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ARK CLS's articles in ARK Geophysics 2003/2004 newsletter |
Consultancy services
ARK CLS has expanded its operations to offer a consultancy service.
Using highly experienced interpretation geoscientists, ARK CLS
has been able to undertake project work for clients, to invert
seismic data and interpret the resultant impedance volumes. This
venture has proved to be highly successful and has resulted in
subsequent software sales. Encouraged by this achievement, ARK
CLS has entered into an agreement with PGL (www.pglweb.com) to
provide a fuller consultancy service using our Seismic Coloured
Inversion (SCI) and Seismic Spectral Blueing (SSB) software.
Seismic Coloured Inversion (SCI) update
During 2003,
ARK CLS released SCI V2.0. This is a major update which further
develops this powerful
fast track inversion tool
without compromising the ease of use of the original. With the
added normalisation capability, explorationists can now generate
inverted
volumes where the resultant amplitudes have physical meaning.
This has proved to be particularly important when working with
4D projects.
Other enhancements include use of horizon data to control
time gates, application of the SCI operator using the processing
module
and support of SEGY. These updates also benefit Seismic
Spectral Blueing (SSB), which shapes seismic data to the observed
Earth’s
reflectivity. SSB is a complementary product to SCI.
For a free evaluation of these and other ARK CLS software products please
contact: phill@arkcls.com
Seismic Feature Enhancement (SFE)
ARK CLS has added SFE to its growing suite of specialised software
products. Seismic resolution of fluid contacts within potential
reservoirs is a key risk-reducing factor in exploration prospects.
SFE provides a very powerful technique to help explorationists
recognise flat spots much earlier during the interpretation cycle.
Frequently, subtle flat spots are only recognised after discovery.
SFE is now being routinely used to reduce the risk of drilling
dry holes.
As with our other products, SFE is easy to use and seamlessly
connects with the major interpretation data repositories used
by our
clients. SFE has been developed using Qt, which is a cross platform
object orientated development tool from Trolltech (www.trolltech.com).
For a free evaluation of SFE and other ARK CLS software products
please contact: phill@arkcls.com
Bespoke software development
Development of bespoke software for clients continues to play
a key
role in ARK CLS's growth. Clients are increasingly finding
it cost
effective to out-source bespoke software development projects
rather
than support specialised in-house software engineering teams
on a
continuous basis. Clients also benefit from the rich set of software
components that ARK CLS has built up over a number of years.
This
frequently makes development of the proprietary utilities much
easier.
ARK CLS is able to offer bespoke development ranging from small
plugin
modules to complete self contained software packages. Our
bespoke software solutions also benefit from being able to seamlessly
connect with both Landmark's OpenWorks/SeisWorks and GeoQuest's
GeoFrame data repositories.
