Publications

This paper presents a novel approach to identifying/tracking interlocking Palaeocene sand and shale filled channels based on forward modelling, AVO classification, and a cascade of inversion techniques for an appraised subtle Paleocene deep marine turbidite, Central North Sea. The workflow uses the well based data to understand the rocks characteristics and the likely response and subtle variations away from the well. We look at fluid substitutions, lithology variations, and compare the models driven from the well to the observed seismic. Once the relationships are understood and acknowledged in the forward modelling, they are used in reverse order to bring the seismic data back from reflections, to impedances and then back further to geology. The Brenda Field is a working example where relatively modern techniques can be used and applied with success, to guide interpretation and the final reservoir model.