved by an inverse deformation transformation that moves each point (x...

Time-Lapse Acoustic Monitoring of Facture Alteration in Marcellus Shale

Jihui Ding, Anthony C. Clark, Tiziana Vanorio, Adam D. Jew, John R. Bargar

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... leads to an average of 3% decrease in S∥-wave (polarized parallel to fracture) velocity, and fracture acidizing results in an average of 2% decrease...

Causes and Consequences of Curvature in the Sevier Orogenic Belt, Utah to Montana

Edward C. Beutner

Wyoming Geological Association

...Causes and Consequences of Curvature in the Sevier Orogenic Belt, Utah to Montana Edward C. Beutner 1977 353 365 Anderson, A.L., 1961, Geology...

Abstract: Characterization of Fractures and Their Effect on Reservoir Directional Flow in the Tensleep Sandstones, Wyoming; #90063 (2007)

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Acoustic nonlinear full-waveform inversion on an outcrop-based detailed geological and petrophysical model (Book Cliffs, Utah)

Daria Tetyukhina, Stefan M. Luthi, Dries Gisolf

AAPG Bulletin

... are known as 1.5-D models. For each location, a set of 10 incident plane waves with angles ranging from 0 to 45 at the highest compressional wave...

Cenozoic Regional Erosion of the Abyssal Sea Floor Off South Africa

Brian E. Tucholke, Robert W. Embley

AAPG Special Volumes

... erosional zone (significant erosion can also be found above and below this core zone); 2-basement exposed by current erosion; 3-sediment-wave field...

Niger Delta

Harry Doust, Ebi Omatsola

AAPG Special Volumes

... in that they show less curvature in the horizontal plane, are generally steeper, and display less growth. Mapping shows that a crestal fault can merge...

Effect of Volcanic Bodies on Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the North-Eastern Part of Chicontepec Foredeep, Mexico, #50279 (2010)

Supratik Sarkar, Kurt Marfurt, Roger Slatt

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...Effect of Volcanic Bodies on Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the North-Eastern Part of Chicontepec Foredeep, Mexico, #50279 (2010) Supratik Sarkar, Kurt...

Structure Interpretation Problems of a Lower Miocene Reef Associated with a Shallow Low Velocity Anomaly, North Sumatra

Peter Walker, Masrizal Maas, Michael D. Burnaman

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... from near sea bed to the base reef reflector at 2.350 msecs. Figure 8. Seismic Line Seismic line DD' is 3600 feet west of and parallel to line BB...

Abstract: AVO and Anisotropy from Logs and Walkaways, by S. W. Leaney and W. E. Borland; #90982 (1994).

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Wave Climate Effects Upon Changing Barrier Island Morphology, Kouchibouguac Bay, New Brunswick

Edward Bryant

Atlantic Geology

... of a specific wave period and direction. Although these latter waves may have a random effect on the barrier during any one storm, on a cumulative basis...

Application of Offset Seismic Profiles in the Jatibarang Volcanic Reservoir

W. L. Nutt, Jujur Sirait

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... using the velocity function derived from a subsurface model. This NMO correction has the effect of replacing the oblique reflector travel times from...

Constraining uncertainty in interpretation of seismically imaged clinoforms in deltaic reservoirs, Troll field, Norwegian North Sea: Insights from forward seismic models of outcrop analogs

Nicholas E. Holgate, Gary J. Hampson, Christopher A.-L. Jackson, and Steen A. Petersen

AAPG Bulletin

... from this well were located in the water leg of the field, so that the effect of fluid content on the P-wave velocity log can be discounted (Asquith...

The Origin of Stylolites

B. M. Shaub

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...: Stylolite phenomena result from differential chemical solution in hardened rock, under pressure, on the two sides of a bedding plane, lamination plane...

Finding Hydrocarbons in Fault Traps

Marian W. Downey

West Texas Geological Society

... at the fault trace. A fault plane itself generally has little effect on migrating hydrocarbons. In areas such as the Teritary of the Gulf of Mexico...

Mapping Stratigraphic Traps with Electrical Transients

Jamil Azad

CSPG Bulletin

... of the wave is reflected and much of it is available to map a deeper reflector. The experimental proof of the theoretical prediction that a reflection...