Paradigm's volume-based subsurface modelling

摘要

Oil and gas E&P software company Paradigm reports that it has seen the adoption rate of its SKUA volume-based subsurface modelling software "really jump in 2013." All of the modelling in SKUA is made in 3D, rather than modelling faults and horizons initially in 2D and then fitting them together in a 3D structure afterwards, as is conventionally done. This means that as you model your faults and horizons in 3D, you can see how they all fit together, and check that they make geological sense. "Manipulating volume data is much more resource demanding than manipulating 2D data," says Stan Jayr, commercial director for Interpretation, Modelling and Data Management at Paradigm. "Recent advances in computational processing, combined with our unique visualization technology have finally made true 3D modelling a reality." "The fastest growth in take-up for SKUA has probably been offshore Latin America, particularly for modelling under salt," says Indy Chakrabarti, SVP Strategy and Commercialization with Paradigm.