How wide-azimuth, long-offset seismic reduces field development costs in the Bakken

摘要

A recent 3D seismic survey combined the enabling acquisition technology of the AutoSeis HDR, with patented HTI/VTI processing, for the inclusion of far-angle offset amplitudes in pre-stack inversions, ultimately providing a better understanding of the Bakken formation. Including information from the far-angle offset amplitudes of 3D seismic data in pre-stack inversions provides high-resolution attribute information that cannot otherwise be obtained.