Seismic interpretation

BY
Geophysicst
El Sayed fathy
To start interpretation, We must
have:
Base Map

Seismic sections

Available Wells

Velocity data from wells

Formation Top of the well

Logs & reports: Sonic,GR,Density & other logs

Check Shot survey
A type of borehole seismic data designed to
measure the seismic travel time from the
surface to a known depth. P-wave velocity of
the formations encountered in a
wellbore can be measured directly by lowering
a geophone to each formation of
interest, sending out a source of energy from
the surface of the Earth, and recording
the resultant signal.
 Vertical Seismic Profiling (VSP):
A class of borehole seismic measurements used
for correlation with surface seismic data,
for obtaining images of higher resolution than
surface seismic images and for looking
ahead of the drill bit; also called a VSP. Purely
defined, VSP refers to measurements
made in a vertical wellbore using geophones
inside the wellbore and a source at the
surface near the well.
Synthetic Seismogram
It is a result of one of many forms of
forward modeling to predict the
seismic response of the Earth. A more
narrow definition used by
seismic interpreters is that a synthetic
seismogram, commonly called
a synthetic.
it is a direct one-dimensional model of
acoustic energy traveling
through the layers of the Earth.
Interpretation steps
1-Loading the data:
2-Well Tie:
We create a Synthetic
Seismogram to know the
accurate location of the
formation
tops of intersested
horizonthen tie it with the
seismic section. Synthetic
indicates
also that if the horizon
response is peak or trough
3-Picking interested Horizon:
4-Two Way Time Map: (TWT)
At first, we take the time values of
horizon at
each shot point
Then, put these values at the line
on base map.
Repeat this stpe at each line.
After that, Contour these values to
get TWT
map with suitable contour interval
Time to Depth Conversion
time to depth conversion
y = -1E-14x 5 + 1E-10x 4 - 4E-07x 3 + Series1
0.001x 2 + 2.3851x + 0.4211 Series2
16000 Series3
Series4
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14000 Series6
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12000
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10000
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Depth

8000
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6000
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4000
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2000
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0 1000 2000 3000 4000
Series28
Time
Poly. (Series28)
5-Velocity map:
Depth maps
We extract the depth map
values from the velocity
& one way time map.
The depth converted map
shows the depths of
intersted horizon.
we usually prefer to drill at
the higher areas
(which called hot areas
Isochore maps
Isochrones maps
Location to drill
drill

model seismic