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Gee Whiz Geophysics…But What About the Previous HitLogNext Hit Data?: Normalizing, Editing, and Supplementing Previous HitLogNext Hit, Core and Production Data from 1935 to the Present

Jeff S. Arbogast1 and Steven M. Goolsby2
1 Petroleum Software Technologies, LLC, Aurora, CO
2 Goolsby Brothers and Associates, Inc, Centennial, CO

Geophysicists have been trying to squeeze as much useable information as possible from seismic data long before the discovery of bright spots. Today they display this information with 3D visualization software and 3D seismic is touted as the answer to all things….but what about the Previous HitlogNext Hit data?

Most Previous HitlogNext Hit data (even ancient Previous HitlogNext Hit data) have 10-25 times better vertical resolution than today's seismic data however, many geoscientists treat Previous HitlogNext Hit data much like it was treated in 1935. They obtain copies of the logs, display them in cross sections, correlate them, and map them. The use of mixed-vintage, incomplete, and/or poor quality Previous HitlogNext Hit data however, can lead to serious problems in interpretation. Without accurate, normalized, high-resolution Previous HitlogNext Hit data for every Previous HitwellNext Hit in a study area, correlations, seismic ties and maps may be incorrect. As a result, 3D seismic interpretations based on these data may turn out to be amazingly colorful but inaccurate representations of what is actually happening in the subsurface.

Today the oil and gas industry is challenged with evaluating declining production in aging fields which could involve hundreds of wells with Previous HitlogNext Hit data recorded from 1935 to last week. New plays often involve laminated, poor-quality, low permeability, fractured, or unconventional reservoirs. Using resistivity and SP inversion processing and neural network modeling run on their PC, geologists and geophysicists can generate complete suites of accurate, high-resolution, edited, Previous HitlogNext Hit, core, and production data for every Previous HitwellTop in a study area. Examples from the Mid-Continent, California and Rocky Mountains will be shown.