LithoTect® Geometry Reconstruction

 Overview
 Current Functionality
 Geometry Reconstruction
 Restoration and Balancing
 Depth Conversion

 
One of the foundations of LithoTect is its geologically accurate representation of subsurface rock structure. Knowing the configuration of subsurface structures is clearly important - few wells have been drilled without a structure contour map - but the subsurface geometry also defines attributes such as dip and curvature that can influence reservoir properties.

Subsurface reconstruction comprises 3 distinct interpretation elements:

• Interpolation uses known horizons, perhaps from good seismic reflections or well penetrations or from outcrop information, along with a known rule or estimator, to constrain the "in-between" horizon configurations; it will also be shown that two or more separate horizons can allow interpolation of the intervening geometry to whatever scale of resolution is desired.
  

• Projection takes a known or interpolated horizon and represents additional layers using a defined rule or correspondence.
  

• Extrapolation is truly a journey into the unknown, with no rules or constraints; in general, section and 3D model reconstruction attempts to remain within the arena of interpolation and projection.