The University of Oklahoma

EDGe Education

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DIRECT HYDROCARBON
INDICATORS
COURSE OUTLINE

• An overview of direct hydrocarbon indicators
  
• Hydrocarbons as pore-filling material
  
• Conceptual model and well-logs
  
• Bright spots, dim spots, flat spots, phase changes
  
• Industry-accepted classifications
  
• Limitations
  
• Vp and Vs
  
• Compressibility
  
• Gassman's equation
  
• Zoeppritz equiations
  
• Vp/Vs ratio variations
  
• AVO overview
  
• Offset synthetic seismograms
  
• AVO displays
  
• Examples and case studies
  
• Exercises