Chapter 7: 3-D Seismic Examples from Central Lake Maracaibo, Maraven's Block I Field, Venezuela

Martin H. Link, Christopher K. Taylor, Nicolás G. Muñoz J., Emilio Bueno, and Pedro J. Muñoz

AAPG Special Volumes

... framework of Maraven's Block I was re-interpreted using 3-D seismic and existing data as part of an evaluation of the remaining oil potential. More...

Fault Detection From 3-D Seismic Data and Distribution of Conjugate Faults in the Bakken Formation

Ismot Jahan, John Castagna, Michael Murphy

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... location. Hence, it minimizes the sensitivity to noise and artifacts. Here, we will use a composite fault attribute using PCA to identify small faults...

Recognizing Faults in Seismic Data, by Alistair Brown, #40073 (2003).

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Automated fault surfaces extraction from 3D fault imaging volume

Nam Nguyen, Alejandro Jaramillo

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... slices, making it more challenging to further characterize fault surface without fault azimuths. We successfully extract fault surfaces using fault...

Sumpal Fractured Basement Field, Structural Attribute Analysis and Interpretation Case Study, Workflow Management and New Insights from Pre-Stack Depth Migrated Data and Azimuthal Stacks

Yan Darmadi, John Hughes, Sugiharto Danudjaja, Rita Achdiat

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... the interpretation process There is no time efficient way to avoid a manual data quality control. Figure 8 illustrates an approach using seismic...

Thin-Bed Reflectivity … An Aid to Seismic Interpretation

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..., but also the fault detail. Once the thin-bed reflectivity is derived from the input seismic volume using for example, a wavelet derived from...

Machine learning applications to seismic structural interpretation: Philosophy, progress, pitfalls, and potential

Kellen L. Gunderson, Zhao Zhang, Barton Payne, Shuxing Cheng, Ziyu Jiang, and Atlas Wang

AAPG Bulletin

... semiautomated techniques such as horizon autopicking and seismic attribute-based fault interpretation (semblance, coherency, etc.) (Bahorich and Farmer...

Fault and Fracture Detection in Unconventional Reservoirs: A Utica Shale Study

Hesham Refayee, Hardeep Jaglan, Steve Adcock

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... fault enhancement or detection procedure is essential for improving and accelerating the overall fault and fracture interpretation process. Faults...

The Utilization of 3D Seismic for Small Fields in the South Natuna Sea Block B

Kenneth M. Dickerman

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and Sembilang surveys. Horizontal time slices through the Sembilang survey as seen in Figure 3, and the Hiu/Kerisi survey seen in Figure 4 show...

ABSTRACT: 3-D Structural Architecture and Evolution of the West Natuna Basin, Indonesia; #90061 (2006)

Shanty Ilona

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... resulted in a negative flower structure with a wrench splay fault. Time slices from 3-D seismic were used to describe the structural evolution of this field...

Three-Dimensional Seismic Volume Visualization of Carbonate Reservoirs and Structures

Jose Luis Masaferro, Ruth Bourne, Jean Claude Jauffred

AAPG Special Volumes

... features.FIGURE 3. (A) Time slices through semblance volume enhancing discontinuities between traces caused by faulting. Dark colors represent...

Basin architecture from high-resolution gravity gradient, magnetic, and seismic data, King Sound, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Peter Kovac, Sharon Lowe, Tony Rudge, Carlos Cevallos, Jurriaan Feijth, Lynsey Brett

AAPG Bulletin

... for petroleum exploration.In the King Sound study area, interpretation of intrasedimentary structure and basement architecture was completed using...

Prospect Investigation and De-Risking Using Cognitive Interpretation Workflows, Offshore Equatorial Guinea

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Abstract: Integration of Remote Sensing-, 3D-Seismic and Microtectonic Data for Fault Pattern Analyses in the Vienna Basin, by H. Ausler, K. Decker, W. Hamilton, D. Leber, H. Peresson, and H. Sperl; #90942 (1997).

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Abstract: Interpretation of High Resolution Gravity and Magnetic Surveys for Oil and Gas Exploration

Clive Foss

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... variations and their transforms (including 'pseudo-depth slices') are not an end in themselves but are a starting point for interpretation. Interpretation...

Meta-Attributes: A New Concept for Reservoir Characterization and Seismic Anomaly Detection

Fred Aminzadeh

GCAGS Transactions

.... Identifying Fault and Gas Chimneys Using Multi Attributes and Neural Networks, The Leading Edge of Geophysics, pp. 474-482. Nikravesh, M., Aminzadeh, F...

Abstract: Some 3D Seismic Applications Offshore Sarawak

R. C. Hoogenboom

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... seismic data have proved by drilling to be more accurate than maps constructed using only 20 seismic, particularly in complexly faulted areas. Time-slices...

Structural subdivision of channel sand bodies based on frequency division coherence and attribute fusion

Qian Yu, Jianli Wang, Huajing Chen, Heng Zhang, Lien Bian

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... used. Using the method of difference equations instead of differentiation equations, the differentiation of the seismic image u to the diffusion time...

Abstract: Fault Seal Analysis through Geologic Time Using an Integrated Petroleum Systems Approach; #90255 (2017)

Jan Derks, Cassandra Warren, Carlo Caso

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... to generate a full 3D pressure-temperature controlled, back stripped model through geologic time. In the third part, using fault interpretation...

Understanding the Fractures Connectivity Control in NEB Field, South Sumatra Basin: From Seismic to Geomechanics and its Implication for Further Fractured Basement Exploration

Teguh Fitrianto, C. Maya Resha Tuhar, M. Noor Alamsyah, Hendra Niko Saputra, I Nyoman Suta

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... that resulting from several surface slices and time slice sections in detail. The results of this fault interpretation were then validated vertically...

Enhancement of Fault Definition by Using Frequency Spectral Decomposition Technique in Mari Gas Field; #40925 (2012)

Hamid Mushtaq, Farhan Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Haneef

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...Enhancement of Fault Definition by Using Frequency Spectral Decomposition Technique in Mari Gas Field; #40925 (2012) Hamid Mushtaq, Farhan Ahmed...

Fine description of composite channel sand bodies based on multiseismic attribute CMY fusion technology

Zhenglong Zhang, Jianli Wang, Hebing Tang, Xuetong Liu

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... attribute has less information, which can only reflect one aspect of reservoir properties, and the interpretation has multiple solutions. Therefore...

Using Gas Chimneys in Seal Integrity Analysis: A Discussion Based on Case Histories

Roar Heggland

AAPG Special Volumes

... on 3-D seismic time slices or attribute maps. To improve the identification of gas chimneys in seismic data and to map their extents and distribution...

Abstract: 3D Seismic Mapping of Deep Basement Features in Osage County, OK, by Kevin Liner and Christopher Liner; #90176 (2013)

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Seismic Imaging of Sturctural, Stratigraphic and Diagenetic Plays - Workshop Summary

Bruce Hart

PTTC

... of the purpose of seismic interpretation, as it changes from project to project and over time. Knowledge of the software capabilities available...