Topics

The topics for the First EAGE Workshop on Optimizing Project Turnaround Performance are listed below.

1. Novel Acquisition Solutions

• Can acquiring better data minimize processing efforts and decrease turnaround?
• Can optimized data lead to better decision processes and reduce the lifecycle time?
• What acquisition scenarios are achievable and cost effective, and what is their impact?
  

2. Data Hosting and Transfer

• What influence does the speed of receiving, accessing and sharing data have on decision making?
• What data quality is appropriate for seismic data processing?
• Is the role of compression important?

3. Parallelization and Integration of Tasks and Skills in the Project Lifecycle 

• What is achievable?
• Are all processes dependent upon their preceding steps?
• Do bigger, multi-disciplinary teams speed up seismic delivery?

4. Advanced Imaging Algorithms and High-frequency Inversion Driven Model Building 

• What is actually needed for field evaluation?
• Can we bypass signal processing?
• What considerations are there for cutting parts of a processing sequence?

5. Innovative Approaches to Automation in the Seismic Life Cycle

• How many processes can be fully automated?
• What approaches enable hands-off processing?
• How ‘hands-off’ can we, and do we want to be?

6. Pragmatic Approaches, and Transferable Technological Innovations, to Reducing Turnaround

• What can we learn from other industries?
• Are we making the most of being a data-rich industry?
• Are we all data scientists?

7. Optimized Computing Platforms and Access to Massive On-Demand Computer Resources

• What roles can they play?
• On-prem versus off-prem, which is more flexible?
• As algorithms evolve, what’s the optimal computing engine?

8. The Business Perspective

• What are the main drivers?
• Where is the push coming from?