[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 …

Subsurface storage in the Mississippi Salt Basin domes: Considerations for the emerging hydrogen economy

CN Schuba, L Moscardelli - AAPG Bulletin, 2023 - archives.datapages.com
Hydrogen will play an important role as an energy carrier to help society decarbonize
energy systems. Although storage in salt caverns is a proven concept, hydrogen storage for …

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 …

Three-dimensional characterization of the Búzios Field reveals implications on the tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Santos Basin using combined seismic …

FM Costa, AT Melo, TA Novo - Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
The Búzios Field is one of the most prolific petroleum fields along the Eastern Brazilian
Margin. Despite significant research conducted restrictedly on the pre-salt reservoirs, few …

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 …

[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 …

Evaporitic velocity modeling uncertainties and variabilities: Implications for pre-salt projects in the Santos basin, Brazil

AR Maul, MAC Santos, CG Silva, MLÁG Farias… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2019 - sbgf.org.br
Correct representation of the spatial distribution of physical and chemical properties of the
evaporitic section is of great importance for development of pre-salt section reservoirs. In the …

Salt Stratification and Least Square Migration to Improve Pre-Salt Reservoir Images: Santos Basin, Brazilian Offshore Example

R Dias, J Fonseca, A Bulcão, B Dias… - Second EAGE/PESGB …, 2019 - earthdoc.org
This paper presents the benefits of combining geological velocity modelling with Least-
Squares Migration to generate seismic images for the Brazilian presalt reservoirs. The …

[PDF][PDF] Improving pre-salt reservoirs seismic images when considering the stratified evaporites insertion in the initial model for the velocity updating processes prior to …

AR Maul, MAC Santos, CG Silva… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2019 - academia.edu
Structurally complex areas, such as the pre-salt section in the offshore Santos Basin, SE
Brazil, is a challenge to represent the geology using seismic images. One of the main …