Revealing the geology of the gulf of mexico recorded by 3-D seismic

摘要

Many visonaries in the geophsyical field have realized that 3-D seismic data contains a wealth of information about the ubsurface geology, which up unitl now has not been fully explotied. It is in this light that Coherence Cube~(TM) processing, a 3-D seismic imaging tool, provides the siemsic interpreter, geologist, and reserovir engineer with the ability to interrogate the seimic volume to identify, and map important components that define a hydrocarbon trap. The ability to components that define a hydrocarbon trap. The ability to reveal critical features such as faults, lithologic boundaries, and revervoir compartments within the seismic bandwidth is a major step forward in exploitiong 3-D semimic. COmparison of conventional seimsic and Coherence Cube processed images from 3-D seismic volumes in the GUlf of Mexico on salt domes and in stratigraphic complexes demonstrates the interpretive advantage COherence Cube processing offers the petroleum industry. Since beocming avilable in 1995, Chorerence Cube processing has significantly evolved and matured into an element necessary for successful hhdrocarbon exploration and development in the GUlf of Mexico, and throughout the world.