Petrel Geophysics

Seismic interpretation

• Horizon waveform tracker and automatic fault picker for quick and accurate tracking of horizons and faults
• Seismic reconstruction based on geomechanical principles to reduce geological interpretation uncertainty and to help obtain confident, validated structural interpretation
• Patented coordinate conversion technology, delivering a step change in spatial accuracy for 3D seismic data
• Comprehensive seismic-to-multiwell-tie tools and velocity modeling capabilities, bridging the critical gap between time and depth
• Robust and comprehensive SEG-Y pre- and poststack loaders for increased confidence in data quality and accuracy
• Seismic compression for significant file size reduction and performance boost in daily use of 3D seismic data
• Local flash cache or network directional disk cache optimization for performance improvements in line-based interpretation workflows
• Rapid and intuitive seismic frequency analysis using the spectral analysis tool
• Multiuser database access, notifications, and subscriptions enabling powerful collaboration among your asset team through the Studio E&P knowledge environment 

Advanced geophysics

• Extensive attribute libraries (surface- or volume-based) with interactive parameter control to delineate complex structures or illuminate stratigraphic features geomorphology and internal architecture with ease
• Integrated volume interpretation for quick analysis, isolation, and extraction of complexly-shaped elements (e.g., chaotic features such as karst, salt intrusions, and channel systems)
• Fast, true 32-bit and GPU-rendered color blending for delineation of stratigraphic elements
• Mixer tool for intuitive and interactive visualization workflows that enable comparing and interpreting multiple seismic cubes simultaneously and synchronously
• Modeling while interpreting and geomechanically based seismic reconstruction processes for more accurate models and maps—integrating tectonics and depositional history as part of the structural interpretation scheme
• 3D multi-Z salt interpretation streamlining the depth-imaging workflow
• Integration with the Omega geophysical data processing platform for improved imaging of the reservoir in complex
• Seismofacies estimation using a wide range of classification methodologies to bridge and support petrophysical modeling workflows

Quantitative interpretation

• Seamless access to prestack data enabling detailed prestack seismic interpretation and interactive conditioning of the gather to improve gathers quality for AVO/AVA and inversion workflows
• Seismic conditioning tools supporting seismic resampling of seismic cubes and 2D lines both spatially and temporally and seismic trace alignment based on nonrigid matching
• Rock physics processes for the estimation of parameters, providing a complete suite of fluid substitution tools based on Gassmann’s equation and enabling the accurate prediction of seismic pore pressure in 2D and 3D models
• AVO reconnaissance (AVO attributes from pre- and poststack data) and AVO/AVA modeling workflows (synthetic gathers generation)
• Industry-leading colored, deterministic simultaneous stochastic inversion for prestack and poststack data for better rock property estimation
• Various inversion algorithms effectively handling AVA seismic, converted waves (PP/PS AVA), time-lapse full-stack seismic, and time-lapse prestack seismic data
• Robust 2D and 3D crossplotting tool for seismic and well data to identity and isolate anomalous hydrocarbon zones