Introduction to Petroleum Seismology (Investigations in Geophysics, No. 12)

Introduction to Petroleum Seismology provides the basic theoretical and practical background needed to tackle present and future challenges of petroleum seismology, especially those related to seismic data acquisition and imaging and to reservoir characterization and monitoring. The first part of the book evolves from first principles of physics to the fundamentals of elastodynamic wave propagation, the building blocks for seismic analysis. The second part discusses modern developments in petroleum seismology such as multicomponent data, multiple elimination, amplitude variation with offset and azimuth analysis and inversion, anisotropy, and linear anelasticity. Aspects of Fourier and wavelet representations of seismic signals and the fundamentals of higher-order statistics for analyzing seismic signals also are treated. The comprehensiveness of this book makes it a suitable text for undergraduate and graduate courses that target geophysicists and engineers as well as a guide and reference work for researchers and professionals in academia and in the petroleum industry. The book is illustrated with color figures and provides a wide range of examples and problems. Also Available: Carbonate Seismology (Geophysical Development Series, V. 6.) - ISBN 1560800380

although Carbonates Make Up Only 20% Of The Sedimentary Rock Record, They Account For More Than 50% Of The World's Proven Oil Reserves. Carbonates Differ From Siliclastics In Generation, Geomorphology, And Diagenesis, All Of Which Modify The Mineralogy, Porosity, And Permeability So Important To Reservoir Quality And 3-d Seismic Response. The First Eight Chapters Establish The Geologic Framework And Consist Of State-of-the-art Review Papers Written By Recognized Experts In Carbonate Generation, Rock Properties, Sequence Stratigraphy, Seismic Stratigraphy, And Structural Deformation. The Last 10 Chapters Illustrate The Seismic Expression Of Carbonate Terranes Through Carefully Chosen Case Studies Drawn From The United States, Venezuela, Norway, China, Saudi Arabia, Italy, And The Bahamas, Augmented By Two Careful Studies Of Seismic Signal-to-noise Problems Specific To Carbonates. A Recurring Theme In Each Of These Case Studies Is The Importance Of Integrating Seismic And Petrophysical Control With Geologic Models To Better Predict Carbonate Facies Quality And Distribution. This Book Is Destined To Become A Well-worn Reference Volume That Sits Easily Within Reach Of Every Geologist, Geophysicist, And Engineer Involved In The Exploration Or Exploitation Of Carbonate Reservoirs.

Introduction to Petroleum Seismology (SEG Investigations in Geophysics Series No. 12), by Luc T. Ikelle and Lasse Amundsen, provides the basic theoretical and practical background needed to tackle present and future challenges of petroleum seismology, especially those related to seismic data acquisition and imaging and to reservoir characterization and monitoring. The first part of the book evolves from first principles of physics to the fundamentals of elastodynamic wave propagation, the building blocks for seismic analysis. The second part discusses modern developments in petroleum seismology such as multicomponent data, multiple elimination, amplitude variation with offset and azimuth analysis and inversion, anisotropy, and linear anelasticity. Aspects of Fourier and wavelet representations of seismic signals and the fundamentals of higher-order statistics for analyzing seismic signals also are treated. The comprehensiveness of this book makes it a suitable text for undergraduate and graduate courses that target geophysicists and engineers as well as a guide and reference work for researchers and professionals in academia and in the petroleum industry. The book is illustrated with color figures and provides a wide range of examples and problems. Seismic images are crucial to today's exploration and reservoir monitoring. 3D Seismic Imaging by Biondo L. Biondi (SEG Investigations in Geophysics Series No. 14) presents fundamental concepts and cutting-edge methods for imaging reflection seismic data. The book coherently presents the main components of seismic imaging-data-acquisition geometry, migration, and velocity estimation-by exposing the links that intertwine them. The book emphasizes graphical understanding over theoretical development. Several synthetic and field data examples illustrate the presentation of mathematical algorithms. The printed volume includes a DVD that includes a complete set of PDF slides that can be used to teach the material presented in the book and also contains a subset (C3-narrow-azimuth classic data set) of the SEG-EAGE salt data set and of the corresponding velocity model. That supplementary material is available for download by institutional subscribers. Note: This is a large file Content: Introduction -- The Relationship between Propagation of Seismic Waves and Particle Motions in Isotropic Media -- Partition of Energy at an Interface -- The Fourier Representation of Seismic Signals -- Characterization of Seismic Signals by Statistical Averages -- The Concepts of Reciprocity and Green's Functions -- Acquisition Geometrics and Seismic Data -- Wavefield Sampling 00 Wavefield Decompositions into P- and S-waves and Upgoing and Downgoing Waves -- Multiple Attenuation -- An Example of an Inverse Problem: Lineraized Seismic Inversion -- Anisotropy and Beyond -- Some Terminology of Petroleum Geology -- Velocities and Densities of Reservoir Fluids -- Areview of Finite-difference Modeling:Explicit Implementation -- Definitions of Some of the Integral Tttransforms Used in Petroleum Seismology -- 3D-to-2D Transformation and 2D-to-3D Transformation -- A Derivation of the Linearized Forward Problem. The application of shear (S) waves in seismic petroleum exploration is in a critical stage of development. This book outles the past technologies, the current ones and the possible future ones. The current efforts in S- wave exploration described in this paper consist of investigation of problems in S- wave recording for example surface wave interference, processing for example, reflectiion static time corrections and interpretation for example correlation of reflections on P- and S- wave seismic sections. It also looks at a recent development that will advance S- wave exploration considerably Öz Yilmaz has expanded his original volume on processing to include inversion and interpretation of seismic data. In addition to the developments in all aspects of conventional processing, this two-volume set represents a comprehensive and complete coverage of the modern trends in the seismic industry-from time to depth, from 3-D to 4-D, from 4-D to 4-C, and from isotropy to anisotropy. In this volume, the geologic framework is established with review papers by experts in carbonate generation, rock properties, sequence and seismic stratigraphy, and structural deformation. Then seismic expression of carbonate terranes is explored in case studies showing the importance of integrating seismic and petrophysical control with geologic models. Providing theoretical and practical background, the book's first part covers fundamental physics principles to elastodynamic wave propagation. The second part discusses modern developments such as multicomponent data, multiple elimination, AVO, anisotropy, linear anelasticity, Fourier and wavelet representations, and higher-order statistics.