Geophysics

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• Geophysics
• Present Status
• Gap Analysis
• Future Focus
• Outcome Message and Feedback

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• Present status
• Norway leading role (Geco, PGS, etc)
• Marine operations/multi streamer towing systems
  Ramform

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• Norwegian companies taken over by international
  majors (Geco, Geoteam, Inside Reality, Petrel,
  Voxelvision, etc)
• Seismic key tool for exploration and reservoir
  description (3D, 4D, 4C)

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• New technologies emerging
• EM, Vizualisation systems, prestack-data usage,
  LOFS/4D, Rock Physics
• Integration
• Ongoing co-operation initiatives
• Diskos
• Force/OG21

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• Gap Analysis
• Challenges Gas chimneys, Basalt, Complex
  waterbottom topography and/or overburden,
  Anisotropy, Salt, Stratigraphic traps,
  Carbonates, Sand Injectites, Gas Hydrates, Heavy
  Oil, etc
• Technologies Positioning/Sampling Longer
  offsets, Imaging Elastic Recording, Processing
  and Interpretation (4C, LFP)
• Workstations Intelligent Autotracking
  Classification Fault tracking and Handling
  Data-handling/access, User-friendly, Standard
  platforms, AVOMulticubes ? prestack
• Data access field- and prestack data

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• Future focus
• Improved Lithology and Fluid Prediction (LFP)
  using full elastic wave field (4C, EM)
• Depth Processing for imaging of complex areas.
• 3D visualization techniques and user-friendly
  interpretation tool-kits

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