INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS FOR ENGINEERING

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

Examine seismic exploration and well-log data, evaluate reservoir models, and visualize it all in three dimensions.

The Mathematica petroleum engineering solution integrates built-in filtering and frequency analysis functions, interactive graphing features, and powerful computational abilities for modeling and simulation—improving efficiency and delivering better production results.
Analyzing and filtering seismic exploration data
Extracted seismic traces correlated with sonic well-log data, showing amplitude envelopes and pointers to the peak locations
KEY CAPABILITIES
WHY CHOOSE MATHEMATICA
WAYS TO USE
  • Compare Mathematica to your current tools. Do they have these advantages?

  • Build interactive tools into your workflow to efficiently prototype new methods for analyzing seismic exploration and well-log data
    Competitor note: Matlab, Excel, and the Hampson-Russell suite do not have this capability
  • Using original algorithms instead of standard ones lets you develop better reservoir models
    Competitor note: Hampson-Russell's black-box tools lock you into standard models
  • Analyze well-log data with unusual characteristics in a nonstandard way
    Competitor note: Other tools allow only a limited choice of analyses
  • Choose from functional and rule-based programming paradigms as desired to programmatically analyze data
    Competitor note: Other computation environments use predominantly procedural languages
  • Next: Ways to Use
KEY CAPABILITIES
WHY CHOOSE MATHEMATICA
WAYS TO USE
  • Analyze seismic processing data to map underground reservoirs, integrate with GIS data, then visualize them in 3D
  • Use statistics and risk analysis to estimate the amount of oil or gas in a reservoir and the recovery rate
  • Handle velocity anisotropy, anomalies, and complex fracture structures
  • Study inflow, leak-off, and water injection of reservoirs
  • Extract wavelets from well logs to correlate events with the seismic data
  • Generate synthetic seismic data to verify the quality of a well tie
  • Model and simulate reservoirs and flow in porous media
  • Next: Key Capabilities
Petroleum Engineering Case Studies
PETROLEUM ENGINEERING CASE STUDIES
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Some Major Organizations Using Mathematica
  • CSIRO Petroleum
  • The Dow Chemical Company
  • Exxon Mobil Corporation
  • PETROBRAS
  • Shell


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