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A STRATIGRAPHIC CASE HISTORY USING THREE‐DIMENSIONAL SEISMIC DATA IN THE GULF OF THAILAND *
Author(s) -
BROWN A. R.,
DAHM C.G.,
GRAEBNER R.J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
geophysical prospecting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.735
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2478
pISSN - 0016-8025
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1981.tb01017.x
Subject(s) - geology , sedimentary depositional environment , horizon , inversion (geology) , seismic survey , seismology , seismic attribute , natural gas field , regional geology , vertical seismic profile , palaeogeography , environmental geology , paleontology , petrology , tectonics , structural basin , telmatology , volcanism , geometry , chemistry , mathematics , organic chemistry , natural gas
A bstract A three‐dimensional marine seismic survey was conducted in the Gulf of Thailand to aid in the development of a gas field indicated by three wildcat wells. The results and interpretation reported previously demonstrated improved fault resolution and better structural definition. Five successful appraisal wells have now been drilled, and these show that most of the sands have limited extent. Widespread character changes in the seismic data also support stratigraphic variations in many of the sands. Several new methods of 3D stratigraphic interpretation have been developed while investigating the depositional history of this area. Anomalous seismic amplitudes, tied to sands penetrated by wells and mapped from Seiscrop TM horizontal sections in time and depth, have indicated the distribution of bars and channels. Horizon Seiscrop sections, each sliced through a single bed, have been used to delineate these depositional features directly. G‐LOG TM sections, displaying seismic logs derived by rigorous wave equation inversion, confirm the existence of these features. Sands greater than 10 m thick have proved mappable.