CE8 New Features

CE8 New Features

General: Insert Multiple Log Curves, Help Assistant, Map Contouring, Seismic Datum, Improved Annotations,
Improved Horizon Picking, Cross Plot Archives, Cross Plot Zone Editing, Cross Plot Regression Error, Convolution,
Base Map CGM Hardcopy, EBCIDIC Header Editor, Deviated Well Projection on Arbitrary Lines,
Improved Seismic Window Data Menu, Empty Bin Trace Padding, Improved “Set Current Wavelet”.
GeoView: Importing Culture Data, Base Map Screen Captures, Minimum Curvature Well Path Calculation,
Well Curve Cross Section, Interactive Top Picking, Location Well Posting, Well & Log History,
Importing Tops for Multiple Wells, Improved Well Log Exchange.
eLog: Log Display Templates, Log Color Fill, Seismic in Color, Computed Vp/Vs and LMR logs,
Crossplot Zones as a Curve, Remove Time-Shift in Wavelet Extraction, Synthetic Correlation QC,
Improved Multi-Well Analysis, Well and Log History, View Selected Log Markers.
AVO: Three-Phase FRM, Output Synthetic Reflectivity, Color Angle Displays, Improved Pick Analysis, Depth Processing,
Depth Synthetics.
STRATA: Angle Gathers, Pre-stack Inversion, Improved Multi-2D Line Handling, Improved Inversion Analysis.
EMERGE: X &Y’s as Internal Attributes, Single Attribute Identity Transforms, RBF clustering.
ISMap: EMERGE Analysis link, Annotated contouring.
Pro4D: Three-Phase FRM and Systematic Changes, Heavy Oil Bubble Point Equation, Zero-Phase Shaping Filter,
Zone-Based Cross Normalization, Time-Variant Time Shift Thresholds, Improved Arbitrary Lines, Auto-Calibration Toolkit.
ProMC: Multi-2D, Velocity Earth Models, Domain Conversion using Models, Simultaneous Inversion.
GLI3D: Importing External Tomographic Grid Models, Improved User Guide 3D, Miscellaneous
New Programs: SeisLoader, 64-bit Seismic Data Loader. View3D, for 3D visualization.

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GENERAL:
Insert Multiple Log Curves
Overlay multiple log types on seismic for each well.

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GENERAL:
HR Help Assistant
Window Help
buttons are
mapped to the
correct section in
the document.
Users can easily
read all
documents,
including theory,
from one
location and can
search for terms
or through an
index with more
than 500 entries.

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GENERAL:
Map Contouring

Maps can now be

contoured. The
Map View
parameters menu
is also improved to
allow you to
change the
contouring
parameters.

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GENERAL:
Seismic Datum
Datum elevation can now be specified. Selected depth-time curves can be
adjusted to map the seismic datum to time zero or to apply datum correction
using specified first internal velocities

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GENERAL:
Improved Trace & Time Annotations

Annotation options
in View ->
Parameters are
significantly
improved. You can
now specify the
labeling increment.

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GENERAL:
Improved Horizon Picking
Improved horizon picking capability. For both manual and automatic picking the
search distance (ms) maximum for snap point (e.g. snap to peak) can be
different above and below the hand picked position. i.e. search distance – and +
can be different values. Previously the search had to be the same – and +.

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 GENERAL:
Cross-plot Archives
Zones created on cross plots can be saved and loaded in the project. Archives
show listings of all cross-plots.
Zones can be filtered by name.

Cross-plots can also

be accessed via the
Data Explorer.

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GENERAL:
Cross Plot Zone Editing
Edit size and shape of Cross Plot Zones.

Adjust
Zone
Nodes

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(Feature added in CE7R4)
 GENERAL:
Cross Plot Regression Line Errors
Regression Lines are now plotted with the Normalized Standard Error also included.
The Standard Error is calculated in a vertical or horizontal sense depending on the
regression slope being greater than or less than 1 and then divided by the data
range to yield the Normalized Standard Error.

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GENERAL:
Convolution Process

Convolution is now available as a process for your seismic data. This can be
done on the whole data or specific areas. Uses include convolving a reflectivity
volume with a wavelet to produce a synthetic volume or applying a shaping filter
to a seismic volume to change the waveform characteristics.

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GENERAL:
Base Map CGM Hardcopy
Base Maps can be printed out with titles, annotations and a
variety of display options.

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 GENERAL:
EBCIDIC Header Editor
EBCIDIC header data can be modified with the new edit options.
First, display the History of the file you want to edit….
select your seismic volume from the list and click
Edit EBCDIC Header

Type your changes and save.

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 GENERAL:
Deviated Well Projection on Arbitrary
Line
Deviated wells can now be correctly projected onto operator-selected arbitrary lines.
This projection is now more reliable and can be used to compare volumes with wells
in any direction.

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 GENERAL:
Improved Seismic Window Data Menu
In the Seismic Window Data Menu, if you choose Delete, then the data is just
deleted from your current view and the list. In previous versions the data was
immediately deleted from the project. The new menu makes this a safer option.

Now, in order to permanently

delete a volume from the
project, you must do it from
the Data Explorer menu.

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 GENERAL:
Empty Bin Trace Padding

Volumes with trace gaps were

previously always loaded with gaps
being removed from display, as to the
left.

Traces can now be padded so holes

in the data are clear. This is the option
of padding between existing bins.

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GENERAL:
Empty Bin Trace Padding

The trace padding

option is in Seismic
View Parameters on
the Plot tab.

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 GENERAL:
Improved “Set Current Wavelet”
The menu for the Set
Current Wavelet has
been improved. Now
you can quickly view
the wavelets in both
time and frequency
domain – and
compare multiple
wavelets.

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GEOVIEW:
Importing & Displaying Culture Data
You will be able to import drawing files and display them on base maps. The
files can be in either AutoCAD DXF or the Tobin TDRBM II format.

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 GEOVIEW:
Base Map Screen Captures
The Geoview Base Map can be saved as a JPEG file or saved to the
computer clipboard.

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 GEOVIEW:
Minimum Curvature Well Paths
In CE7 the well paths for deviated wells that have a dip/azimuth survey are calculated
using the Tangential method. In CE8 a more realistic method of calculating well path
deviations is implemented using the Minimum Curvature Method.

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GEOVIEW:
Well Curve Cross Section
New Curve View in Well Explorer.

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(Feature added in CE7R4)
 GEOVIEW:
Well Curve Cross Section
Multiple logs can be plotted in cross section. You can check changing
attribute values or top depths between wells.

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(Feature added in CE7R4)
GEOVIEW:
Interactive Top Picking
Log Tops can be picked interactively in the Curve View.

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(Feature added in CE7R4)
GEOVIEW:
Location Well Posting
Well locations can be easily loaded from file. Multiple well spots can be loaded
from one file. This is useful for map views when you are missing the well logs.

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GEOVIEW:
Well and Log History
Processing history on logs can be viewed and edited.

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 GEOVIEW:
Importing Tops For Multiple Wells
Multiple tops can be loaded for multiple wells simultaneously. The top file just needs
an additional column with well name information. This will save a lot of time if you
have a large number of wells to load with the same geological tops.

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GEOVIEW:
Well Exchange / OpenWorks

Connection to
OpenWorks
R2003.12
(Emerald City)

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GEOVIEW:
Well Exchange / OpenWorks
Easier well and curve
selection.

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GEOVIEW:
Well Exchange / OpenWorks

Well tops selection based on

interpreter name.

Curve selection can now

be individualized for each
well.
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GEOVIEW:
Well Exchange / OpenWorks

One location for log type

and unit mapping.

More control over time-

depth curves and check
shots.
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GEOVIEW:
Well Exchange / OpenWorks

We now have a facility on

export to verify and modify
the UWI before writing to the
OpenWorks database.
Checking is done beforehand
to prevent well name and
UWI inconsistencies.

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GEOVIEW:
Well Exchange / OpenWorks

Log name mapping on

export allows you to
maintain consistency with
your database standards.

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GEOVIEW:
Well Exchange / OpenWorks

Coming soon!

• Well type mapping and well renaming before import to

Geoview.

• Log run and version handling during curve import.

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GEOVIEW:
Well Exchange / GeoFrame

Coming in the future:

• Well Exchange / GeoFrame will be rewritten with a similar

new interface and features as the OpenWorks version. This
work will commence in early 2007.

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ELOG:
Log Display Templates
Log Display Templates will control the
log track order and the display
parameters, and will be applied every
time that you open a well in eLog.
The templates can be loaded from
other projects. Templates can also
be imported and exported as an
ASCII file.

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ELOG:
Log Color Fill
Improved well log displays and interpretation with color fill.

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ELOG:
Seismic in Color
Seismic can also be displayed with color traces as well as wiggles.

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ELOG:
Computed Vp/Vs and LMR Logs
Any time that a well contains a Vs log, the software will
automatically compute the Vp/Vs ratio.
The automatic log cross-plots include automatic LMR
and Vp/Vs vs AI.

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ELOG:
Computed Cross Plot Zones as a Curve
Attributes saved as zones from cross plots can be loaded as log curves.

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ELOG:
Remove Time Shift in Wavelet
Extraction
The wavelet can be extracted
with the calculated time-shifted
removed.

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ELOG:
Improved Correlation QC
The wavelet can be phase-scanned, rotated or shifted to the maximum correlation.
The cross-correlation window is now highlighted by horizontal yellow lines.

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ELOG:
Improved Multi-Well Analysis
Multi-well Analysis has been improved in CE8. A new feature is a base map
showing the synthetic correlation values.

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ELOG:
Well and Log History
The Well and Log History files are
available in eLog from the Display
Logs Menu.

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ELOG:
View Selected Tops
As a new eLog display parameter, you
now have the choice of selecting which
log tops (markers) that you want to
display on the logs.

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 AVO:
Three-Phase FRM

FRM is extended from its

previous two-phase
capability (brine +
hydrocarbon) to three phase
(brine + oil + gas) systems.

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AVO:
Output Synthetic Reflectivity
A new option to output the reflectivity series from the AVO synthetic has been
added. Now, with the new convolution process, you should be able to quickly
generate AVO synthetics with different wavelets.

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 AVO:
Incident Angle Color Display
Display the angles on gathers as a color attribute overlay. The interval and
RMS velocities can also be displayed as a color attribute.

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 AVO:
Improved Pick Analysis
The Pick Analysis on gathers has been improved to include information about the
velocities, and the calculated Intercept (A) and Gradient (B) values.

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AVO:
Depth Processing
The following processing options handle the depth domain seismic:
- AVO Attribute Volume Calculations:

- Super Gather
- Angle Gather
- Incident Angles can be shown as a color attribute overlaying
depth traces

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AVO:
Synthetic Gathers in Depth
AVO synthetics can
be generated in the
depth domain.

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 AVO:
Synthetic Gathers in Depth
The calculated AVO depth synthetics can be compared to the depth seismic.

In this example, the depth

synthetic gather is displayed
in the Panner window beside
the depth seismic gathers.

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 STRATA:
Angle Gathers
Strata incorporates some new pre-stack data processes which include generating
Angle Gathers. This is in order to support the new Pre-Stack Inversion which
uses angle gathers as the input.

As well, stacking processes are now

available in Strata.

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 STRATA:
Pre-stack Inversion
Pre-stack Inversion of seismic angle gathers to Acoustic Impedance
(Zp), Shear Impedance (Zs) and, optionally, Density is now available.
The Hampson-Russell algorithm makes use of the fact that, in wet
rocks, the Zs and Density are related to Zp. For example, the
Castagna Mudrock Line and the Gardner Equation are relationships
that can be identified from the well logs.
By identifying the wet trend relationships, the general relationship for the Shear
Impedance and Density can be written as a combination of the wet rock trend and the
difference from the wet trend, Δ, caused by hydrocarbons, i.e.,
Z S = kZ P + kC + ΔZ S
ρ = mZ P + mC + Δρ
The inversion algorithm then solves for the ZP, ΔZS and Δρ variables. By imposing the
wet trend relationships, the inversion results are constrained and, by solving for
independent variables, the inversion results are stabilized.
The final inversion results are volumes of ZP, ZS and ρ.
(Note that this is a simplification of the actual algorithm. A more detailed description can be found
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in the online Pre-stack Inversion Guide or on the Knowledgebase web-site).
STRATA:
Pre-stack Inversion
The well log data
are cross-plotted
and the background
wet trends are
identified.
The trend line
slopes and
intercepts are
identified. These
coefficients are used
in the inversion
algorithm.
Deviations from the
wet trend lines are
possible indicators
of hydrocarbons.

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STRATA:
Pre-stack Inversion
The plots shown in the
previous slide are used to
determine the regression
coefficients for the main
parameter menu.
A constant Vp/Vs Ratio is
also required.
Pre-whitening values can also
be specified for improved
stability.
Density can be optionally be
solved for (i.e., updated) or
simply calculated from the
background trend.

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STRATA:
Pre-stack Inversion
Pre-stack Inversion has multiple attribute outputs.
ZP

ZS

Density

Vp/Vs

Synthetic

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 STRATA:
Angle-specific Wavelets in Pre-stack
Inversion
In the new Pre-stack Inversion, different wavelets can be used for different angles.
First, extract the wavelets at different angles –
using either Statistical Wavelet extraction or
phase-corrected wavelets extracted using the
wells.
In the Set Current Wavelet menu, you can then
specify which angle the wavelets correspond to.

In the Pre-stack
Inversion menu, the list
of angle-dependent
wavelets will be
displayed.
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STRATA:
Improved Multi-2D Line Handling
In CE7 the multi-2D line method was limited by having to create a 3D grid to
encompass all of the lines and wells. This usually meant that you had to
increase the grid cell size in order to encompass all of the data. In CE8, this
limitation is removed by using real xy’s.

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 STRATA:
Improved Multi-2D Line Handling

Loading the multiple 2D

lines requires loading them
into a “Grouped Volume”

Viewing different 2D lines in the

project is facilitated by the selection
list at the bottom of the seismic
window.

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 STRATA:
Improved Inversion Analysis
Inversion Analysis can be done quickly in 1D at the well locations, including for pre-
stack inversion. This will help you to decide inversion parameters. Errors are shown
graphically down the wells. For pre-stack inversion, the error can be shown for each
output attribute type, e.g. P-Impedance, S-Impedance, Density.

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EMERGE:
X and Y’s as Internal Attributes

Use the location information as an internal attribute in EMERGE training.

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 EMERGE:
Single Attribute Identity Transforms
A new option when creating Single
Attribute Lists, is to only Apply the
Identity Transforms to Attributes.
This option ranks the results
according to which attribute has the
best 1-to-1 correlation.
For example, if the target log is P-
impedance and your attributes
include a number of different
seismic inversions, this method will
identify which seismic inversion has
the closest match to the logs.

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EMERGE:
RBF Clustering
We have added RBF clustering. This is an improvement to the RBF neural
network process. In CE7 the RBFN sets up N equations for N input training
values. This is very time consuming with a large number of training points
due to weights being calculated by inverting an N x N matrix.

Now in CE8 we use RBFN with clustering, which involves computing K

cluster centers from our training data, where K << N. The result is much less
calculations required. You can specify the number of clusters. Using this
technique gives an answer which is still accurate to the full solution but has a
fraction of the computation time.

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(Feature added in CE7R4)
ISMAP:
EMERGE Analysis Link
Now you can use EMERGE functions to map with both seismic and well data
without leaving ISMap.

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ISMAP:
Annotated Contouring
Set the contour parameters to contour with or without color overlays.

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 PRO4D:
3-Phase Fluid Replacement Modeling
As in AVO, 3-phase FRM will also be
incorporated in Pro4D. The
Systematic Changes menus will also
enable you to selectively alter single
fluid saturations and, in 3-phase
systems, control the saturation ratios.

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PRO4D:
Heavy Oil Bubble Point Equation
The Fluid Calculator now includes the option for using the Butler Equation (Heavy
Oil Method) for calculating the bubble point of heavy oils as well as the standard
Standing Equation for higher API oil.

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 PRO4D:
Zero-phase Shaping Filter
The Shaping Filter process
used in calibration now
includes a Zero-Phase
Frequency matching option.
The Combined method will first
pass a Full Match shaping filter
to shape the phase spectrum
and then the Zero-Phase option
will be applied after to better
match the amplitude spectra.

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 PRO4D:
Zone-Based Cross Normalization

The Cross-Normalization
calibration process can
now be restricted to zones.

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 PRO4D: Time Variant Time Shift
Thresholds Based on Cross Plot Zones
3D volumes of the cross-correlation coefficients and
time shifts between the monitor and the base survey
are first computed.

The two volumes are then cross-plotted. A V-

shaped polygon zone can be defined on the cross-
plot (that is, there is more confidence in time shift
values with higher cross-correlation values).

This zone can be used to define

the variable time shifts that are
applied to calibrate the two data
sets.
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 PRO4D:
Improved Arbitrary Lines
Arbitrary Lines can be cut from all of the
seismic surveys at the same time.

This includes Arbitrary Lines along the

trajectory of a deviated well.

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PRO4D:
Auto-Calibration Toolkit
The Auto-Calibration software is designed to convert 4D attribute maps to
estimates of Pressure, Saturation change, contact thickness, etc… Attributes
from the synthetic modeling are fed into the EMERGE prediction engine to find a
relationship between the production parameter and the 4D attribute. The
relationship is applied to the actual 4D anomaly maps to create maps of the
production parameter.
First, synthetic seismic modeling
is done in Pro4D using
Systematic Changes to model
the expected changes in the
seismic waveform with
production. Systematic Changes
creates pseudo-3D volumes of
synthetics.

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PRO4D:
Auto-Calibration Toolkit

Next, the amplitudes of the synthetic

traces must be normalized with
amplitude of the seismic traces.

Then, the attributes of the 4D

difference traces are extracted…
and data slices of the 4D attributes are
created.

Base Monitor Difference Time delays Normalized amplitude difference

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PRO4D:
Auto-Calibration Toolkit
The EMERGE engine is then used to
search for a relationship between the
slices of the synthetic 4D seismic
attributes and the modeled reservoir
production parameter.

The relationship is then applied to

the actual 4D anomaly maps to
create maps of the reservoir
production parameter.

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 PRO4D:
Waveform Classification
Using a cross-correlation technique, Auto-Calibration can be
used to classify areas with a similar seismic waveform.

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PRO4D:
Thumbnail Explorer and Viewer
Auto-Cal has a Thumbnail Explorer and Viewer for quick visual reference to
maps stored in a Pro4D project.

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PRO4D:
Enhanced Map Controls
Auto-Cal has a Enhanced Map Controls for viewing maps.

Contour display

Controls for Movie

display

Quick navigation controls for stepping through

domain, attributes and averaging methods
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PRO4D:
Copy Maps to Clipboard
Maps in Auto-Cal can be copied into the computer clipboard and pasted into
other documents.

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PRO4D:
Quickly Resize all Maps
Maps in the Auto-Cal window can quickly be resized to the same size.

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PROMC:
Multi-2D Line Capability
ProMC now supports processing 2D and multiple 2D lines. This also includes
multi-2D velocity models.

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PROMC:
Velocity Earth Models
ProMC now incorporates Velocity Earth Models based on the Strata approach.
The models use both well log information (depth time curves for P and S logs)
and horizon information.

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PROMC:
Velocity Earth Models
Building the Velocity Models is done from a new simplified menu.

P- & S-Wave and Density models are built simultaneously.

All models are built in PP Time and can easily be modified.
Models can be quickly deleted or exported.

All models are built using all the PP Horizons. You can control the method by
which the software interpolates between horizons.

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PROMC:
Domain Conversion Using Models
You can use the velocity models
for Vp and Vs and use them in
Domain Conversion and other
processes inside ProMC such
as simultaneous PP/ PS
inversion.

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PROMC:
Simultaneous Inversion
ProMC now includes Simultaneous (Pre-stack) Inversion of PP and PS data.

Pre-stack Inversion in ProMC

requires PP and PS volumes and
Vp, Vs and Density Models.

Multiple wavelets for different

angles and for PP and PS
domain are also included.

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 PROMC:
Simultaneous Inversion
Simultaneous Inversion requires knowledge of the Zp/Zs and Zp/Density
relationships. A log data cross plot is built into the software to facilitate this analysis.

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 GLI3D:
Loading an External Tomo Model
Tomographic grid models, in either SEGY or ASCII format, can be imported and
used in GLI3D.

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 GLI3D:
Improved Documentation

The GLI3D User

Guide document has
been improved and it
now includes a new
3D exercise.

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(Feature added in CE7R4)
GLI3D:
Miscellaneous
• GLI3D now supports Solaris 10, x86, 32-bit
• Improved logic of the Statics Computation dialog

• A new GLI3D FAQ document

is available on the
Knowledgebase with over 60
questions and answers.

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NEW SOFTWARE:
SeisLoader
Using SeisLoader means you don’t have to tie up a module licence like AVO for
loading data. For Linux and Solaris systems, it is 64-bit compiled so you can easily
view your large data volumes. The Windows 64-bit compiled version is still under
construction.
One feature is to be able to display three volumes simultaneously in either a vertical
window split…

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SeisLoader:
Improved Split Views
...or in a horizontal split view.

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SeisLoader:
SEG-Y Loading QCs
New plots allow QC of traces and headers before loading volumes.

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SeisLoader:
Improved View Controls
Easy to access the View display controls: menu bar, side bar or floating menus.

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 SeisLoader:
Import Horizons from Project
Import horizons from other projects.

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SeisLoader:
Split View Horizon Picking
With two views of the same volume, you can pick horizons simultaneously in
both Inline and Crossline views.

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SeisLoader:
Improved Picks Display
Pick Horizons – with the option to
choose to display the picks on the
trace center or on the actual
amplitudes.

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SeisLoader:
Import Faults
Faults can be imported in Landmark and GeoQuest Charisma ASCII formats.

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SeisLoader:
Import Faults
Faults can be loaded in time or The software tells you if picks are rejected.
depth domain.

Fault summary

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SeisLoader:
Import Faults

Imported fault
segments and picks
will be displayed on
seismic sections
and…

Image Courtesy of Veritas Marine Surveys 100

SeisLoader:
Import Faults
… on time slices and horizon maps.

Images Courtesy of Veritas Marine Surveys 101

 SeisLoader:
SEG-Y Header Editor
Included is a new SEG-Y Header editor. This is very useful if there is some error in
your headers. Changes can be made to headers in all or specific traces. Just double-
click the byte location to edit.
The EBCIDIC header
can also be edited.

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SeisLoader:
Improved Copy Process
SeisLoader includes an improved copy process. This includes the ability to combine
two volumes together by adding, subtracting or multiplying the attributes together.

Zones can also be used to define

areas not to be copied.

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SeisLoader:
Data Reduction Options
CDP gather data can be reduced by creating Super Gathers in SeisLoader. You
can then take the reduced data volume into the AVO or Strata 32-bit software for
further analysis.

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SeisLoader:
Alpha Trim Super-Gathers
The SeisLoader Super-Gather process also includes an Alpha Trim option for
removing noise spikes in the Super-Gather process.

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 NEW SOFTWARE:
View3D
View3D provides 3D
data visualization.
For example, a
seismic volume can
be viewed, sliced
and rotated at any
angle. Horizons and
well logs can also be
added to the display.

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 View3D:
Data selection
The Hampson-Russell project data selection window has two vertical panes.
On the left is a Tree View listing all the data On the right is the list of all the actual data being
in the project available for 3D visualization. selected for display in 3D.

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View3D:
Many Display options
Display options include Volumes, Slices and Fences.

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View3D:
Log Cylinders
Well logs can be plotted as cylinders with diameters and a color key
corresponding to attribute values.

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 View3D:
Movie QC
For QC a volume
can be viewed a
slice at a time as
a movie.

Current line
(or time)

Go to start
of volume Go to end Play Play
of volume through through Exit menu
movie Stop
movie Move
at high movie
forward
speed
Play one slice
Go back
through through movie
movie in Move back one
at high speed
reverse slice
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