The Conditioning of Channels to Both Hard and Soft Data

@inproceedings{ViseurRM2001,
 abstract = { Developments have been done to facilitate the integration of both hard and soft data within an objectbased simulation process devoted to fluvial reservoir characterization. These works concern one relevant stage of the approach we have proposed last year and aim to, first, condition the simulation to meandering channel parts and, second, guide the channel middle line generations with soft data (probability trends, areal proportion maps). Recent progresses in exploration techniques (sonar images, high resolution seismic data and processing algorithms) enable the study of the detailed morphology of deep marine fans. For example, in turbiditic deposits or recent turbiditic systems, meandering channel parts may be observed on highresolution seismic horizons. Such data should be essential for building realistic 3D reservoir models upon which field development strategies are based. This year, our challenge is to generate turbiditic channel stacking models that may include interpreted meandering channel parts, combining results obtained during the two last years. Soft data such as areal proportion maps are of high importance for controling the lateral location of the fluvial bodies. Within the proposed object-based approach, the simulation of channel middle-lines is based on 1D simulation techniques. Thus, new fast developments have been provided to generate middle-lines that account for areal trends. },
 author = { Viseur, Sophie AND Shtuka, Arben AND Muron, Pierre },
 booktitle = { 21st gOcad Meeting },
 month = { "june" },
 publisher = { ASGA },
 title = { The Conditioning of Channels to Both Hard and Soft Data },
 year = { 2001 }
}