3-D Seismic Interpretation
Cambridge University Press
Edition: First Edition, 10/18/2007
EAN 9780521710664, ISBN10: 0521710669
Paperback, 236 pages, 24.7 x 17.4 x 1.4 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
3-D seismic data have become the key tool used in the petroleum industry to understand the subsurface. In addition to providing excellent structural images, the dense sampling of a 3-D survey makes it possible to map reservoir quality and the distribution of oil and gas. Topics covered in this book include basic structural interpretation and map-making; the use of 3-D visualisation methods; interpretation of seismic amplitudes, including their relation to rock and fluid properties; and the generation and use of AVO and acoustic impedance datasets. This new paperback edition includes an extra appendix presenting new material on novel acquisition design, pore pressure prediction from seismic velocity, elastic impedance inversion, and time lapse seismics. Written by professional geophysicists with many years' experience in the oil industry, the book is indispensable for geoscientists using 3-D seismic data, including graduate students and new entrants into the petroleum industry.
Preface
1. Introduction
2. 3-D seismic data acquisition and processing
3. Structural interpretation
4. Geological interpretation
5. Interpreting seismic amplitudes
6. Inversion
7. 3-D seismic data visualisation
8. Time-lapse seismic
Appendix 1. Workstation issues
Appendix 2. Glossary
Index.
'I found this book very easy to read. Complex concepts are clearly explained and only essential mathematics is included. In particular the chapters on amplitudes and inversion were especially good and have not to my knowledge been adequately covered at an introductory level before. Each chapter concludes with a list of references which can be followed up if the reader requires more detailed information. The book is aimed at geologists and geophysicists who may be new to interpreting seismic data, and although titled 3-D Seismic Interpretation there is much to be learned from within this volume about interpretation of other forms of seismic data. For a comprehensive guide to getting the most out of seismic data [this book] has few competitors.' Geological Magazine