Chapter 10: 3-D Seismic-Structural Workflows – Examples Using the Hat Creek Fault System

Graham Yielding, Brett Freeman

AAPG Special Volumes

... on the acoustic impedance contrast between adjacent layers. (Acoustic impedance is the product of density and sonic velocity.) Reflections of different polarity...

Investigating the Effect of Varying Fault Geometry and Transmissibility on Recovery: Using a New Workflow for Structural Uncertainty Modeling in a Clastic Reservoir

Signe Ottesen, Chris Townsend, Kjersti Marie verland

AAPG Special Volumes

.... If the base case model is built in the time domain, the different velocity models are applied using an appropriate tool. If the model is built in the depth...

Time to Depth Conversion and Uncertainty Characterization for SAGD Base of Pay in the McMurray Formation, Alberta, Canada, #80360 (2014)

Amir H. Hosseini, Hong Feng, Abu Yousuf, Tony Kay,

Search and Discovery.com

...) and Kriging with External Drift (KED) are applied, and the calculation of a linear velocity model is exercised. The results show the range and structure...

A study on lossy compression for background wavefield storage in LSM

Átila Saraiva Quintela Soares, Mauricio Sacchi

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... 50 rate (bpd) 10 −7.510 −5.010 −2.5 tolerance (b) Figure 1: Convergence curves for different rates and tolerances (a). L2 norm of the lossless least...

3D large residual static corrections based on first breaks in CMP gather

Feng Faquan, Deng Zhiwen, Cai Xiwei, Hu Chaojun, Huang Yuanyi, Zou Xuefeng, Du Zhongdong, Wang Haili, Wang Mingliang

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... affects the seismic imaging quality. In complex areas, due to lateral great variations in weathering velocity and thickness, it is hard to build accurate...

Field Trip A1: Contamination in the South Mountain Batholith and Port Mouton Pluton, Southern Nova Scotia

D. Barrie Clarke, Saskia Erdmann

Atlantic Geoscience Society Special Publications

... Batholith Stop 1.1 – Meguma Group, Dalhousie University Stop 1.2 – Relatively Homogeneous Granodiorite Stop 1.3 – Mafic and Intermediate Biotite Granodiorite...

Formation of Diagenetic Dolomite in Coastal Sabkha Along Arabian (Persian) Gulf

R. J. Patterson , D. J. J. Kinsman

AAPG Bulletin

... in association with hydrogen sulfide. Other recent dolomite occurrences in the Bahamas, Florida, and Bonaire are significantly different in terms...

Fault Seal Analysis in the North Sea

Steven D. Knott

AAPG Bulletin

... separates reservoir compartments with different hydrocarbon-water contacts in a single pool with no pressure drawdown between adjacent compartments...

Silurian tectonic history of Penobscot Bay region, Maine

David B. Stewart, John D. Unger, Deborah R. Hutchinson

Atlantic Geology

... of the terranes between the con­ tinents experienced very different sedimentary, metamorphic and plutonic regimes. The geologic time scale of Tucker...

New Data on the Subsurface Structure of the Emba Salt Domes

P. I. Krayev

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... was begun in 1955 in a variety of direction that included, besides different methods of obtaining seismically reflected and refracted waves, in-hole...

Point-Bar Deposits, Old River Locksite, Louisiana

D. E. Frazier, A. Osanik

GCAGS Transactions

... of the sand waves are strongly influenced by changes in current velocity associated with increases or decreases in river stage. According to compilations...

Gulf Coast Structural Geology

R.O. Kehle

New Orleans Geological Society

... by the flowing salt. Figure 2-11. Composite velocity profile for a group of sliding beds. Bed 5 is the deepest low viscosity bed in the section...

Carbonate Facies within Siliciclastic Submarine Fan Deposits, Lower Cenozoic Toledo Formation, Southern Belize: Petrography and Provenance

Jason D. Fisher, David T. King Jr.

GCAGS Journal

... feature three plate tectonic provenances. For the carbonates, we used the following terms for relative frequencies of allochemical grains (allochems...

NATS on WATS seismic imaging, rock property modeling and interpretation using machine-learning techniques to inform reservoir quality and deliverability in the Gulf of Mexico

Peter Lanzarone, Shenghui Li, Kang Fu, Kenny Gullette, Jeff Thompson, Gabriel Ritter

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... when a platform was in place over the crest of the field. NATS data were shot previously with no obstruction, however the two surveys have different...

Essential Factors in the Valuation of Oil Properties

Carl H. Beal

AAPG Bulletin

...) The most trustworthy method of determining the rate of production of the wells of a group is to prepare a production curve which will give the average...

The brittleness index estimation of shale reservoir guided by triaxial fracture experiments

Li Min, Wang Yang, Shen Hui, Liu Weihua, Li Chengcheng, Zhang Fangnan

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... for unconventional shale reservoir while hydraulic fracturing. Scholars from different fields have proposed different definitions and evaluation formulas...

Seismic Imaging Technology: Part IV: The Ultimate Marine Seismic Acquisition Technique?

Lasse Amundsen, Martin Landrø

GEO ExPro Magazine

... profile depth migration. The sum of all partial images, one from each receiver in the OBS experiment, gives the full seismic image. Autonomous underwater...

Log-Linear Models, Markov Chains and Cyclic Sedimentation

Timothy R. Carr

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of this method is the count matrix of transitions between facies. A null hypothesis that the observed frequencies of transition couplets were the result...

Integrated Teamwork - A Case Study

Steve Mackie

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

...? • Groups of individuals representing different disciplines formed for specific periods of time to accomplish specific goals • Mostly known...

Seismic to Well Ties with Problematic Sonic Logs, by Don Burch, #40078 (2003)

Search and Discovery.com

Flysch and Associated Beds of the Martinsburg Formation (Ordovician), Central Appalachians

Earle F. Mcbride

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... to the nearest inch. An attempt was made to correlate bedding thickness with different current directions. The thicknesses of graywacke and shale sedimentation...

Estimation of Dispersion in Orientations of Natural Fractures from Seismic Data: Application to Discrete Fracture Network Modeling

Reinaldo J Michelena, Kevin S. Godbey, Huabing Wang, James R. Gilman, Chris K. Zahm

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... simulations on fractured models built using different dispersion parameter models to discuss possible implications for drainage of naturally fractured...

Abstract: Windsor Group stratigraphy, Magdalen Islands, Quebec

P. S. Giles

Atlantic Geology

... Group gyp- sum, limestone and siltstone in surface exposures. Volcanic rocks occur at two main stratigraphic levels within the middle Windsor...

Stepwise Regression in the Earth Sciences: A Coastal Processes Example

James H. Balsillie, William F. Tanner

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... with determining the best numerical method to predict where nearshore waves shore-break. The original definition posited by McCowan in 1894 suggested...

TAPHONOMIC DISPARITY IN FORAMINIFERA AS A PALEO-INDICATOR FOR SEAGRASS

SIMON A.F. DARROCH, EMMA R. LOCATELLI, VICTORIA E. MCCOY, ELIZABETH G. CLARK, ROSS P. ANDERSON, LIDYA G. TARHAN, PINCELLI M. HULL

PALAIOS

... produce high frequencies of relatively pristine (i.e., unaltered) tests in environments colonized by seagrass and other marine algae. Operating...