Quick Look Techniques

QUICK LOOK TECHNIQUES (QLT’S) – THE RAPID MEANS OF VALIDATING INTERPRETATIONS, PROSPECTS, AND RESOURCE OR RESERVES ESTIMATES!!!

WE FAR TOO OFTEN HEAR THESE IMMORTAL WORDS:
“The Trap Was Not Present, Objectives Were Shaled Out, There Was No Seal, Fault Was Too Late, Seismic Velocity Problems Were Not Recognized, Objectives Were Wet, Sand Was Too Thin, or the Interpretation Was Incorrect.”

WHAT ARE QUICK LOOK TECHNIQUES (QLT’S)?
QLT’s are a collection of techniques that provide a rapid means of evaluating interpretations, prospects, and maps, and can be used to quickly evaluate resource and reserves estimates. QLT’s are based on the understanding of the technical methods required to do solid, geoscience and engineering exploration and production work. It tests the work against a model: “retro-geoscience or retro-engineering.”

QLT's allow you to test or validate an interpretation, map, reserves or resource estimates or a prospect in a limited amount of time. Before committing tens of millions of dollars, determine if the subsurface picture is three-dimensionally valid “geologically and geometrically” and if the resource or reserves estimates are reasonable.

See SCA's Upstream Petroleum Blog for our QLT's of the week. Initially published in the Houston Geological Society Bulletin, they have been updated to reflect current technology and best practices. In addition, these techniques are explored in-depth in the book, Quick Look Techniques for Prospect Evaluation by Daniel J. Tearpock, available for purchase here.

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QLT’S INCLUDE:

• General Structural
• Fault Surface
• Faulted Structure
• Seismic interpretation
• Structural Geology
• Directional Well
• Engineering
• Net Pay Isochore
• Computer Mapping
• Other