Aramco patents geoseismic data interpretation program

Offshore staff

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Aramco has new, patented algorithm that minimizes distortion while processing geoseismic data.

“A few digital formulations describing the gradient operator exist in the scientific community and in the industry,” says geological specialist Yuchun E. Wang, one of the inventors, “but, they all introduce distortion in varying degrees and adversely affect the bottom-line quality.”

“Our invention produces the least amount of inaccuracy when applying it to seismic data,” notes co-inventor Mohammed N. Faraj of Geophysical Technical Services. “It is almost purely isotropic, meaning that it sees the same thing irrespective of the angle it’s looking from.”

03/18/2010