Smart Fields: People, Processes and Technology

C. F. Chai, F. G. Van Den Berg, P. Engbers

GEO ExPro Magazine

.... This is achieved via integrated models and workflows which can manage both surface and subsurface aspects of the field to maximize lifecycle value...

From Sensor to Image

Tom Hay, Mehul Supawala, Tim Brice

GEO ExPro Magazine

... has changed dramatically, with companies divesting fleets, committing to multiclient models, removing high capacity vessels, and developing the ocean...

If It Is So Easy, Why Dont You Come Do It Yourself? A Response to What I Wish My Geologist Knew About Drilling: A Drilling Engineers View of GeosteeringŽ

Raymond L. Woodward, Samuel F. Noynaert

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... tools are not equally calibrated, or the wrong “scale factor” is entered in the surface computer or data processor. In either case, there is a very...

Geological Observations and Parameterizations

Marten A. Perlmutter, Poppe L. De Boer, James R. L. Syvitski

Special Publications of SEPM

... The underlying concerns were whether all relevant processes are accounted for in existing models and whether modelers are using the available models...

GeoMind: An intelligent earth model building tool

Saleh Al Saleh, Ewenet Gashawbeza, Mustafa Marzooq, Hussam Banaja, Husain Al Shakhs, Jianwu Jiao

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

.... The main differences are fourfold: (1) creating detailed geological models, (2) using unsupervised DL to create many scenarios of each geological...

Embedding Physical Flow Functions into Deep Learning Predictive Models for Improved Production Forecasting

Syamil Mohd Razak, Jodel Cornelio, Young Cho, Hui-Hai Liu, Ravimadhav Vaidya, Behnam Jafarpour

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... learning shows that PGDL methods offer a flexible hybrid way to benefit from both data-driven methods and physics-based models in improving production...

Abstract: Extracting, Understanding & Utilizing Azimuthal Anisotropy Through Depth Imaging; #90316 (2017)

Pavel Vasilyev, Cara Smith, Anna Glushchenko, Paul Marsden, Edgardo Vargas

Search and Discovery.com

... and azimuthal sampling, followed by depth imaging in which we utilize standard and novel methods for near surface velocity model building and statics handling...

Research and application of shallow surface wave prediction attenuation in dual complex mountainous exploration areas

Xinyue Song, Zaijin Zhang, Yi Bao, Cheng Wang, Zhonghua Zhao, Yangyang Wang

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

.... Then, it is adaptively subtracted from the original seismic data to achieve more accurate surface wave suppression, thereby improving the shallow signal-to-noise ratio...

Improving the Understanding of Fault Sealing Properties and Minimizing Fault Reactivation

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Abstract: Quantitative Chemical Stratigraphy of Offshore Exploration Wells of the Flexure Trend: Spectral Coherency Analysis

Douglas F. Williams , Ian Lerche , Zhihuai Yu , Xidong Chen , Dwight M. Trainor

GCAGS Transactions

... resolution stratigraphic correlations, thereby improving the quality of depositional models for Flexure Trend wells from Green Canyon, Ewing Banks...

Geology Reaches Computer Age: ABSTRACT

Melvin A. Rosenfeld

AAPG Bulletin

... are using the word "computer" in its broadest sense to include the actual general-purpose electronic digital computer, its associated data processing...

Abstract: Reservoir Characterization, Modeling, and Simulation in the Welch San Andres Field, by R. Ulmschneider; #90960 (1995).

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Abstract: Controls on Fluid Flow and Hydrocarbon Recovery in a Clinoform-Bearing, Fluvial-Dominated Deltaic Reservoir Analog: Ferron Sandstone, Utah, by Graham, Gavin H.; Jackson, Matthew D.; Hampson, Gary J.; #90163 (2013)

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ABSTRACT: Gravity Calculations from 3-D, Geologically-Driven Models: A New Approach, by Brew, Graham; #90026 (2004)

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A Machine-Learning-Based Workflow for Drilling Risk Prediction of Wellbore Instability and Trajectory Optimization in Ultra-Deep Formation

Hanqing Wang, Ruxin Zhang, Ziyan Deng, Jin Meng, Han Wang, Yujie Zhou, Fan Yang, Ji Chang, Yitian Xiao, Huiwen Pang

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., ensemble learning model can synthesize the prediction results of multiple single machine learning models, thus improving the accuracy of wellbore...

ABSTRACT: Permeability Prediction in Uncored Wells Using an Advanced Statistical Technique, by Novikri, Irvan; #90141 (2012)

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Computer Simulation of the Yates Formation (Permian, Delaware Basin) - Sequence Stratigraphy and Shelf-to-Basin Correlation Implications

James M. Borer, Paul M. Harris

West Texas Geological Society

...) or simply to long-term variation in the depositional response is an area that requires further work. Stratigraphic Computer Modeling Computer models...

A Digitizer for Field Measurements of Microtopography and Sediments Texture: RESEARCH METHOD PAPER

Maxim Shoshany

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... was built from the components described above was found to be useful for field operations. It was light (9.5 kg) and simple to operate using the control...

Abstract: Seismic Forward Modeling of Fluid Escape Pipes Based on Novel PSDM Method; #90310 (2017)

Zhihua Cui, Isabelle Lecomte, David Iacopini

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... seismic, well data and outcrops analogue with their petrophysical characterization we built some appropriate geological models of the fluid-escape...

Efficient and accurate velocity building from Gramian-constrained multiphysics reflection and transmission data

Jide Nosakare Ogunbo

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... impedance models will be inverted using the Gramian constrained joint inversion of both the reflection and transmission responses. Figure 1: Homogeneous...

Abstract: How an Independent is Using 3-D Seismic and CAEX Technology to Reduce Risk

Dan L. Smith

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

...Abstract: How an Independent is Using 3-D Seismic and CAEX Technology to Reduce Risk Dan L. Smith 1995 8 8 Three-dimensional (3-D) seismic...

ABSTRACT: Visualization of Data Integration, by Kenneth Dooley; #90097 (1990).

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A practical implementation of data-space Hessian in the time-domain formulation of source extended full-waveform inversion

Gaoshan Guo, Stephane Operto, Ali Gholami, Hossein S. Aghamiry

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

..., source extensions) such that simulated data closely match observed data with inaccurate velocity models. Then, the model parameters are updated...

Abstract: Improving Seismic Interpretation by Reducing Uncertainty With 2-D Modeling and Analytics; #90310 (2017)

Vladimir Rybakov

Search and Discovery.com

... alone. However, combining both data types using Geologic models one can get a much better and clearer picture which can lead to a more successful...

Abstract: Scenario Based Geo-Cellular Model Building For A Tight Oil Reservoir With Limited Data And High Uncertainties … A Case Study From Barmer Basin, India; #90315 (2017)

D. Mishra, A.K. Bora, P. Majumdar, P. Shankar, V. Kothari

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... study from the NL Barmer Hill Field. The deterministic models, built on these sub-surface concepts, have been linked within a probabilistic framework...