Meana Petro
SR-06FrontierWave 3AI

Deep Learning Seismic Interpretation

In one sentence

Picks faults and horizons across a full seismic volume in hours, leaving the interpreter to judge rather than to click.

The problem

Manual fault interpretation on a large 3D survey takes weeks and is interpreter-dependent to the point that two specialists produce visibly different fault frameworks from the same volume.

How it works

Convolutional segmentation networks trained on synthetic and operator-labelled volumes produce fault probability and horizon surfaces, which the interpreter edits rather than draws. Every automated pick carries a probability, and low-probability regions are highlighted for manual review.

Data required

  • Post-stack or pre-stack migrated seismic volume in SEG-Y
  • Existing interpreted faults and horizons for fine-tuning
  • Well ties and checkshot or VSP data
  • Processing history and acquisition parameters

What you get

  • Fault probability volume and extracted fault surfaces
  • Auto-tracked horizons with confidence
  • Attribute volumes aligned to the interpreted framework

What it cannot do

Performance drops sharply on data with a different processing signature from the training set, and re-processing a survey can invalidate a tuned model. In low signal-to-noise zones — below salt, under gas clouds — it produces confident-looking artefacts, so those zones are masked and flagged rather than interpreted.

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