Technical Content

Complex overburdens often distort reservoir images in terms of structural positioning, stratigraphic resolution, and amplitude fidelity. One prime example of a complex overburden is in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, where thick and irregular layers of remobilized (i.e., allochthonous) salt are situated above prospective ...

This study is based on work performed on horizontal wells in the Cleveland Sandstone Formation. Previous work describes the technique of using automated, quantitative mineralogy (RoqScan) to analyse drill cuttings and derive rock property and elastic pseudo-logs to customize completion designs. We expand on ...

In this paper we present a new source-over-cable marine seismic acquisition technique that initially was developed to meet imaging challenges of the Loppa High in the Norwegian Barents Sea. Two seismic vessels operate in tandem; one streamer vessel towing a spread of deep, densely ...

Self-published 12-page White Paper on the subject of National Data Repositories. Distributed at NDR conference in June 2017.

The detection and mapping of fractures in migrated poststack 3D seismic data depends on the resolution and signal-tonoise ratio of the data in the seismic volume. A discussion of resolution problems and the limits of resolution in post-stack 3D seismic data, and structurally-oriented post-stack ...

Seismic Interference (SI) has long been a problem for seismic data acquisition in congested areas such as the North Sea, but thanks to advances in processing algorithms and new cooperative management techniques developed in conjunction with Statoil and RIL, downtime or time sharing due ...

We discuss a feasibility study to access the 11,500 well headers and 450,000 documents from the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) that were released by Common Data Access Limited. A cost-effective solution based on emerging machine learning technology “taught” and guided by data-management experts ...

A case history in West Texas, in the Permian Basin, of a non-exclusive seismic imaging project spanning acquisition, processing and reservoir interpretation. Located in Howard and Glasscock counties, the Hobo non-exclusive seismic survey aims at imaging and quantitatively interpreting the Spraberry and Wolfcamp formations.

Structural information in seismic images is critical for reservoir delineation, reserve estimation and well planning, but is also uncertain by nature. A cause for this is uncertainty in migration model estimated by tomography that straightforwardly affects position of migrated events, both laterally and vertically ...