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First Break - Volume 27, Issue 3, 2009
Volume 27, Issue 3, 2009
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European countries have designs on planned polar research icebreaker Aurora Borealis
Authors N. Biebow, L. Lembke-Jene, M. Kunz-Pirrung and J. ThiedeDesigns for the planned Aurora Borealis icebreaker vessel for polar research funded by European government agencies have been unveiled. Final specs for the vessel with drilling capacity of 5000 m water depth are due for completion next year with construction at an estimated €650 million due to start in 2012, and operations by 2014. Nicole Biebow, Lester Lembke-Jene, Martina Kunz-Pirrung and Joern Thiede (Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research) and Paul Egerton (European Science Foundation) provide this update.
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Visualizing 3D features in 3D seismic data
By H. JamesHuw James (Paradigm) explores some of the operations available for viewing significant features in 3D data sets.
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Building a standards-based visualization framework for customized seismic analysis and quality control workflows
Authors O. Lhemann, P. Schatz and P. FlichyA picture is worth a thousand words goes the saying. What if we could have quick and simple access to quality control (QC) and basic analysis of data without loading projects into expensive and complicated interpretation software? Olivier Lhemann, Paul Schatz and Philippe Flichy describe how visualization company INT set about meeting this challenge.
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Accelerating the development of the hydrocarbon resource base in Eastern Siberia and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Authors A. Efimov, A. Gert, V. Staroseltsev, P. Melnikov and N. SuprunchikArkady Efimov, Alexander Gert, Valery Staroseltsev, Pavel Melnikov and Nadezhda Suprunchik from the Siberian Scientific Research Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineral Raw Material (SNIIGGiMS) provide an analysis of the ongoing initiatives to develop the oil and gas resources of Eastern Siberia and Yakutia.
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Validating the velocity model: the Hamburg Score
Authors V. Glogovsky, E. Landa, S. Langman and T.J. MoserThe late Vladimir Glogovsky, with co-authors Evgeny Landa, Sergey Langman and Tijmen Jan Moser discuss the fundamental properties of the kinematic inversion problem which continue to challenge geophysicists. Recognizing the ‘ill-posed’ character of the inverse problem, they argue that it does not have a solution in a strictly defined sense. Acknowledging the importance and limitations of a priori information, they go on to present an approach to a ‘well-posed’ solution which relies on constructing an extension of the kinematic inverse problem by making additional assumptions and validating them.
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Application of borehole ground penetrating radar for surveying underground engineering structures
Authors V.V. Kapustin, N.P. Semeikin and V.V. MonakhovV.V. Kapustin, N.P. Semeikin and V.V. Monakhov describe experience with a newly developed GPR system.
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Improving GPR monitoring of track ballast and railway structural integrity
Authors Z.B. Khakiev, V.A. Bilalov, A.V. Morozov and V.A. YavnaZ.B. Khakiev, V.A. Bilalov, A.V. Morozov and V.A. Yavna of Rostov State University of Transport describe research into the improvement of GPR antenna used in equipment to monitor rail track safety and security.
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Increasing oil production from depleted fields through seismic stimulation
Authors V.I. Barabanov and M.V. PavlovV.L. Barabanov (Institute of Oil and Gas Problems of the Russian Academy of Science) and M.V. Pavlov (Grossneft Technology) recommend technologies for increased recovery of reserves from flooded or depleted fields.
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Magnetotelluric studies in salt-dome tectonic settings in the Pre-Caspian depression
Authors E.D. Aleksanova, D.A. Alekseev, A.K. Suleimanov and A.G. YakovlevE.D. Aleksanova, D.A. Alekseev, A.K. Suleimanov and A.G. Yakovlev present findings from the use of magnetotellurics as an efficient tool for subsalt imaging in the Pre-Caspian depression.
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Application of direct hydrocarbon indicators for exploration in a Permian-Triassic play, offshore the Netherlands
More LessThis paper describes a case history of exploration in a Permian/Triassic play offshore the Netherlands. The seismic data in the area display clear direct hydrocarbon indicators. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how direct hydrocarbon indicators were used for the evaluation of undrilled prospects, in an attempt to determine hydrocarbon presence and hydrocarbon type. Prospect evaluation started with systematic screening of each prospect for acoustically soft amplitude anomalies and flat reflectors. Validation of hydrocarbon presence in these prospects was then attempted through the use of spatial filtering techniques for enhancing flat reflectors, and the use of a rock physics model, derived from well data, for the explaining observations. The type of hydrocarbons expected in each prospect was predicted using a comparison of forward modelling results and actual seismic observations. As a result of this approach, exploration drilling success has improved. Three recently drilled exploration wells all discovered hydrocarbons in previously validated prospects. We think that successful detection of hydrocarbons from seismic data is possible in this area due to favourable rock and fluid properties, reservoir thickness generally being greater than hydrocarbon column height, and the modest depth at which the reservoirs occur.
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Integrating outcrop data at different scales to describe fractured carbonate reservoirs: example of the Maiella carbonates, Italy
Authors R. Di Cuia, A. Shakerley, M. Masini and D. CasabiancaInherent heterogeneity is the main cause of uncertainty in predicting the productivity potential of fractured carbonate reservoirs. Integration of subsurface (well and seismic) and outcrop data helps to reduce such uncertainty. For fractured reservoirs, outcrops are essential because of the difficulty of producing three-dimensional descriptions of fracture systems from subsurface datasets alone. We have studied the carbonates outcropping in the Maiella anticline to verify the consistency between the fracture sets predicted by a strain inversion technique based on the restoration of seismic-scale cross-sections and detailed field measurements. Comparison of the two datasets indicated that: (a) the strain inversion model predicts fracture density correctly when averaged over distances of the order of kilometres, but fails to match observations averaged over hundreds of metres; and (b) fracture connectivity observed in the field is higher than that inferred from the strain model. We compare the limitations of the strain model to the limitations posed by working with seismic data alone, and we warn that outcrop data, collected at the appropriate scale in three dimensions, are necessary information for building plausible geological models consistent with the geological evolution of the reservoir.
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