Seismic imaging in Tarim Basin: Overcoming complex near-surface conditions

Xianhuai Zhu, Ruirui Zhao, Sam Gray, Wensheng Duan, Duoming Zheng, Ganglin Lei, Gengxin Peng, Rujie Zhang, Kun Xu, Grace Yan, Junru Jiao

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...)=head wave (first break); SR=surface wave; R=reflection; WR=wide-angle reflection. Figure 6. A comparison of turning-ray tomographic velocity...

Sonic Log Analysis from Isotropic and Anisotropic Media In Carbonate Reservoir, the Case Study at Stella Alpina Field

Wahyu Tri Sutrisno, Septian Prahastudhi, Ari Teguh Sugiarto, Ayi Syaeful Bahri, Dwa Desa Warnana, Yulia Putri Wulandari

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., A., and I. Tsvankin, 2005, Parameter estimation in orthorhombic media using multicomponent wide-azimuth reflection data: Geophysics, 70, no. 2, D1-D8...

Application of high-end seismic imaging technologies for field development in NWS Australia

Min Lee Chua, Kai Zhao, Narcisa Lazarescu, Wai King Yong, Sergey Birdus, Alexey Artemov, Xiang Li

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... 200m to 300m. The area was covered by two vintage seismic surveys with perpendicular shooting directions and wide-tow streamer settings. A quick look...

Elastic full-waveform inversion at regional scale for the northern Gulf of Mexico

Yao Yu, Anastasia Pavlovskaya, Kim Shoemaker, Hongyan Li, Jennifer Qin, David Derharoutian Jr., John Law, Zhao Ge, Ruth Hammans, Vivian Robertson, Kate Glaccum

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... for the elastic FWI was a manually interpreted salt body model, tilted transverse isotropic (TTI), derived from wide- and full-azimuth streamer input data over...

Velocity model building assisted by potential field methods: A case study from the Red Sea

Wilson Ibanez, Federico Ceci, Giuseppe Bancala, Andrea Sirtori, Luciana De Luca, Miquel Marin, Vivian Robertson, Briseida Palacios, David Korte

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

..., S., J. Dai, W. Ibañez, I. Guerra, M. O’Briain, and D. Smith, 2018, Wide-azimuth seismic and potential field data integration for salt recognition...

Prospects to Reservoir Models: Streamline the Workflow

Dylan Mair, Christi Gell, Noel Lucas

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., and interpretations of these data. To accelerate the modeling process, it must be possible to view and work with a wide range of data types as part...

Multiscale faults and karst caves prediction in deep Ordovician carbonate in Tarim Basin, China

Yanyang Chen, Hong Zhang, Yu Zhang

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... in multistage karst formation. Transtension faults typically feature wide fault zones and negative flower structures in seismic profiles, while...

Detailed Oriented Seismic Processing Leads to More Accurate Elastic Attribute Results in the Delaware Basin

Marianne Rauch-Davies, Steve Smith, Alyona Bashkirtseva Hall

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the signal to noise ratio. Wide azimuth data were available and special attention was paid to preserving the azimuthal information. Noise is always present...

Multi-information intelligent decision process for first-break picking

Fei Luo, Lanlan Yan

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... in seismic processing. The gradual popularization of the "wide-azimuth, high-density, and broadband" seismic data acquisition technology has led to the need...

Improving subsalt imaging using mode-converted waves and volumetric coherent noise attenuation in southern Gulf of Mexico

Riaz Alai, Nik Nur Halim C. Soh, M Shah B. Sulaiman, M. Iqbal Supardy, Kien Kok Lee, Sandeep Kumar, Syazwani Bt Suhairi, Christian Brinzer, Frederico Xavier de Melo, Hongyan Li, Iestyn Williams, Hugo Enrique Munoz Cuenca, Nolan Brand, Kate Glaccum, George Zhao, Saeeda Hydal, Khaled Abdelaziz, Emmi Sanchez Vargas

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... propagating within the salt body. Figure 1 shows a reverse time migration (RTM) image from a wide-azimuth towed streamer acquisition (WAZ) with a clear...

Scalable, efficient, and adaptive simulation of frequency-domain wave propagation

Jacob Badger, Andrey Bakulin, Sergey Fomel

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... on the discontinuous Petrov–Galerkin (DPG) finite element method and is applicable—without modification—to a wide class of problems including acoustics...

Bedout sub-basin: Putting Carnarvon Energys geological gem under the microscope

PESA Staff

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... reservoirs, making for a very play-rich setting.   inally, there is a very wide range F of structural and stratigraphic trap styles, and within each trap...

First-ever Formation Imaging at the Drill-bit: Introducing a Disruptive Technology for Formation Evaluation

Chandramani Shrivastava, Harry Cook, Kjell Haugvaldstad, Zhengxin Zhang, Daniel Quesada, John Charlesworth, Roberta Santana

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

..., “feeling” the features in the formation. Force data is mapped against azimuth and depth to create high resolution images of the formation creating...

ABSTRACT: A New Approach for Interpreting Lithofacies and Sequence Stratigraphy using Borehole Image Data in Wells Drilled with Non-Conductive Mud Systems; #90013 (2003)

MITCH D. PAVLOVIC, MILAN MARKOVIC

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... in) which provides the unique ability to operate effectively over a wide range of borehole irregularities such as washouts and drilling-induced rugosity...

Abstract: Modelling Near-field Effects in VSP-based Q-estimation Part 1: Theoretical Developments; #90171 (2013)

Arnim B. Haase and Robert R. Stewart

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... are introduced in Part 2. Sommerfeld Integral Review From a wide variety of Q-estimation techniques developed over the years, the spectral ratio method...

Abstract: Salt Mapping Using 3D-marine CSEM Surveys; #90171 (2013)

J.J. Zach, M.A. Frenkel, A.M. Ostvedt-Ghazi, S. Goldstein, A. Kumar, and T. Pham

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... in operational accuracy and hardware sensitivity have resulted in a vast improvement in data quality, which enable full 3D inversion, including wide-azimuth...

Abstract: Variable Depth Streamer Acquisition: Enhancing Interpretation with Broadband Marine Seismic; #90174 (2014)

R. Soubaras, R. Dowle, and R. Sablon

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... streamer acquisition and processing has been employed extensively for commercial 2D and 3D surveys and has also been tested successfully in a wide azimuth...

Use of Fracture-Mapping Technologies to Improve Well Completions in Shale Reservoirs

Michael Mayerhofer, Norm Warpinski, and Elyezer Lolon

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...-Earthquakes Induced By Hydraulic Fractures To Map Out The Geometry & Characteristics Of The Hydraulic Fracture Azimuth Complexity Side View...

Evidence for a Hydrodynamic Aquifer in the Lower Miocene Sands of the Mad Dog Field, Gulf of Mexico, by Troy A. Dias, David L. Tett, and Michelle T. Croasdaile, #10221 (2010).

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Case Study of the Structural and Depositional-Evolution Interpretation from Seismic Data; #20143 (2012)

Yun Ling, Xiangyu Guo, Jixiang Lin, and Desheng Sun

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... and business challenge to predict remaining oil production. A wide azimuth 3D seismic survey covers an area of 93 km2, with 12.5m x 12.5m CMP bin size...

Integrated Seismic Characterization and Reservoir Modeling of Neocomian Fluvial System for Water Injection: Tengiz Oil Field, Republic of Kazakhstan; #20163 (2012)

Elrad Iskakov, Steve Jenkins, Zhanat Kabdesheva, and Henry W. Posamentier

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... Neocomian fluvial system is characterized by moderate to high-sinuosity channels that range from 40-2000 m wide. The internal architecture within the channel...

Locating Bypassed Reserves in Geologically Complex Mature Fields Environments, #41022 (2012)

Mike Dautel, Jason Pitcher, Michael Bittar

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... around the well axis. In this example, only the resistivity responses for the deeper resistivity measurement at only two azimuth values are shown...

Shear Velocity Prediction and its Rock Mechanic Implications, #41296 (2014)

Yexin Liu, Zhuoheng Chen, Kezhen Hu

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... wide areas, except near active faults. The direction of the minimum horizontal stress can be determined by the azimuth of wellbore breakout, which can...

Seismic Attribute Expression of Differential Compaction; #41374 (2014)

Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt

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... of interest. Dip and azimuth maps are routinely used in the North Sea to map less-compacted sand fans, sand-filled channels, and injectites. Helmore et al...

Facies (Rock Type) Modeling Using Inverse Static Model Process from Porosity Distribution, Case from Baturaja Formation; #41442 (2014)

Indra Yuliandri, Mirayanti Mirayanti, Rienno Ismail, Jaka Radiansyah, Ricky Adi Wibowo, Medy Kurniawan, Musalam Latuconsina

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... used as the trend for the reservoir modeling. The problem occurs when a wide range of AI values as secondary attribute for trend are not working...