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Meeting Location:
PGS
15375 Memorial Dr.
Houston, TX 77079
  

Meeting Time: 11:30 to 1:00
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Lunch Served at 11:30
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Speakers: Kathryn Young, Sharp Reflections

Harbour Energy had identified a number of amplitude supported exploration prospects, however, observed differences in event alignment, noise level and bandwidth between contractor processed angle stacks gave rise to concerns about the prestack amplitude fidelity of the data and its suitability for quantitatively evaluating the prospects.

Sharp Reflections was brought in to perform full-volume prestack gather QC, post-migration gather conditioning and AVA attribute generation. The objective was to provide reservoir-focused, quality assured prestack gathers and derivative attributes to assist in prospect evaluation and exploration drilling planning. The Sharp Reflections team used iterative full-volume QC attributes at each step of the conditioning process to assist with algorithm parameterization and to address spatial and temporal variations in data quality.

Quality assurance of pre-stack seismic data is a critical step in any AVA analysis or Quantitative Interpretation workflow. Full-volume pre-stack data QCs take quality assurance beyond the traditional “test-line” approach and help to avoid aliasing the worst data problems in a given study area. The reservoir-focused approach to gather conditioning resulted in what appeared to be minor changes in computed pre-stack attributes in comparison to standard production processing, but demonstrated the potential to provide significant additional insights into the subsurface picture.

The workflow resulted in improved amplitude fidelity across the angle stacks, specifically in terms of S:N, bandwidth consistency and event alignment, with Class IIp events clearly preserved and enhanced. Resulting AVA attributes and EEI volumes demonstrated enhanced resolution of the prestack signal and allowed Harbour Energy to confidently calibrate the observed responses against pre-drill scenarios. The play-opening discovery well was drilled by Harbour Energy in Q2 2022, providing valuable calibration for prestack inversion work to follow.

Speaker Biography: Kathryn Young, Sharp Reflections
Kathryn gained her MS in Geophysics from the University of Texas at Austin. She began her career with EOG Resources in South Texas where she participated in the full evolution of the Eagle Ford play, from the early lease acquisition to rigorous field development. She then worked on technical projects in BP’s central upstream technology team for 10 years, supporting asset teams globally, in various geological environments, all with their unique challenges and complexities. 
 
Kathryn has been with Sharp Reflections since 2022 as their Business Development Manager for the Americas. She relishes the opportunity to collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams to overcome the oil & gas industry's biggest challenges. Through her many years of technical service work, she has honed the art of listening objectively to the client, defining the key challenges and limitations, and proposing a scope of work with practical deliverables that drive business value. 
 
In her sparse free time, she enjoys spending time with her kids on the beach.

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