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SUBJECT INFORMATION
SUCOGG HONOURS ELECTIVE 16
Module Name: Interpretation of 2D and 3D Seismic Reflection Data.
Staff involved: Mr D Palmer & Assoc. Prof. C G Skilbeck.
Module Objectives: The development familiarity and skills with the interpretation of seismic reflection data for petroleum exploration and coal mine planning, using interactive computer software (SeisVision by GeoGraphix).
Module program:
Review of Fundamentals
Seismic data processing
Spatial and temporal resolution, 3D Migration
The design of 3D surveys, Display of the 3D seismic data volume
Vertical and horizontal sections, Attributes, Phase, and Colour
Structural Interpretation, Horizontal picking
Fault Mapping, Depth Conversion
Stratigraphic Interpretation
Horizontal time sections
Horizon flattening
Reservoir analysis
Format, duration and timing: Ten classes, each consisting of approximately one hour of lecture, and two hours of tutorial with the computer software. Dates:
TBA.
Assumed Knowledge: Fundamentals of seismic wave propagation, seismic data acquisition, and seismic data processing.
Text and/or reference material:
Brown, A. R., 1991, Interpretation of three-dimensional seismic data. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 42.
Hardage, B. A., Levey, R. A., Pendleton, V., Simmons, J. and Edson, R., 1994, A 3D seismic case history evaluating fluvially deposited thin-bed reservoirs in a gas-producing property. Geophysics 59(11), 1650-1665.
Assessment: Assignment.
Module contact person and coordinator:
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