Critical Aspects of 3-D Seismic Surveys for Field Development in Central Sumatra

Kent M. Mangold, Erlina, Eddy B. Hamzah

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., at Kelabu and Jingga Fields, was a vast improvement. Four parallel receiver lines with 60 channels each were used. Two shooters were deployed along...

Integrated Effort to Improve Gas Quality in Sumatra Operations

Heru Cahyono

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... equipment reliability, and increase gas imbalance. After troubleshooting, the project team selected alternatives for gas quality improvement...

Geophysical Interpretation of Pinedale Field

Sally G. Zinke

AAPG Special Volumes

..., Figure 19). In the Fort Union Formation, limited amplitude bright spots are due to coal seams that can be identified and mapped from wells to the west...

Visualisation of Fluvial Stratigraphic Trap Opportunities in the Pondrinie 3D Survey, Cooper-Eromanga Basin

T. Nakanishi, S. C. Lang

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

..., including transparency to highlight seismic amplitude, allows the viewer to see the distribution of three-dimensional amplitude throughout a 3D seismic cube...

A new high-resolution seismic wavelet definition and vibroseis sweep signal design

Zhenbo Nie, Huazhong Wang, Shen Sheng

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... is determined by three parameters: main lobe width, amplitude ratio of main lobe to side-lobe, and width ratio of main lobe to side-lobe. These key parameters...

Frequency-dependent seismic-stratigraphic and facies interpretation

Hongliu Zeng

AAPG Bulletin

... and solutions for avoiding pitfalls in seismic-stratigraphic and facies interpretation. Seismic amplitude and instantaneous attributes, along...

Overcoming signal processing challenges on a deep-water sparse OBN survey: A case study from the Gulf of Mexico

Matthew Salgadoe, Nigel Seymour, Hongyan Li, Di Chen

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

..., compensating for source array variations and removing shear noise energy Due to the large size of this survey, it was necessary to use dual-vessel triple...

A New Method for Event Detection and Location - Matched Field Processing Application to the Salton Sea Geothermal Field, #40946 (2012)

Jingbo Wang, Dennise Templeton and Dave Harris

Search and Discovery.com

... that most of the new events are low amplitude events with magnitudes between 0 and 1, which clearly demonstrates the improvement of the MFP method...

Optimizing Production Shutdown and Start-Up in Deep-Water Environment Using Modified Support Vessel

Ronald Binilang, Johanes K. Sare, Batara Pande, Andreas Ganefriyanto, Massimo Rossi

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... this type of vessel instead of a semisubmersible rig can significantly reduce operational expenditures due to the lower spread rate of the modified support...

SLO South Chemical Injection Optimization, an Initiative to Recover More Oil and Improve Process Sustainability

Dyah Arini Hutaminingtyas

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... cannot be achieved through natural (physical) oil–water separation process; due to emulsion, the process requires demulsifying agent. The goal...

Characteristics of Microzonation Modelling in Reservoir Evaluation

Search and Discovery.com

Experience in the Use of Seismic Stations with Magnetic Recording

B. I. Bespyatov, A. I. Khramoy

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... characteristic in the area of 180 cycles per second with different mixing of adjacent channels. Due to the fact that the steepness of the frequency...

Beam Migration for Imaging of Complex Structures

Karl Schleicher, John Sherwood, Lynn Comeaux, Mazin Farouki

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... continuation wave equation migration. The wavelet amplitude is preserved, a vital issue for any future AVO or inversion operations, and some random noise...

Simultaneous inversion of velocity and reflectivity for enhanced seismic imaging

Yang Yang, Sriram Arasanipalai, Nizar Chemingui, Neil Paddy, Nicholas Montevecchi, David McCallum

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... insights on prospectivity can be acquired which is beyond the capabilities of conventional processing. The accuracy of velocity model and the amplitude...

Advances on land vibroseis source technology towards low frequencies

Zhouhong Wei

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... been pushing the acquisition bandwidth using Vibroseis method further towards the low end of the spectrum. However, due to vibrator mechanical...

Sergnano Gas Field, Po Basin, Italy--A Typical Stratigraphic Trap: Case Histories

T. Rocco , O. D'Agostino

AAPG Special Volumes

... is subhorizontal with local gentle undulations due to molding of strata over buried structures. In the Pede-Alpine region, pre-Pliocene formations were...

Handling noise in AEM inversion … implications for subsurface characterisation

Shane Mulè, Camilla Soerensen, Tim Munday

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... they contribute to the total noise present in measured data. Due to the complexity of AEM systems this approach is difficult to undertake and therefore...

Man's Impact on Coastal Reefs--an Example from Venezuela: Modern and Ancient Reefs

M. P. Weiss , D. A. Goddard

AAPG Special Volumes

... of Cayo de Los Muertos and on the patch reefs in Baha Chichiriviche. This damage is due to increase in human and industrial wastes, consequent upon...

Some 3D Seismic Applications Offshore Sarawak

Ronald Hoogenboom

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... migration. The significant difference and improvement around 2 seconds, as indicated by the bar at the right-hand side, is the result of proper 3...

Advanced Reservoir Modeling in Poor Seismic; October Field, Northern Gulf of Suez, Egypt, #40872 (2012)

William J. Sercombe, Leon Thurmon, James Morse

Search and Discovery.com

... in resolution. The depth converted 3D volume was depth stripped at short intervals and breaks in amplitude in the horizontal depth slices were digitized...

Acid Fracturing Stimulation Treatments in the Arun Field — A Case Study of the Results

Royke Kristanto, William L. Cannan, Seno Sardjono, Virgil C. Stone

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of stimulation commonly done in the Arun field. The results have shown a substantial deliverability improvement. Of these two types of stimulation methods...

Plant taphonomy in a lake affected by volcanism (Agua de la Zorra Formation, Upper Triassic) Mendoza, Argentina

Tomás E. Pedernera, Adriana C. Mancuso, Cecilia A. Benavente, Eduardo G. Ottone

PALAIOS

... on the paleoecology of plant communities and their preservation in the fossil record. The aim of this contribution is to evaluate the influence...

Corrosion Management - Workshop Summary

Mike Cloud, Rich Martin, Ken Barker, Kent Gantz

PTTC

... Formation Damage Ken Barker, Baker Petrolite The Producing Well Improvement Process Kent Gantz, Schlumberger IPM Corrosion severity is influenced by: (1) pH...

Three Dimensional Exploration in California — A Case History

E. T. Selby

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... data. This improvement becomes available through the ability to apply three dimensional analysis and processing techniques, that is data from several...

Reservoir Quality Prediction in Sandstones and Carbonates: An Overview

Julie A. Kupecz, Jon Gluyas, Salman Bloch

AAPG Special Volumes

.... 137-159. Bloch, S., and S.G. Franks, 1993, Preservation of shallow plagioclase dissolution porosity during burial and aluminum mass balance: AAPG...