Getting it Right the First Time in the Ceduna Sub-Basin: Regional and Target Depth Imaging in a Frontier Setting

Weidi Koh

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... (PSDM), prestack time migration (PSTM), quantitative interpretation (QI), springboard. Accepted 3 April 2017, published online 29 May 2017 Introduction...

Application of least squares one-way wave migration in irregular sampling data of Bohai Bay Basin

Lv Yongchang, Li Daoshan, Wang Yongming, Meng Jie, Feng Xukui, Hu Dan, Wu Xiaofeng, Kong Zhaoju

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... technology is not the inverse of Born forward modeling, but its conjugate. Because the field acquisition and imaging processing are affected...

Geophysics applied to geotechnical study in Ouro Preto, MG-Brazil Part 2

Gabriel do Nascimento Cardoso, Maria Sílvia Carvalho Barbosa, Luís Artur Souza Oliveira, Joney Justo da Silva, Rafaela Elizabete Araújo Maia, Julia Ferreira Schiavon, Fernando Antônio de Oliveira, Pedro Lourenço dos Reis

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... the population and enabling competent authorities to take appropriate mitigating measures. The work consisted of reviewing, processing, and analyzing...

Interbed multiple attenuation with an automatic spatially adaptive thresholding operator: A case study in the North Louisiana Salt Basin

Joel Latchman, Rika Burr, Jonathan Woolley, Anna Nolan, Bin Gong, Jinming Zhu, Fang Yuan

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... interbed multiples while minimizing primary attenuation. Introduction Since Chesapeake pioneered the unconventional shale revolution for oil and gas...

Continuous Mineralogical Characterization of the Bakken-Three Forks Formations: New Geological Insights from Hyperspectral Core Imaging

Brigette A. Martini, Jerome Bellian, David Katz, Lionel C. Fonteneau, Ronell Carey, Mary Guisinger, Stephan H. Nordeng

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... comparative analysis. Introduction Large, low-porosity, low permeability unconventional petroleum systems require advanced development and analytical tools...

Frequency-Domain Waveform Tomography in the Foothills: Velocity Model Estimation with Synthetic Long-Offset Data

Search and Discovery.com

... In the Canadian foothills, conventional seismic data processing is inadequate, given the effects of steep dips, rough topography, and near-surface weathering...

Abstract: Pre-survey Planning for Microseismic Monitoring Projects; #90174 (2014)

Brad Artman, Ben Witten, and Brad Birkelo

Search and Discovery.com

... and limitations of each. Field data will also be presented, demonstrating the importance of acquisition equipment and survey design. Introduction...

Abstract: Relaxing the Near-Surface assumption in Estimating 3C Receiver Orientations: Azimuth-Stack Power Optimization of Reflected PS Data; #90187 (2014)

Nirupama (Pam) Nagarajappa, Peter Cary, and Chuck Ursenbach

Search and Discovery.com

.... Introduction Conventional MC processing requires estimating the orientation of the horizontal components of the receivers from the data...

Artificial Intelligence for Production Optimization in Unconventional Reservoirs

Oscar Molina, Camilo Mejia, Jerry Webb, Rebecca Nye

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... production forecasts. Similarly, we observe that the introduction of artificial neural networks (ANN) as a means for ROP optimization, using offset wells...

Efficient seismic image super-resolution

Adnan Hamida, Motaz Alfarraj, Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail, Salam A. Zummo

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... and learning: A visual signal processing perspective: IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 35, 82–98, doi: https://doi.org/10 .1109/MSP.2017.2785979. Fehler...

Microseismic Event Location Using Multiple Arrivals: Demonstration of Uncertainty Reduction

Zhishuai Zhang, James W. Rector, Michael J. Nava

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in ocean acoustics." In Acoustic Signal Processing for Ocean Exploration, pp. 79-114. Springer Netherlands, 1993. Cipolla, Craig, S. Maxwell, M. Mack...

Nias Basin, NW Sumatra … New Insights into Forearc Structure and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity from Long-Offset 2d Seismic Data

Ian Deighton, M. Ma’ruf Mukti, Satish Singh, Tom Travis, Anthony Hardwick, Katie Hernon

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., has resulted in increased uplift of Paleogene forearc sediments that are exposed on Nias Island. A novel seismic processing flow has been...

Ascertain the Presence of Open Fractures in Tight Carbonate Reservoirs with Integrated Solution

Kim Long Nguyen, Mahmoud F. Shehab El Dein, Nami Al-Mutairi, Rasha Al-Morakhi, Mohammed Dasma, Lulwa Al-Mijrin, Meshal Abdul Hameed Al-Wadi, Karim Ousididene, Ahmed Moustafa, Mohab El-Masry, Sachindra Sharma, Nawal Kerrouche, Ramdane Bouchou, Mohamed Said

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in the bed boundaries between the transmitter and the receiver. Shear wave reflection processing requires signal enhancement and filtering of undesired...

Utilizing Seismic for Higher Definition of Geologic Prospects: 2-D, 2-D Swath, and 3-D Seismic

R. Randy Ray

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... signal to noise ratio as a result of the data processing technique called stacking. A specific High-Definition Seismic Guidebook - 1995 Rocky Mountain...

Wave-equation based amplitude versus offset inversion in long time windows, with time-variant wavelets

Dries Gisolf, Peter R. Haffinger

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...: A history of the cepstrum: IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 21, 95–106, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2004.1328092. Zhang, R., and S. Fomel, 2017...

Abstract: Case Studies from Fort Mc Murray, Horn River Basin and Manitoba Displaying Advances in Technology, New Approach and Updated Interpretation of AEM Data for Unconventional Hydrocarbons and Groundwater Mapping; #90224 (2015)

Andrea Viezzoli and Vincenzo Sapia

Search and Discovery.com

...: the introduction of a new AEM system, the revisiting of existing data, the recognition of the importance of data calibration. Introduction Airborne...

Integrated Fault and Hazard Analysis in Downtown Houston, Texas

Jingqiu Huang, Don Van Nieuwenhuise, Shuhab D. Khan

GCAGS Journal

... processing step is to remove noise from the raw data. The seismic signal is contaminated with considerable background noise due to the traffic and other...

Applications of Kirchhoff Least-Squares Migration: Towards Reservoir Imaging; #42183 (2018)

Francesco Perrone, Graham Roberts, Lorenzo Casasanta, Andrew Ratcliffe, Arash Jafargandomi, Karen Purcell

Search and Discovery.com

... process, such improvements provide seismic amplitudes and images better suited for reservoir imaging. Introduction In an ideal world, seismic depth...

Identification of New Seismic Evidence Regarding Gas Hydrate Occurrence and Gas Migration Pathways Offshore Uruguay, by Juan Tomasini, Héctor de Santa Ana, and Arthur H. Johnson, #80116 (2010)

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Morphology and Sediments of Sand Waves in the St. Lawrence Estuary

David Monahan

Atlantic Geology

.... LAWRENCE ESTUARY DAVID MONAHAN Canadian Hydrographic Service, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada INTRODUCTION Submarine sand waves have been reported from so many parts...

A Case Study of the Development of a Seismic Streamer for Use in the Timor Sea

P. Grant, J. Rasidi, I. Ward

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... in the Timor Sea. Introduction BHP Petroleum commenced its exploration effort in the Timor Sea in 1983 when it became operator of permits NT 1P2 and NT I...

ABSTRACT: Advances in Microfluorescence and FAMMO Analyses for Source Rock Evaluation

N. Sherwood, J.Kurusingal, N.Zhong

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

..., Beijing 102200, Cbina Introduction One of the major challenges in source rock evaluation is to separate the effects of organic matter (OM) type...

PS-wave seismic data: A game changer in exploration and monitoring

Ali Tura, James Simmons, Sima Daneshvar, Matthew Copley, Joseph Stitt

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... exploration and development wells. Given this business value, we should work to develop it as a standard industry practice. Introduction Joint PP/PS...

Tops fingerprinting: Revolutionizing well log analysis with music recognition technology

Alan Lindsey, Morgan Cox, Aaron Hugen

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... the song immediately. That process is hashing a short snippet of signal and identifying where it comes from in a database of hashes from millions of songs...

Mapping sub-volcanic geology using magnetic data

Irena Kivior, Stephen Markham, Shiferaw Damte

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... signal masks the underlying geology. A test study was conducted for the South Australia Government to map the thickness of volcanics and subvolcanic...