this paper describes a methodology for the integration of well logs and a series of grid-based attributes extracted from interpreted seismic data for prediction of porosity distributions. the studied area is located in the southwest iran. before finding a relationship between the target logs and predicted logs from 3d seismic data, we have interpreted the 3d seismic data in the studied area. al...

A prominent west-dipping reflection that can be traced in seismic-reflection profiles over an area of 7000 km beneath the Sevier Desert basin of west-central Utah is generally referred to as the Sevier Desert detacbment and is widely regarded as one of tbe best examples of an upper-crustal low-angle normal fault. The absence of evidence for fault-related deformation in drill cuttings and core f...

In seismic reflection prospecting for oil and gas a key step is the ability to estimate the seismic wavelet (impulse response) traveling through the earth. Such estimation enables filters to be designed to deblur the recorded seismic time series and allows the integration of “downhole” and surface seismic data for seismic interpretation purposes. An appropriate model for the seismic time series...

I present the equations for migrating IVSPWD (inverse VSP while drilling) autocorrelograms. These equations extend the Katz IVSPWD method to 2-D and 3-D media, and also provide a formal mathematical justification for inverting the reflectivity distribution from IVSPWD autocorrelograms. In addition, I describe a new imaging condition which images the primary-reflection energy compared to the Kat...

We examine the conventional methodology for tying wells to processed seismic data and show why this methodology fails to allow for reliable interpretation of the seismic data for stratigraphy. We demonstrate an alternative methodology that makes the tie without the use of synthetic seismograms, but at the price of measuring the seismic source signature, the cost of such measurements being about...