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A Play for Oil Interpretation in Time

A Play for Oil : Interpretation in Time [Seismic interpreter: that’s how I prefer to describe my professional skill. But on company organisation charts and employment contracts I am reported as a geophysicist. I have also been géophysicien and geofísico and in Kazakhstan I was lumped together with engineers as inzhener geofizik. For me, geophysicist does not adequately differentiate between a translator of geophysical data into a geological story from those other highly proficient professionals who specialise in seismic acquisition, seismic processing or the application of rock physics. I do admit that anyone can have a go at seismic interpretation because the fundamental data display as a cross section is beguiling; enticing one to follow the layering with your pencil or mouse. Perhaps I should have accepted long ago that I am something of a generalist, bridging the gap between the somewhat abstract geophysical view of the subsurface and the actual rocks.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Play for Oil Interpretation in Time

Daley, Tim
A Play for Oil — Nov 11, 2017
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing AG 2018
ISBN
978-3-319-67984-6
Pages
83 –107
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-67985-3_4
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Abstract

[Seismic interpreter: that’s how I prefer to describe my professional skill. But on company organisation charts and employment contracts I am reported as a geophysicist. I have also been géophysicien and geofísico and in Kazakhstan I was lumped together with engineers as inzhener geofizik. For me, geophysicist does not adequately differentiate between a translator of geophysical data into a geological story from those other highly proficient professionals who specialise in seismic acquisition, seismic processing or the application of rock physics. I do admit that anyone can have a go at seismic interpretation because the fundamental data display as a cross section is beguiling; enticing one to follow the layering with your pencil or mouse. Perhaps I should have accepted long ago that I am something of a generalist, bridging the gap between the somewhat abstract geophysical view of the subsurface and the actual rocks.]

Published: Nov 11, 2017

Keywords: Seismic Interpreters; Company Organization Chart; Geological Story; Depth Conversion; Hard Rock Layer

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