Petrel Geophysics

An unparalleled productivity environment, completely scalable with integrated pre- and poststack geophysical workflows

The Petrel E&P software platform provides a full spectrum of geophysical workflows to solve the most complex structural and stratigraphic challenges—from regional exploration to reservoir development scale. Within a unified multiuser collaboration environment, geoscientists can perform 2D, 3D, and prestack seismic interpretation as well as advanced geophysics, microseismic evaluation, 4D seismic simulation, and quantitative interpretation workflows.

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

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