The Leading Edge; January 2007; v. 26; no. 1;
p. 66-72; DOI: 10.1190/1.2431833
© 2007 Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Stabilizing the low frequencies
Dave Whitcombe and
Linda Hodgson
BP Exploration, Aberdeen, UK
Corresponding author: david.whitcombe{at}uk.bp.com
Acoustic and elastic impedance sections have two main uses. Firstly, they "look more like geology" than traditional reflectivity data, and enable us to better communicate the subsurface images to our non-geoscientist colleagues (e.g., reservoir engineers and drillers). Secondly, inverted data can be directly calibrated to rock and fluid reservoir properties such as porosity, net-to-gross or net pay, facilitating its quantitative use.
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