Interpretation special section call for papers

Detection of hydrocarbons

Hydrocarbon reservoirs may be detected in seismic data in a number of ways, and the successfully used bright spot is the most reliable. Today we must exploit other indications to find more oil and gas of the future. Dim spots are very difficult, but they represent a major opportunity. How many hydrocarbon reservoirs in production today have been discovered by the direct identification of a hydrocarbon dim spot? Because of compaction trends in the earth, we must expect more of these subtle indications as we look for hydrocarbons deeper in the earth. We also must exploit multiple characteristics to increase confidence.

The editors of Interpretation (www.seg.org/interpretation) invite papers on the topic "Detection of Hydrocarbons" for publication in a November 2014 special section to supplement the journal's regular technical papers on various subject areas.

Here are some topics we would like to see addressed in this issue :

  • examples of hydrocarbon polarity reversals
  • examples of hydrocarbon dim spots
  • using multiple geophysical characteristics to increase identification confidence
  • examples of hydrocarbon indicators at greater depths
  • examples of hydrocarbon indicators in non-Tertiary (Mesozoic and Paleozoic) rocks
  • insights from observation of gas chimneys

Interested authors should submit for review no later than 1 March 2014 via the normal online submission system for Interpretation (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/interpretation) and select the Detection of Hydrocarbons special section in the dropdown menu.

The special section editors would like to receive a provisional title and list of authors as soon as possible. The submitted papers will be subjected to the regular peer-review process, and the contributing authors also are expected to participate in the peer-review process.

 

We will work according to the following timeline:

Submission deadline: 1 March 2014
Peer review complete: 1 August 2014
All files submitted for production: 15 August 2014
Publication of issue: November 2014


Special section editors:

Alistair Brown alistair@airmail.net
Bill Abriel WilliamAbriel@chevron.com
R. Randy Ray rrandyray@aol.com


Interpretation, copublished by SEG and AAPG, aims to advance the practice of subsurface interpretation.