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...

reservoir characterization plays an important role in different parts of an industrial project. the results from a reservoir characterization study give insight into rock and fluid properties which can optimize the choice of drilling locations and reduce risk and uncertainty. delineating hydrocarbon bearing zones within a reservoir is the main objective of any seismic reservoir characterization...

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. ...

Extensive work has been done in the recent years involving use of conventional and passive seismic data for fracture characterization. This is particularly the case with unconventional reservoirs such as shale gas, shale oil and geothermal fields. The purpose of our study is to combine the benefits of conventional seismic data that provides relatively higher resolution reservoir characteristics...

Reservoir characterization plays an important role in different parts of an industrial project. The results from a reservoir characterization study give insight into rock and fluid properties which can optimize the choice of drilling locations and reduce risk and uncertainty. Delineating hydrocarbon bearing zones within a reservoir is the main objective of any seismic reservoir characterization...

A Seismic Data Management System should meet certain requirements implied by the nature of seismic data. This kind of data is not solely characterized by alphanumeric attributes but also from a spatial and a temporal dimension (the epicenter and the time of earthquake realization, respectively). Moreover, visualizing areas of interest, monitoring seismicity, finding hidden regularities, and ass...

The teleseismic transmission of seismic surface waves from earthquakes results in a loss of the high frequencies needed to infer information about Earth’s crust and uppermost mantle. A recent innovation in seismic imaging based on using long time sequences of ambient seismic noise moves beyond some of the limitations imposed on earthquakebased methods to reveal high resolution information about...

In this paper we show the implementation of bilinear time-frequency representations in the interpretation of seismic data. In seismic stratigraphy the reeection patterns in seismic data are interpreted in terms of subsurface stratiication and lithological properties. The time-frequency representation clearly elicits seismic reeection patterns and can thus provide useful information on subsurfac...

A new and significant source of information on earthquake studies has been provided by space geodesy. The data which are gathered by various techniques of space geodesy, can quantify potential of seismic activity in the region of interest. To achieve this goal, the main advantage of extra-terrestrial geodetic data in comparison with the conventional data from geology and seismology is the abili...

Oil and gas exploration decisions are made based on inferences obtained from seismic data interpretation. While 3D seismic data become widespread and the data-sets get larger, the demand for automation to speed up the seismic interpretation process is increasing as well. However, the development of intelligent tools which can do more to assist interpreters has been difficult due to low informat...