Expressive Visualization and Rapid Interpretation of Seismic Volumes
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2009-08-01
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One of the most important resources in the world today is energy. Oil and gas provide
two thirds of the world energy consumption, making the world completely dependent on
it. Locating and recovering the remaining oil and gas reserves will be of high focus in society
until competitive energy sources are found. The search for hydrocarbons is broadly
speaking the topic of this thesis. Seismic measurements of the subsurface are collected to
discover oil and gas trapped in the ground. Identifying oil and gas in the seismic measurements
requires visualization and interpretation. Visualization is needed to present
the data for further analysis. Interpretation is performed to identify important structures.
Visualization is again required for presenting these structures to the user. This
thesis investigates how computer assistance in producing high-quality visualizations and
in interpretation can result in expressive visualization and rapid interpretation of seismic
volumes. Expressive visualizations represent the seismic data in an easily digestible, intuitive
and pedagogic form. This enables rapid interpretation which accelerates the nding
of important structures.
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