Attributes: New Views on Seismic Imaging -- Their Use in Exploration and Production: 31st Annual

Abstract

Seismic data have often played a significant, and sometimes dominant role in previous Bob F. Perkins conferences, such as in last year's conference on seismic geomorphology. Nevertheless, the last conference to address the role of seismic attributes was held in 1996. The advancement in algorithm development, 3D multiattribute visualization, interpretation workflows, and more quantitative reservoir characterization during this 15-year interval has been astounding. This year's conference, "Attributes: New Views on Seismic Imaging-Their Use in Exploration and Production," gathers some of the world's foremost attribute software developers, service providers, and oil-company practitioners under one roof at the same time.The Perkins conference provides a unique opportunity for such an attribute forum. It is small enough, with only one session at a time, to provide a great deal of interaction, particularly at meals and breaks. Yet it is large enough to allow the participation and input of the greater seismic interpretation community. You will find the quality and technical content of the papers provide the feel of a "technical workshop," whereby experts can compare and contrast state-of-the-art innovations with their expert peer group. However, we have instructed the authors that the intended GCSSEPM audience will be primarily practicing geologists and geophysicists, and to pitch their papers and presentations appropri-7 3 7 xiv

Evidencing subtle faults in deep seismic reflection profiles: Data pre-conditioning and seismic attribute analysis of the legacy CROP-04 profile

“…Seismic attributes can be computed over pre-stack or post-stack seismic data and, nowadays, over 3D seismic volumes. The latter guarantees more efficient applicability of the proposed analysis by allowing the identification of stratigraphic and tectonic structures along time slices or depth horizons (Chopra and Marfurt, 2005;Marfurt et al, 2011;Hale, 2013;Torvela et al, 2013;Barnes, 2016;Wu and Hale, 2016;Di and AlRegib, 2019). Currently, the extraction of seismic attributes represents a fundamental tool for the exploration industry, as it speeds up the seismic interpretation process, reduces interpretation bias (Alcalde et al, 2019), and improves quantitative results (Chopra and Marfurt, 2007;Marfurt, 2018).…”