Reading Between the Lines of Subsurface Data

New subsurface software developments are helping operators create higher resolution between well correlations.

Potential Fields: A Regional Lightning Analysis

A new type of potential field analysis is being used for regional analysis in southern Mountrail, Ward, McHenry and Pierce counties in the Williston Basin in North Dakota.

Geomechanical Rock Properties Prediction from Seismic Data

A case study in the Delaware Basin shows how a machine learning process translated prestack seismic inversion attributes to meaningful rock properties in the Wolfcamp interval. 

Tech Trends (Week of June 14, 2021)

This weekly section highlights the latest upstream technologies designed to improve efficiencies.

Artificial Intelligence Platform Accelerates Reservoir Opportunity Identification

Today’s AI-based cloud-enabled technology is designed to help oil and gas operators implement a practical digitalization strategy in the areas of reservoir management and field development planning.

CGG Upgrades GeoSoftware Reservoir Characterization Solution

CGG GeoSoftware has launched version 11.0 of its extensive portfolio of reservoir characterization and petrophysical interpretation software solutions, the company said on June 8.

Eni: Maha 2 Appraisal Well Encounters Gas Offshore Indonesia

The well encountered 43 m of gas-bearing net sands with excellent reservoir characteristics in levels of Pliocene Age, Eni said.

Report Shows US Offshore Oil, Gas Resources Down

The biggest change in undiscovered technically recoverable oil and gas resources offshore the U.S. were seen in the Gulf of Mexico region, the BOEM says.

Pantheon Upgrades Resource Estimate for Alaska North Slope

The U.K.-based oil explorer estimates its Theta West project has about 1.4 billion barrels of recoverable resource based on analysis of a Basin Floor Fan discovery and 3-D seismic data.

Realities of Type Well Profiles in Unconventional Oil and Gas

Unconventional oil and gas resources present a significant challenge because so little of the data is known with great enough detail, says RED President Steve Hendrickson in a discussion on the tension between analytical and empirical approaches to type well profiles.