Publication Name: Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference 2019
Authors: Peter van Ruth, Manish Agarwal, Scott Gagen
Date Published: September 2019
Number of Pages: 4
Abstract:
Managing seismic depth uncertainty is a key consideration in placing horizontal development wells into thin reservoir targets. Seismic depth uncertainty has the potential to erode project value through missed reservoir (late landing or reservoir exits) and/or the cost of corrective actions (e.g. sidetracks). The placement of Laverda Canyon development wells in 2018 utilised a 30 Hz full waveform inversion velocity model and deep directional resistivity data in combination with a near real-time depth update process to optimise well placement.