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...

The quality of the migration/inversion in seismic re ̄ection is directly related to the quality of the velocity macro model. We present here an extension of the differential semblance optimization method (DSO) for 2-D velocity ®eld estimation. DSO evaluates via local measurements (horizontal derivatives) how ̄at events in common-image gathers are. Its major advantage with respect to the usual cos...

Conventional seismic techniques for detecting the subsurface geologic features are challenged by limited data coverage, computational inefficiency, and subjective human factors. We developed a novel data-driven geological feature detection approach based on pre-stack seismic measurements. Our detection method employs an efficient and accurate machine-learning detection approach to extract usefu...

The identification of salt-dome boundaries in migrated seismic data volumes is important for locating petroleum reservoirs. The presence of noise in the data makes computer-aided saltdome interpretation even more challenging. We have developed noise-robust algorithms that could label boundaries of salt domes effectively and efficiently. Our research is twofold. First, we used a texture-based gr...

seismic refraction and downhole survey were employed to study dynamic characteristics of subsurface materials in bam city, southeast of iran. the data acquisition was performed at 160 p and s-wave refraction stations and 15 boreholes in the city. to derive velocity depth sections along these profiles as well as to perform downhole diagrams, seisimager software was used. based on the obtained va...

We address the problem of time to depth conversion of time migrated seismic images and show that the Dix velocities estimated from time migration velocities are the true seismic velocities divided by the geometrical spreading of image rays. We pose an inverse problem: to find seismic velocities from Dix velocities and suggest two algorithms for solving this problem. One algorithm is based on th...

Elastic impedance (EI) inversion for partial angle stack seismic data is a key technology in reservoir prediction within the oil and gas industry. EI provides consistent framework to invert data, just as AI does post-stack data. The commonly used process by angle. Hence, inverted different angles may be nonconforming, especially with low signal-to-noise ratio. This paper proposes simultaneously...

Results of study of anomaly behavior of amplitudes, phase velocities and gradients of ULF electromagnetic disturbances (F = 0.002 – 0.5 Hz) before and during a seismic active period are presented. Investigations were carried out in Japan (Izu and Chiba peninsulas) by two groups of magnetic stations spaced apart at a distance ∼140 km. Every group (magnetic gradientometer) consists of three 3comp...

The application of the pre-stack depth migration (PSDM) method using deep seismic reflection data is still a challenge. In this paper, dataset collected from Bohai Bay Basin used to test applicability method. After improving signal-to-noise ratio prestack gathers and building an accurate velocity model capturing lateral vertical variations, high-quality profile obtained. This shows detailed cru...

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...