In seismic images, the opaque oscillatory nature of the ever present sedimentary layers often hide the boundaries between sedimentary packages, such as faults or river channels. Interpreters painstakingly identify these boundaries by inspecting individual planes of the image volume. Discontinuity attribute maps computed from image volumes depict these boundaries and greatly simplify and acceler...

A method for 3D modeling and interpretation of log properties from complex seismic attributes (obtained from 3D post stack seismic data) is developed by integrating Principal Component Analysis and Local Linear Modeling. Complex seismic attributes have non-linear relationships with petrophysical properties of rocks. These complicated relationships can be approximated using statistical methods. ...

Minor faults, subsidence columns, coal tunnels and gob are very important in coal mining because they can cause flooding accidents, broken coal beds, added fissures, and gas accumulation. All of these factors will increase coal mining risk. In addition, minor faults also affect the design of roadways. In this article, we have achieved satisfactory results in identifying minor faults, subsidence...

Color is the critical factor in seismic data interpretation and geological targets visualization. And recently, ideas of color blending have brought the enlightenment in attribute combinations for reservoir characterization in petroleum engineering. In this paper, we present this approach of color blending in different color modes and its application in subsurface channel detection by using sei...

In this paper, we propose a texture-based interpretation workflow and apply to delineate salt domes in 3D migrated seismic volumes. First, we compute an attribute map using a novel seismic attribute, three-dimensional gradient of textures (3D-GoT), which measures the dissimilarity between neighboring cubes around each voxel in seismic volume across time or depth, crossline, and inline direction...

Heavy crude oil is known as oil that is highly viscous and of a higher density than that of conventional oil. Sand reservoirs containing heavy oil generally consist of unconsolidated sediments deposited at a shallow burial depth, with high porosity and permeability. In seismic exploration, acoustic impedance inversion is a commonly used tool in reservoir prediction. However, due to the unconsol...

avo theory was introduced around 20 years ago. in recent years, this technique was become to a major tool in hydrocarbon sources exploration. by the help of this method with the suitable understanding from underground layers and knowing how to use this technology, quantitative specifications of reservoir can be recognized. avo analysis is a seismic technique that by using of pre-stack data, est...

This paper presents an attribute fusion method applied to 3D seismic block analysis. Attributes are extracted from the underground data and are aggregated by means of the fuzzy set theory which allows to code the linguistic attribute relation given by geophysicists under the form of IF-THEN rules. A cooperative system has been designed in order to involve the user in the fusion process. The mai...

The impact of topographic attributes on the uneven distribution of seismic response and associated devastation has frequently been observed and documented during seismic events, but has rarely been investigated at a regional scale. Existing numerical and experimental techniques applied to explore the impact of topographic attributes in the aggravation of seismic response, have been limited to i...

Time-lapse (4D) seismic data sets have proven to be extremely useful for reservoir monitoring. Seismic-derived impedance estimates are commonly used as a 4D attribute to constrain updates to reservoir fluid flow models. However, 4D seismic estimates of P-wave impedance can contain significant errors associated with the effects of seismic noise and the inherent instability of inverse methods. Th...