3D Seismic Technology: Application to the Exploration of Sedimentary Basins / Технология 3D сейсморазведки: применение для исследования осадочных бассейнов

Three-dimensional (3D) seismic data have had a substantial impact on the successful exploration and production of  hydrocarbons. Although most commonly acquired by the oil and gas exploration industry, these data are starting to be used as  a research tool in other Earth sciences disciplines. However despite some innovative new directions of academic  investigation, most of the examples of how 3D seismic data have increased our understanding of the structure and stratigraphy  of sedimentary basins come from the industry that acquired these data. The 3D seismic tool is also making significant inroads  into other areas of Earth sciences, such as igneous and structural geology. However, there are pitfalls that parallel these  advances: geoscientists need to be multidisciplined and true integrators, and at the same time have an ever-increasing  knowledge of geophysical acquisition and processing. Notably the utility of the 3D seismic tool seems to have been  overlooked by most of the academic community, and we would submit that academia has yet to take full advantage of this  technology as a research tool. We propose that the remaining scientific potential far exceeds the advances made thus far and  major opportunities, as well as challenges, lie ahead <...>

3D seismic technology: are we realising its full potential? Davies R.J., Stewart S.A., Cartwright J.A., Lappin M., Johnston R., Fraser S.I., Brown A.R. 

Depositional systems 

Seismic geomorphology: imaging elements of depositional systems from shelf to deep basin using 3D seismic data: implications for exploration and development Posamentier H.W. 

Depositional architectures of Recent deepwater deposits in the Kutei Basin, East Kalimantan Fowler J.N., Guritno E., Sherwood P., Smith M.J., Algar S., Busono I., Goffey G., Strong A. 

The use of near-seafloor 3D seismic data in deepwater exploration and production Steffens G.S., Shipp R.C., Prather B.E., Nott J.A., Gibson J.L., Winker C.D. 

Structural controls on the positioning of submarine channels on the lower slopes of the Niger Delta Morgan R. 

Sea bed morphology of the Faroe-Shetland Channel derived from 3D seismic datasets Long D., Bulat J., Stoker M.S. 

3D anatomy of late Neogene contourite drifts and associated mass flows in the Faroe-Shetland Basin Knutz P.C., Cartwright J.A. 

Interactions between topography and channel development from 3D seismic analysis: an example from the Tertiary of the Flett Ridge, Faroe-Shetland Basin, UK Robinson A.M., Cartwright J.A., Burgess P.M., Davies R.J. 

3D seismic analysis reveals the origin of ambiguous erosional features at a major sequence boundary in the eastern North Sea near top Oligocene Hansen J.P.V., Clausen O.R., Huuse M. 

3D seismic interpretation of the Messinian Unconformity in the Valencia Basin, Spain Frey Martinez J., Cartwright J.A., Burgess P.M., Vicente Bravo J. 

Structural and igneous geology 

3D analogue models of rift systems: templates for 3D seismic interpretation Mcclay K.R., Dooley T., Whitehouse P., Fullarton L., Chantraprasert S. 

Structural evolution of a complex 3D fault array in the Cretaceous and Tertiary of the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland Jones G., Williams L.S., Knipe R.J. 

Three-dimensional geometry and displacement configuration of a fault array from a raft system, Lower Congo Basin, Offshore Angola: implications for the Neogene turbidite play Dutton D.M., Lister D., Trudgill B.D., Pedro K. 

Initial deformation in a subduction thrust system: polygonal normal faulting in the incoming sedimentary sequence of the Nankai subduction zone, southwestern Japan Heffernan A.S., Moore J.C., Bangs N.L., Moore G.F., Shipley T.H. 

The evolution and growth of Central Graben salt structures, Salt Dome Province, Danish North Sea Rank-Friend M., Elders C.F. 

Integrating 3D seismic data with structural restorations to elucidate the evolution of a stepped counter-regional salt system, Eastern Louisiana shelf, Northern Gulf of Mexico Trudgill B.D., Rowan M.G. 

Exploration 3D seismic over the Gjallar Ridge, Mid-Norway: visualization of structures on the Norwegian volcanic margin from Moho to seafloor Corfield S.M., Wheeler W., Karpuz R., Wilson M., Helland R. 

Tertiary inversion in the Faroe-Shetland Channel and the development of major erosional scarps Smallwood J.R.

3D seismic analysis of the geometry of igneous sills and sill junction relationships Hansen D.M., Cartwright J.A., Thomas D. 

Kinematic indicators for shallow level igneous intrusion from 3D seismic data: evidence of flow direction and feeder location Trude K.J. 

Application at development and production scale 

Visualization and interpretation of 3D seismic in the Carboniferous of the UK Southern North Sea Lynch J.J. 

Direct visualization and extraction of stratigraphic targets in complex structural settings James H., Bond R., Eastwood L.  

Locating exploration and appraisal wells using predictive rock physics, seismic inversion and advanced body tracking: an example from North Africa Pickering G., Knight E., Bletcher J., Barker R., Kemper M. 

Use of 3D visualization techniques to unravel complex fault patterns for production planning: Njord field, Halten Terrace, Norway Dart C., Cloke I., Herdlever, Gillard D., Rives J.C., Otterlei C., Johnsen E., Ekern A. 

Seismic characteristics of large-scale sandstone intrusions in the Paleogene of the South Viking Graben, UK and Norwegian North Sea Huuse M., Duranti D., Steinsland N., Guargena C.G., Pra P., Holm K., Cartwright J.A., Hurst A. 

Integrated use of 3D seismic in field development, engineering and drilling: examples from the shallow section Austjn B.

4D/time-lapse seismic: examples from the Foinaven, Schiehallion and Loyal Fields, UKCS, West of Shetland Bagley G., Saxby I., Mcgarrity J., Pearse C., Seater C. 

New applications 

Improved drilling performance through integration of seismic, geological and drilling data Stewart S.A., Holt J.

4D seismic imaging of an injected CO2 plume at the Sleipner Field, central North Sea Chadwick R.A., Arts R., Eiken O., Kirby G.A., Lindeberg E., Zweigel P. 

Towards an automated strategy for modelling extensional basins and margins in four dimensions Wrote N., Haines J., Jones S., Hanne D. 

Examples of multi-attribute, neural network-based seismic object detection De Groot P., Ligtenberc H., Oldenziec T., Connolly D., Meldahl P. 

Modelling fault geometry and displacement for very large networks Lister D.L.