ARK CLS Seismic Coloured Inversion V2.92

ARK CLS Limited

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Background and Theory
1. Basics
2. Benefits of Seismic Inversion
3. Inversion Limitations
4. Inversion techniques
4.1. Parametric Inversion
4.2. Coloured Inversion
4.3. Synthetic example
4.4. Real data examples
4.4.1. Comparison between Coloured Inversion and Unconstrained Sparse Spike
4.4.2. Improving interpretation
4.4.3. Well Planning
5. Seismic Coloured Inversion (SCI)
6. Seismic Spectral Blueing (SSB)
7. References and Acknowledgements
7.1. References
7.2. Acknowledgements
3. Quick Start - SciQt Tutorial
1. Launching SciQt and Selecting Project
1.1. Launching SciQt from OpenWorks environment
1.2. Selecting a project
2. Selecting Data
2.1. Input Seismic
2.2. Input Well Log
3. Designing and Saving the Coloured Inversion Operator
4. Application of SciQt operator
4.1. Applying the Coloured Inversion operator
4. User Manual
1. Interfacing with the SciQt Application
1.1. SciQt Main Window
1.1.1. Menubar Area
1.1.2. Toolbar Area
1.1.3. Chart Area
1.1.4. Status Area
1.2. SciQt Main Window ancillary tools
1.2.1. Save Operator
1.2.2. Export Operator
1.2.3. Export Data Item
1.2.4. Parameter Report
2. User interaction with Chart Area
2.1. Direct Interactions
2.1.1. Global Zooming
2.1.2. Identifying Data
2.1.3. Data Zooming
2.1.4. Moving Data
2.1.5. Changing Axes
2.2. Chart Controller
2.2.1. Creating a New Chart
2.2.2. Moving Charts
2.2.3. Deleting Charts
2.2.4. Changing the Number of Columns
2.2.5. Zooming In and Zooming Out
2.3. Display Data Items
2.3.1. Chart
2.3.2. Data Items
3. Select Input Data
3.1. Input Seismic tab
3.1.1. Select trace data
3.1.2. Loading and Clearing Data
3.1.3. Modifying Time Range
3.1.4. Removing Bad Traces
3.1.5. Select Volume dialog
3.1.6. Horizon Input Dialog
3.2. Input Well Log tab
3.2.1. ASCII well log loading
3.2.2. Define ASCII File Format
3.2.3. Database well log loading
3.2.4. Modifying Time Range
4. Design Controls
4.1. Smooth Seismic Mean
4.2. Fit Well Log Curves
4.3. Design Operator
5. Advanced Controls
5.1. Frequency Domain
5.2. Design Operator
5.3. Time Domain
6. Apply Operator
6.1. Select Input Volume
6.2. Select Output Volume
6.3. Create Output Volume
6.4. Select Operator
6.5. Select Operator File
6.6. 3D Survey Area
6.7. Processing Controls
6.8. Processing Status

List of Figures

2.1. Seismic Method and Inversion
2.2. Synthetic comparison
2.3. Synthetic comparison in greater detail
3.1. Seismic Coloured Inversion main window
3.2. Seismic Coloured Inversion main window after analysis and design
4.1. SciQt main window
4.2. Chart Controller dialog
4.3. Display Data Items dialog
4.4. Select Input Data Dialog - Input Well Log tab
4.5. Design Controls Dialog
4.6. Advanced Controls Dialog
4.7. Apply Operator Dialog