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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

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Use Mathematica's built-in structural and chemical data in your work
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Data on pipelines, oil and gas production and reserves, energy consumption, and more
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Detailed physical, chemical, and molecular properties of tens of thousands of compounds
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Map cities worldwide with geographic data
Access curated technical data from Wolfram|Alpha, immediately ready for interactive or programmatic use »
Read in binary seismic trace data for processing and analysis »
Use rule-based programming to easily create modular import or processing code for nonstandard seismic data files »
Import and export common scientific data formats »
Easy programmability with both symbolic and numeric computations to create sophisticated reservoir models and simulations, perform nonstandard analysis, or model the stability of offshore platforms »
Symbolic manipulation and optimization of C code, and automatic C code generation for immediate use of standalone executables in production systems
Load and access dynamic libraries and use built-in support for GPU computation with CUDA or OpenCL for high-speed, memory-efficient execution
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Free-form linguistic input produces immediate results without the need for syntax »
Competitor note: Unique to Mathematica
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
Analyze well-log data with unusual characteristics in nonstandard ways
Competitor note: Other tools allow only a limited choice of analyses

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
Choose from functional and rule-based programming paradigms as desired to programmatically analyze data
Competitor note: Other computation environments use predominantly procedural languages
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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
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