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Seismic Reservoir Monitoring Through Visualization
A 3D view of a reservoir with seismic integrated with geologic models, well logs, and a planned wellpath. Data courtesy Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center and U.S. Department of Energy.An ideal design, development, and management plan for hydrocarbon asset...
Visualizing Spatio-Temporal Data
Many different 3D and 4D data types in the same view. Well paths, logs, and tops shown in context with 4D seismic and a reservoir simulation model. Production data also shown. Data used with permission of owner.Visualizing spatio-temporal data on evolving entities or...
Scaling 3D Seismic Data Analysis from Laptops to Visualization Centers
Multiple coordinated views of the same reservoir. Different reservoir attributes shown as well as 4D seismic and a 3D structural model showing the individual sand bodies. Data used with permission of owner.One of the essential aspects of visualization is the ability...
Time-Lapse Seismic Reservoir Monitoring: Simple Integration of Visualized Data
The characteristics of a hydrocarbon reservoir are dynamic due to the petrophysical changes induced by production activities. Understanding these changes is essential in monitoring subsurface behavior and hence for optimizing recovery. Time-lapse seismic reservoir...
Geothermal Visualization: Comprehensive Examination of Geothermal Data
Various data types over a geothermal area. Data includes temperature logs, 3D seismic, 3D gravity cube, surface geology contacts, aerial imagery, and surface gravitometers. Data courtesy USDOE Geothermal Data Repository.The harnessing of geothermal energy from the...
4D Visualization As a Geothermal Exploration Method
3D Model of a geothermal area with cross sections of 3D seismic and density profile along a proposed EGS well pair. The EGS wells were planned going through microseismic from a previous stimulation study. Surface microgravity data and temperature logs from offset...
Enhanced Monitoring of Subsurface CO2 Storage by Visualizing Volume Over Time
The above CoViz 4D image, taken at the 2010 timestep, depicts the CO2 plume (orange) in various layers of the Utsira Formation sliced open against a north-south seismic cross section, at the injection point along well 15/9-A16 (blue tube). The white vertical tower...
Visualizing Open Hole Data for Multi-Disciplinary Teams
Understanding formation integrity and reservoir conditions are critical for success with open hole completions. CoViz 4D visualizations such as this can help.Open hole data is a primary dataset used by all geoscience and engineering disciplines in the O&G...
Managing Risk in Unconventional Reservoir Development Through Visualization of Geologic and Petrophysical Data
Data integration is key in managing risk in any oilfield endeavor, but unconventional plays present special challenges. CoViz 4D from Dynamic Graphics provides the data integration capability to meet these challenges. Above, we can see 3D seismic integrated with the...
