A Guide To Seismic Interpretation Services

By Ruth Russell


There is an increase in demand for petroleum products such as gasoline amongst others every year. It is very essential for oil companies to supply these products at a profit. Drilling oil wells are very costly, so recently they have resorted to using seismic interpretation services to easily locate the wells, which becomes easy to drill making it cheaper. Below are some of the benefits.

This is used by geologists for chronostratigraphy which is used to determine the age of rocks based on data on layers. The data that is produced can be easily interpreted so as to understand how rocks strata defer from each other depending on time. So, the boundaries between rock strata help to determine the pattern that is being formed by shockwaves that are being induced on the ground.

Time is a very important factor in any activity undertaken. Using seismic interpretation is time-saving. It does not require the geologists to spend most of their time in trial and error. You can use the available data to get information on what is beneath the ground. A lot of time will not be consumed identifying specific locations for oil drilling, instead, the information from the collected data can be used easily identify hence saving a lot of time.

It is environmental friendly methods of excavation. To determine a specific region to drill, Oil companies could just gamble, that is, they apply trial and error methods to identify the location. This could lead to the destruction of the environment as some places might not contain oil, which is then left and another location is tried. Within a very short period of time, many places will be drilled hence causing environmental pollution.

Furthermore, it is applied in lithology to determine the valuable indicators of hydrocarbon, oil component which helps to find oil within a specific locality. It becomes easy to identify porosity and fracture intensity of the layers of rock beneath the surface, so as to easily identify if can allow oil drilling. This, therefore, provides an accurate model for finding hydrocarbon reservoirs.

Using reflection seismic techniques works irrespective of the fluctuations in speed at which waves propagate through the earth surface varies with depth. The speed of motions varies through the earth surface, so different signals will be triggered by giving different motions. Using seismic interpretation can work very well even when it is far deep beneath the earth surface. Therefore, it gives consistent results which enable easy interpretation of data.

In addition, it is a cost-effective method in that with enough reserves and subsurface geologies, it will not cost some extra money and time for drilling operations. It becomes easy to discover and develop profitable fields since they apply the collected data and interpret it keenly out of different possibilities. Therefore, they will not spend a lot of time to test drill anywhere it is assumed to have.

The advancement in technology is very essential as it has helped many oil drilling companies and geologists. They will not waste a lot of time testing on what is beneath the surface, using seismic interpretation has greatly advanced their services.




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