• introduction
• Velocity: definition and comparison of the many types of velocity
o average,
o interval,
o RMS,
o stacking,
o migration,
o P-wave
o S-wave
• Velocity Inputs:
o accuracy and regional extent of each,
o check shots,
o VSPs,
o sonic logs,
o time/depth functions,
o well picks and pseudo velocities,
o seismic velocities,
o horizons for structural control
• Synthetic Seismograms:
o creation,
o upscaling, and tie to seismic data.
o Advanced synthetics including synthetic gather creation, Zoeppritz equations, AVA, and AVO
• Matching Synthetics to Seismic: calibrating the seismic data to the well data
• Seismic Velocities
• Semblance analysis,
• velocity picking,
• multiples,
• how seismic velocities differ from well velocities
• Migration and Migration Velocities: introduction to pre- and post-stack algorithms, tomography.
• Iterative velocity analysis
• Velocity Model Building:
o workflows to integrate stacking velocities,
o time/depth curves,
o well picks associated with seismic horizons (pseudo-velocities),
o structure from horizons
• Time-to-Depth Conversions:
o vertical stretch,
o inverse ray tracing,
o migration, and uncertainty
• Introduction to Advanced Topics
o Anisotropy,
o pore-pressure prediction,
o geostatistics,
o forward modeling
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