[PDF][PDF] Few considerations, warnings and benefits for the E&P industry when incorporating stratifications inside salt sections

A Maul, MAC Santos, CG Silva - Brazilian Journal of Geophysics, 2018 - researchgate.net
This article presents a review of procedures and techniques describing the importance of
considering the stratification within the evaporitic section, combining seismic attributes and …

Benefits of inserting salt stratification to detail velocity model prior to least-squares reverse-time migration

A Maul, A Bulcão, RM Dias, B Pereira-Dias… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
Seismic amplitude is a key attribute for reservoir characterization. Its use as a trend to
populate reservoir grids with properties poses some challenges due to the intrinsic …

Seismic characterization of internal salt cycles: a case study in the Santos Basin, Brazil

RLB Pontes, AR Maul, CG Silva - Brazilian Journal of Geophysics, 2022 - sbgf.org.br
The exploration of pre-salt reservoirs in the Santos Basin, Brazilian Offshore, requires
innovative approaches to improve the quality of reservoir seismic images below large salt …

Modelling geological layers into new velocity models for seismic migration process-a Brazilian pre-salt case

JS Fonseca, L Teixeira, A Maul, P Barros… - First EAGE/PESGB …, 2018 - earthdoc.org
This paper presents a methodology to build velocity models that reflect geological features
identified in previous migrated seismic, particularly within the Brazilian Santos Basin …

Elastic properties of rock salt in the Santos Basin: Relations and spatial predictions

L Teixeira, WM Lupinacci - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Most subsurface rock models consider salt bodies as homogenous masses and set to
evaporite minerals constant values of elastic properties such as density, compressional and …

Modelling intra-salt layers when building velocity models for depth migration. Examples of the Santos Basins, Brazilian offshore

A Maul, J Fonseca, L Teixeira, P Barros… - SEG Technical …, 2018 - library.seg.org
Building seismic velocity models honouring complexities evident from seismic data is
fundamental to generate inputs for several applications in seismic modeling and imaging …

Electrofacies clustering and classification from the Ariri Formation in Santos Basin (southeastern offshore Brazil) involving unsupervised learning algorithms

FFL Gorla, C de Carvalho Carneiro - Carbonates and Evaporites, 2023 - Springer
During oil well drilling, geological knowledge of the layers to be drilled is essential to
dimension the drilling parameters and plan contingency operations in case of operational …

Characterizing evaporitic section and geomechanical properties using seismic inversion, a case study for Santos Basin

T Toríbio, LE Queiroz, L Teixeira… - … Congress of the …, 2017 - library.seg.org
Knowledge of the evaporitic section above pre-salt reservoirs in Santos Basin is an
important aspect to be observed when preforming geomechanical analysis, especially …

Rock Physics and Seismic Inversion to identify stratification within salt section supporting velocity, facies modeling and geomechanical analysis

L Teixeira, F Gobatto, A Maul, NM Cruz… - … Congress of the …, 2017 - library.seg.org
Challenges in oil producing from Pre-salt field go beyond reservoir characteristics. Pre-salt
reservoir is located in ultra-deep water. They are carbonates, most formed by microbiolite …

[PDF][PDF] Geological characterization of evaporitic sections and its impacts on seismic images: Santos Basin, offshore Brazil

AR Maul - Brazilian Journal of Geophysics, 2019 - researchgate.net
The pre-salt reservoirs in the Santos Basin are known for being overlaid by thick evaporitic
layers, which degrade the quality of seismic imaging and, hence, impacts reservoir studies …