Dynamic Interplay among Tectonics, Sedimentation, and Petroleum Systems: An Introduction and Overview

Dengliang Gao

AAPG Special Volumes

..., the authors report several important observations and findings. First, hotter, highly extended shallow basins generally contain fewer hydrocarbon fields than...

AAPG 2012 International Conference & Exhibition, - Abstracts, #90155 (2012).

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Improved subsalt imaging in Brazil Campos basin Cascaded application of hybrid interbed demultiple, P- and S-salt velocity joint migration, and subsalt converted wave suppression

Riaz Alai, Faqi Liu, Darrell Armentrout, David Brookes, Terry Johnson, Milos Cvetkovic, Gundogan Coskun, Shah Sulaiman, Kien Kok Lee, Afiq Mokhtar, Christopher Lee Slind, Hafizan Wahab, Wan Ching Low, Ali Andrea B. Hashim

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... are showcased for improved subsalt imaging. In Figure 1a, a simplified velocity model [left] and impedance model [center] are depicted, emphasizing...

Meeting Drilling Challenges in Shallow Extended Reach Wells in a Structurally Complex Field with Heavy Oil and Low Fracture Gradient; #40528 (2010)

Greg Stewart, Gunnar Holmes, Lee Stockwell, Jan-Henk Vankonijnenburg, Bruno Levy, Andrew Kenworthy, Fabricio Bezerra, and Santiago Zambrano"

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...Meeting Drilling Challenges in Shallow Extended Reach Wells in a Structurally Complex Field with Heavy Oil and Low Fracture Gradient; #40528 (2010...

Seismic, Petrophysical and Petrological Constraints on the Alteration of Igneous Rocks in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia: Implications for Petroleum Exploration and Drilling Operations

Michael S. Curtis, Simon P. Holford, Mark A. Bunch, Nick J. Schofield

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... of mafic igneous rocks to clays reduces acoustic impedance contrasts relative to sedimentary host rocks, making their identification prior to drilling...

Evaluating CO2 Utilization and Storage in Kansas, #80337 (2013)

W. Lynn Watney, Jason Rush, Martin Dubois, Robinson Barker, Tiraz Birdie, Ken Cooper, Saugata Datta, John Doveton, Mina Fazelalavi, David Fowle, Paul Gerlach, Thomas Hansen, Dennis Hedke, Yevhen Holubnyak, Breanna Huff, K. David Newell, Larry Nicholson, Jennifer Roberts, Aimee Scheffer, Ayrat Sirazhiev, Raymond Sorenson, Georgios Tsoflias, Eugene Williams, Dana Wreath, John Youle

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... Kansas, and the Osage-Meramec dolomitic chert reservoir at Wellington Field are focused on evaluating the efficacy of CO2-EOR. This extended knowledge...

Extending the Resolution of Seismic Reflection Exploration

L. R. Denham

Pacific Section of AAPG

..., The Production of Elastic Waves by Exploration Pressures. I Theory and empirical field observations: GEOPHYSICS, v. 7, p. 144-154. Sheriff, R. E., 1973...

Multivariate Classification for the Integration of Core, Log and Seismic Data on Intersecting Pre-Stack Inverted 2-D Seismic Lines, Lublin Basin, Poland

David Handwerger, R. Castañeda-Aguilar, G. Vaaland Dahl, Hilde G. Borgos, Jaroslaw Zacharski, Dagmara Krawiec, Arkadiusz Buniak, W. Prugar, Roberto Suarez-Rivera

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... (acoustic impedance and Vp/Vs ratio) at the well trace and adjacent traces of the common well. The training rules were then applied to the collection...

Analysis of fault damage zones using three-dimensional seismic coherence in the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma

Zonghu Liao, Hui Liu, Brett M. Carpenter, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Ze’ev Reches

AAPG Bulletin

...]). The frequency ranged from 10 to 60 Hz, yielding the increased impedance as positive amplitude. The coherence volume calculations followed the procedure...

Velocity model building and imaging driven by FWI with dual-azimuth data in a complex salt environment: Brazil case study

Xu Li, Christine Gans, Young Ho Cha, Diwi Snyder, Gopal Palacharla, Vijay Gottumukkula, Yaofeng He, Hongchuan Sun, Tetyana Vdovina, Xueyi Jia, Valeriy Brytik, Inmaculada Dura-Gomez

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... geobodies and post-salt overburden complexities, depending on the usable low frequency. This workflow was extended to dual azimuth data by automatically...

Stress Field Change due to Reservoir Depletion and Its Impact on Refrac Treatment Design and SRV in Shale Reservoirs

Jiahang Han, Andy Sookprasong, Robert Hurt

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... perpendicular to the initial fracture direction inside the stress-altered zone (Fig. 1). Siebrits and Elbel (1998) extended the earlier work by Elbel and Mack...

Viscoelastic anisotropic seismic wave modeling using recursive convolution method and curvilinear collocated finite difference method for different boundaries

Chao Jin, Bing Zhou

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

..., t ),  1 ( ) kl (2)  t  (x, t )  e H (t )   y  kl (x, t ), where Cijkl and Qijkl are the elastic and Q-factor tensors, ( ) are the memory...

Multi-scale anisotropic dispersion and attenuation in VTI media with penny-shaped cracks

Yanwen Feng, Zhaoyun Zong, Guangzhi Zhang

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... flow mechanism was first proposed by Biot (1956), and then the Biot dynamic poroelastic equation was extended and modified in terms of anisotropy...

Mass Wasting and Detrital Carbonate Deposition, Cepu Block, East Java

Ted Apotria, M. Allan Weidmer, David Walley, Aram Derewetzky, Douglas Millman

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...-ups. The diachronous top carbonate envelope (TCE) is a prominent seismic reflector caused by strong impedance contrast between a dominantly clastic...

The Southern Terminus of the Nemaha Tectonic Zone, Garvin County, Oklahoma

John P. Friess

Oklahoma City Geological Society

.... A regional seismic interpretation has extended this zone southward to the Washita Valley Fault in southern Garvin County Oklahoma. The Springer...

Multidimensional Data-driven Characterization of Deepwater Turbidite Deposits, Leonardian Bone Spring Formation, Delaware Basin, Southeast New Mexico and West Texas

Rui Zhai, Matthew J. Pranter, John D. Pigott

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... present significant impedance changes on the seismic profiles, especially the carbonate members which show more continuous reflections than...

From Hazard to Full Scale Development: Seismic Interpretation Method to Unlock Shallow Gas Potentials in Tunu Field, Mahakam

Ruth Cristiani Basa, Didiek Prabowo, Debrina Sugiharto, Rangga Brahmantio

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... RELIABLE SEISMIC METHOD (INTERPRETATION TECHNIQUES) Gas bearing sands in TSZ exhibits a typical AVO Class III sands corresponding to low acoustic impedance...

Seismic Imaging at Conger: Lessons Learned in Gulf of Mexico Subsalt Imaging

Thomas C. Bergeon, Brad A. Robison

GCAGS Transactions

... acoustic impedance contrasts that give rise to distinct seismic amplitude anomalies when hydrocarbon filled. However, despite the strong impedance...

A Reservoir Characterization Case Study Based on the Structural and Depositional Isochronous Framework; #41187 (2013)

Ling Yun, Xiangyu Guo, Qianggong Song, and Hai Xu

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..., Qianggong Song1, and Hai Xu1 Search and Discovery Article #41187 (2013) Posted August 26, 2013 *Adapted from extended abstract prepared in conjunction...

Using Remote Sensing Data to Find and Illustrate an Oil and Gas Prospect, #41743 (2015).

Robert Olson

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... impedance boundaries. Analysis was extended approximately 200 ft (61 m) below the TD of the calibration well and found a zone with 25 ft (7.6 m) of good...

Confirming the Presence of a Working Petroleum System in the Eastern Black Sea Basin Using Sea Surface Slicks; #11251 (2019)

Harry Dembicki, Jamshid J. Gharib

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... potential seep features including pockmarks, near seafloor sediments with high impedance contrast suggesting authigenic carbonates, and mud volcanoes...

Use of Volume-Based 3-D Seismic Attribute Analysis to Characterize Physical-Property Distribution: A Case Study to Delineate Sedimentologic Heterogeneity at the Appleton Field, Southwestern Alabama, U.S.A.

Juliana M. Tebo, Bruce S. Hart

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... reservoir diagenesis in the Appleton Field, Escambia County, Alabama (Extended Abstract): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin, v. 84, p...

Anisotropic Multi-Azimuthal Velocity Model Building and Depth Imaging on Tulip 3D Coil Shooting Survey

Michele Buia, Suyang Chen, Olga Zdraveva, Swee Leng Ng, Martin Bayly, Michelle Tham

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... range of source to detector azimuths. Amongst the numerous advantages of extended azimuth sampling methods is the advantage of illumination diversity...

Enhanced Resolution Seismic and New Subsurface Insights: Miocene Section, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

V. Egorov, C. I. Puryear, R. Tharimela, J. Jurasin

GCAGS Transactions

... is an enhanced version of the seismic data containing extended frequency content that can be used as the basis for improved reservoir characterization. Instead...

Reinvigorating exploration in the Nile Delta and East Mediterranean, Egypt

Gebril Saleh, Amr Talaat, Karim Ali, Ramy Eid, Sugandha Tewari, Hosny Diab, Mohamed Radwan, Mohamed Helal

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... floor fans. The regional mapping of the Miocene section revealed an extended anomalous feature in the root mean square (RMS) amplitude maps, which...