Building More Predictive Geological Models

A majority of oil companies today build geological models mostly from well data making these<br>models detailed and reliable near the wells, but away from the wells little or no information is available. Many<br>oil companies have invested in seismic data and interpretation of that data; data that contains information that<br>could increase understanding of inter well properties, improve geological models and thereby reduce reservoir<br>uncertainty. But despite existing “Seismic to Simulation” software few oil companies integrate 3D seismic<br>properties with geological models. Even if they do, critical aspects of the reservoir may be lost or distorted<br>when they transfer data from the seismic grid to the geological grid. This in turn can result in erroneous<br>prediction of reservoir and net pay.