Shear Velocity Prediction in the Norwegian Sea

B-42 SHEAR VELOCITY PREDICTION IN THE NORWEGIAN SEA Abstract Well-bore derived measurements provide a link through rock physics to the seismic domain. Shear wave velocity log data is important for many aspects of seismic modeling including offset synthetic seismogram generation and half space modeling for AVO analysis. Due to the relatively recent advent of shear wave velocity logs (VS) VS data is in many instances missing or unreliable. However as compressional velocity logs (VP) are widely available a local empirical transform relating VP to VS would be useful. Several authors have published methods for predicting shear wave velocities in the