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Chapter from: SG 42:  Applications of 3-D Previous HitSeismicNext Hit Data to Exploration and Production

Edited by: 
Paul Weimer and Thomas L. David

Author:
Fred Aminsadeh


Published 1996 as part of Studies in Geology 42
Copyright © 1996 The American Association of Petroleum Geologists.  All Rights Reserved.
 

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CHAPTER 28

Chapter 28: 3-D Salt and Overthrust Previous HitSeismicNext Hit Models

Fred Aminzadeh*

 

Aminzadeh, F., 3-D salt and overthrust Previous HitseismicNext Hit models, in P. Weimer and T. L. Davis, eds., AAPG Studies in Geology No. 42 and SEG Geophysical Developments Series No. 5, AAPG/SEG, Tulsa, p. 247-256.
ABSTRACT

We have designed two 3-D geologic models and simulated realistic 3-D surveys based on those models. This has been a collaborative effort of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), the European Association of Exploration Geophysicists, and the United States Department of Energy National Laboratories. The Previous HitprojectNext Hit is usually referred to as the SEG/EAEG Modeling, or SEM, Previous HitprojectNext Hit. The two salt and overthrust 3-D models and the respective synthetic datasets will be made available to both the oil industry and academia. This SEM Previous HitprojectNext Hit has been a sizable undertaking, with computational requirements of several million dollars. By the end of 1995, about 800 gigabytes of data had been generated, completing Phase A and Phase B of the Previous HitprojectNext Hit. "Classic datasets" containing subsets of calculations conducted for Previous HitPhasesNext Hit A and B have been defined. Any other subsets of data could be extracted from the whole dataset using a procedure devised at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Additional calculations of about three terabytes, Phase C, will be carried out as the Previous HitprojectTop is completed around mid-1997. These datasets have already been used by many for testing and validating processing algorithms and aiding in survey design. Their use as standard 3-D datasets is expected to increase for many years.

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