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Interpretation

Interpretation, copublished by SEG and AAPG, aims to advance the practice of subsurface interpretation.

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November 2022

The November 2022 issue of Interpretation features four papers in the standing sections “Tools, techniques, and tutorials” and “Funny-looking things: Interesting features seen on seismic data” and are set in the United States, Australia, and China.

August 2022

The August 2022 issue of Interpretation features five special sections on recent advances in lacustrine moderate-low maturity shale oil exploration and development, machine learning for image-based geologic interpretation, formation integrity and borehole stability, CO₂ geologic storage and utilization, and multienergy resources in super Ordos Basin.

May 2022

The May 2022 issue of Interpretation features a special section on automated approaches to interpretation.

February 2022

The February 2022 issue of Interpretation two special sections on seismic amplitude interpretation for conventional/unconventional resources and hydrocarbon migration, near-surface seepage, and petroleum system management.

November 2021

The November 2021 issue of Interpretation features three special sections on geoscience of hydraulic fracturing, focus on Africa, and distributed acoustic sensing.

August 2021

The August 2021 issue of Interpretation features a special section on the uplift of Himalaya-Tibet Plateau and its impacts on basin evolution and hydrocarbon accumulation in Asia.

May 2021

The May 2021 issue of Interpretation features four special sections on seismic interpretation of contourites and deep-water sediment waves, mapping mixed clastic and carbonate depositional systems in lacustrine basins, gas hydrates, and the STACK play in Oklahoma.

February 2021

The February 2021 issue of Interpretation features a special section on cloud computing and two papers in the new standing section “Funny-looking things: Interesting features seen on seismic data.

November 2020

The November 2020 issue of Interpretation features seven special sections: (1) seismic interpretation of fractures in deep subsurface, (2) Europe — diverse subsurface characterization challenges, (3) interesting features (aka funny-looking things) seen on seismic data, (4) integrated geophysical imaging, (5) Colombia, (6) shallow urban underground cavity survey technology and environmental geophysics, and (7) submarine and sublacustrine landslides.

August 2020

The August 2020 issue of Interpretation features two special sections on formation evaluation using petrophysics and borehole geophysics and reservoir characterization by integrating multidiscipline data.

May 2020

The May 2020 issue of Interpretation four special sections on mapping of depositional systems in Bohai Bay Basin, Eastern China; characterization of the subsurface stress, deformation, and pore pressure; Atlantic margin of Canada; and challenges and opportunities in the last frontier of Alaska.

February 2020

The February 2020 issue of Interpretation features one special section on rock properties from AVA/AVO analysis.

November 2019

The November 2019 issue of Interpretation features four special sections: Brazil, Permian Basin challenges and opportunities, petrophysical analysis for shale reservoir evaluation, and waste water and CO₂ injection.

August 2019

The August 2019 issue of Interpretation features three special sections: machine learning in seismic data analysis, insights into digital oil field data using artificial intelligence and big data analysis, and working with 2D seismic data.

May 2019

The May 2019 issue of Interpretation features two special sections on seismic geometric attributes and interpretable seismic velocity.

February 2019

The February 2019 issue of Interpretation features one special section on distributed acoustic sensing and its oilfield potential and two “Tools, techniques, and tutorials” papers.

November 2018

The November 2018 issue of Interpretation features four special sections: recent advances in geology and geophysics of deepwater reservoirs, interpretation pitfalls, shale oil and gas enrichment mechanisms and effective development, and foothills exploration.

August 2018

The August 2018 issue of Interpretation features two special sections: characterization of potential Lower Paleozoic shale resource play in Poland and multiphysics imaging for exploration and reservoir monitoring.

May 2018

The May 2018 issue of Interpretation features two special sections: seismic sedimentology and low-permeability resource plays of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.

Feb 2018

The February 2018 issue of Interpretation features three special sections: the Niobrara petroleum system, a multibasin resource play in the Rockies; characterization of hydrocarbon and geothermal resource potential and carbon sequestration opportunities of the Pannonian Basin; and characterization of the Woodford Shale, latest concepts, techniques, and applications.

Nov 2017

The November 2017 issue of Interpretation features four special sections: (1) fault damage zones, (2) time or depth imaging of land data?, (3) multidisciplinary studies for geologic and geophysical characterization of CO2 storage reservoirs, and (4) source-to-sink system analysis of petroliferous and other sedimentary basins.

Aug 2017

The August 2017 issue of Interpretation features six special sections: computer-assisted seismic interpretation methods, subsurface expression of igneous systems and their impacts on petroleum systems, seismic inversion, skeletonize/sparse/multiscale geophysical inversion for the interpreter, gas hydrates in the South China Sea, and least-squares migration.

May 2017

The May 2017 issue of Interpretation features two special sections: (1) facies classification and interpretation and (2) lacustrine shale characterization and shale resource potential in Ordos Basin, China.

Feb 2017

The February 2017 issue of Interpretation features special sections on interpretation of lab rock-physics data by numerical simulations, seismic time-frequency analysis, and analog modeling as an aid to structural interpretation.

Nov 2016

The November 2016 issue of Interpretation features special sections on characterizing the subsurface with multiples and surface waves, geothermal energy, and applications of full-waveform inversion.

Aug 2016

The August 2016 issue of Interpretation features special sections on near-surface imaging and interpretation, ambient noise, seismic facies classification and modeling, building complex and realistic geological models from sparse data, detection of hydrocarbons, and the South China Sea deep-water.

May 2016

The May 2016 issue of Interpretation features special sections on unconventional exploration and production, advanced logs and interpretation, and seismic data conditioning.

Feb 2016

The February 2016 issue of Interpretation features special sections on Seismic attributes; The Gulf of Mexico: Regional studies, Play concepts, Recent developments, and Case histories; and Exploration and characterization of gas hydrates.

Nov 2015

The November 2015 issue of Interpretation features special sections on Balancing, restoration, and palinspastic reconstruction; Characterization and monitoring of subsurface contamination; Geophysical modeling for interpreters; and Pattern recognition and machine learning.

Aug 2015

The August 2015 issue of Interpretation features special sections on Thin beds, Fractures, Geoscience follow-up papers from URTeC 2013 and 2014, Organic-rich shales, Recent advances with well whisperers, Interpretation 3D visualization, Geophysical imaging and interpretation of outcrops, and Earth Model: Effective interpretation for conventional and unconventional reservoirs.

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