Improvements in seismic interpretation: Multiple factors are making interpretation more accurate and quantifiable

摘要

Of all of the tasks that go into finding, drilling for, and producing oil and gas, seismic interpretation is probably the most qualitative process. It relies as much on instinct and experience as it does on technology and number crunching. But multiple factors are converging to make interpretation more representative of the actual subsurface information hidden in the data. Advances in seismic acquisition and processing, better data integration, and improved compute power all are playing a role in giving the interpreter the best possible tools for the task.