Seismic land acquisition designed to identify geology and rock properties over stacked pay interval using HTD 3D3C survey in the Permian Basin

Bruce Karr, Andrew Lewis, Stephen Klug, Ron Bianco

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... convergence point for any given reflector. Denser sampling and longer offsets benefit noise removal, increase spatial resolution, and preserve subtle...

SOME STRUCTURAL STYLES ON REFLECTION PROFILES FROM OFFSHORE NIGER DELTA by Deborah E. Ajakaiye and Albert W. Bally #10031 (2002)

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The Look Ahead VSP Survey: Its Utility and Future, by Robert J. Brewer #40060

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Prospect Evaluation Methodology of Structure Trap in Subandean Basin, Bolivia

P. Bonillo Martinez, W. Prayitno, T. Zapata

Asociación Colombiana de Geólogos y Geofisicos del Petróleo (ACGGP)

... in the area are 2D dip lines and a strike line located at the backlimb of the outcropping homocline above the study area. The Carboniferous-Tertiary section...

Dare to Think Outside the Box: A Success Story in Shallow Reservoirs, Offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, #20184 (2012)

M. Sharir Mustafa, Sharifah Shahira Wafa, Khairul Amry Kamarudzaman, Azlan M. Sabirin

Search and Discovery.com

... Amplitude (Cth) facies with the traits of a parallel high amplitude reflector and thinning on the side. It was interpreted to represent distal lower...

Abstract: Jonah Field Area: Seismic Coherency Cube Technology Used to Define Trap Boundaries and Stratigraphic Features

Victor H. Vega, Greg Partyka, Christopher J. Christensen, Dennis L. Cox, and William B. Hanson

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

.... Entrapment may result from a combination of dip reversal and fault zone deformation associated with faults that intersect up dip to form a wedge...

An Analysis of the Implicit Assumptions of the Methodology of Seismic Sequence Stratigraphy: Chapter 21: Sea-Level and Seismic Stratigraphic Studies

Julian A. Thorne

AAPG Special Volumes

... in terms of well-defined directions of net sediment transport defining strike and dip directions and sourceward and basinward directions. On a continental...

Framework Geology and Resource Potential of Southern Tonga Platform and Adjacent Terranes-A Synthesis

David W. Scholl, Tracy L. Vallier, Gordon H. Packham

Circum Pacific Council Publications

... of the Tonga Trench (Figure 3). The reflector originates just beneath the trench floor, which is underlain by a section of pelagic or turbidite deposits less...

THE APPLICATION OF HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMOLOGY TO THE DELINEATION OF FAULTING AND COAL SEAM THICKNESS: A CONTINUING CASE HISTORY

Anthony R. Wagner

North Dakota Geological Society

... the Mancos Shale lies the Dakota Sandstone. The Dakota Sandstone, on some seismic sections, yields a good reflector...

Section 3: Displays of Seismic Sections: Convergent Margin Off East Coast of North Island, New Zealand, Parts I and II

F.J. Davey, K. Lewis, J.R. Childs, and M.A. Hampton

AAPG Special Volumes

... of the seismic source. The fault offsets are commonly resolved as half-wavelength phase shifts, corresponding to displacements of about 30 to 50 m. The dip...

Abstract: Accurate Conversion between Offset Image Gathers and Angle Image Gathers, by Jianming Sheng and Chengbin Peng; #90105 (2010)

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The Wave Equation Applied to Migration

D. Loewenthal, L. Lu, R. Roberson, J. Sherwood

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... of the layering. Thus part of the character change for the steepest reflector in Figure 8 is valid. Figure 7. Migration error estimates at dip = 10 ms/trace...

Compaction and the Dynamics of Carbonate-Platform Development: Insights from the Permian Delaware and Midland Basins, Southeast New Mexico and West Texas, U.S.A

David Hunt, William M. Fitchen

Special Publications of SEPM

... throughgoing basal reflector that displays a gentle basinward dip attributed to regional tectonism and the basinward thicken ing of low velocity sandstones...

Chapter 3: Fault Patterns in the Niobrara Formation—Examples from the Eastern and Central Denver Basin

Steven G. Siguaw, Jane E. Estes-Jackson

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... amplitude of the Niobrara reflector is used in Yuma County as a direct indicator for the presence of gas within a specific prospect area. Mildred...

Seismic Stratigraphy of Early Pennsylvanian Morrowan Sandstones, Minneola Complex, Ford and Clark Counties, Kansas

Stacy L. Clark

AAPG Bulletin

...) diffractions, (2) high amplitude bright spots, (3) breaks in seismic continuity of the Mississippian reflector (polarity reversals), (4) sagging...

3D Discrete Natural Fracture Networks and Fracture Reactivation Potential Assessment in the Longmaxi Shale

Changrong Bian, Dianwei Zhang, Feng Shen, Yujin Wo, Wei Sun, Jingliang Li, Juan Han, Shuiquan Li, Qiang Ma

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... associated with the fault system. Seismic reflector dip and azimuth are estimated using a multiwindow dip-search algorithm. These estimates are used...

Integrating 3-D seismic data, field analogs, and mechanical models in the analysis of segmented normal faults in the Wytch Farm oil field, southern England, United Kingdom

Simon A. Kattenhorn, David D. Pollard

AAPG Bulletin

... reflect the maximum change in dip (in ms/m) along a seismic reflector, computed as the difference in TWTT between a particular peak or trough along...

Relay ramps and rhombochasms in the northern Appalachian Basin: Extensional and strike-slip tectonics in the Marcellus Formation and Utica Group

Robert Jacobi, Joel Starr, Craig Eckert, Charles Mitchell, and Alan Leaver

AAPG Bulletin

... reflector (labeled “sub-detach.”). Truncated reflectors in the upper right represent complex geometry of out-of-plane layers and faults that dip...

Rifting Processes on the West Galicia Margin, Spain: Chapter 23: European-African Margins

G. Boillot, D. Mougenot, J. Girardeau, E. L. Winterer

AAPG Special Volumes

... is dissected by normal faults into tilted blocks that dip gently eastward, forming a series of half-grabens (Figures 6-9). The tilted fault blocks...

Integrated Workflow for Fracture Characterization ; From Well Bore Analysis, Post-Stack Geometrical Attributes and Pre-Stack Azimuthal Inversion; Case Study for Fractured Volcanic Reservoir Analysis in Jatibarang Field, North West Java Basin

Aji Rahmat Ginanjar, Andreas Wasi Kuncoro, Muhammad Taslim, Tri Sunarno Irianto, Arrie Kurniawan, Oddy Pranidhana

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... seismic interpretation. Dip and Azimuth attributes define a local reflector surface that can be used to detect discontinuities which then can be used...

Exploring the Last Frontier: Offshore South Gabon

Jake Berryman, Gregor Duval

GEO ExPro Magazine

... round, low drilling costs and more favourable productionsharing contract terms, explorationists are now looking further offshore. In 2015 CGG acquired...

Coloured Seismic Inversion, a Simple, Fast and Cost Effective Way of Inverting Seismic Data: Examples from Clastic and Carbonate Reservoirs, Indonesia

Keith Maynard, Paulus Allo, Phill Houghton

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... seismic volume, which has in effect been shaped to well data in terms of amplitude and frequency. In addition no wavelet estimation is needed...

Cost Effective Seismic Acquisition and Drilling in the Fold Thrust Belt of Papua New Guinea and Implications for Exploration in Irian Jaya

R. J. Schroder, B. McConachie, T. Surka

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... depth. The probability of predicting subsurface structural dip improved considerably from as low as 20% before seismic up to 80% after seismic...

EXTENDED ABSTRACT: Multiple Outer Shelf Deltas and Downslope Massive Mass-Wastings Characterize the Mississippi Canyon, Northern Gulf of Mexico

Lowrie, A., Lutken, C. B., and McGee, T. M.

GCAGS Transactions

... seismic energy. The maximum thickness is circa 600 ms (~450m). Such reflector patterns are diagnostic of cut-and-fill rivers/submarine canyons...

Pre-Tertiary basement subcrops beneath the Malay and Penyu basins, offshore Peninsular Malaysia: Their recognition and hydrocarbon potential

Mazlan Madon, John Jong, Franz L. Kessler, M. Hafiz Damanhuri, Mohd Khairil Azrafy Amin

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... seismic resolution is poorer. The BTU is easily recognized especially on the basin flanks as a prominent high-amplitude reflector that marks a significant...