Seismic Attributes Analysis

SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES ANALYSIS

The understanding and application of AVO and attribute analysis is vital to any seismically driven exploration or development program. This course is a MUST for all geoscientists who utilize seismic data in their interpretations. Course instructor will demonstrate key principles and pitfalls related to AVO and seismic attribute analysis including the suitability of seismic data for analysis, preserving amplitudes, properly modeling AVO/AVA and attribute response and matching the predicted response with seismic data, and avoiding pitfalls. These principles control the success or failure of AVO and seismic attributes and with it the potential success of an exploration program.

Other key aspects of the course include:

• Detailed discussion on how to select appropriate acquisition parameters and processing flow to properly record and preserve AVO and seismic attribute anomalies
• Demonstration and discussion of blocking logs using zonation, mean and variance methods to develop AVO/AVA and attribute models. How to extract interval velocities from stacking velocities through ray-tracing in the presence of dip. Discussion on how to select appropriate wavelet for modeling
• Prediction of AVO/AVA and attribute responses using properly generated models and comparison with AVO/AVA extracted from seismic data
• Extensive discussion of pitfalls in AVO and seismic attributes and how to avoid them throughout this presentation
• Geo-statistics analysis (This step including variograms analysis and trends determination).

The course concepts are reinforced with a number of real world exercises conducted throughout the course to enhance understanding of the principles presented. Some of these exercises are:

• Detailed discussion on how to select appropriate acquisition parameters and processing flow to properly record and preserve AVO and seismic attribute anomalies
• Demonstration and discussion of blocking logs using zonation, mean and variance methods to develop AVO/AVA and attribute models. How to extract interval velocities from stacking velocities through ray-tracing in the presence of dip. Discussion on how to select appropriate wavelet for modeling
• Prediction of AVO/AVA and attribute responses using properly generated models and comparison with AVO/AVA extracted from seismic data
• Extensive discussion of pitfalls in AVO and seismic attributes and how to avoid them throughout this presentation
• Geo-statistics analysis (This step including variograms analysis and trends determination).

• Discipline: Geophysics
• Level: Advanced
• Duration: 5 Days