INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BREMEN

Software Grants Worth 1 Million Euro for GeoAstro Group at IUB

   

Software specialists Seismic Micro-Technology (SMT) and Schlumberger have donated their seismic interpretation and analysis software to IUB's Geosciences and Astrophysics (GeoAstro) Group. The software worth one million Euros can be used as of 15th of July 2005.

[ Jul 11, 2005]  Both software packages are industry standard software commercially used by large oil and gas companies to find hydrocarbons. The software also supports hydrocarbon exploitation, processing and visualisation of seismic data. SMT has granted five free network license and one free standalone license of their "KINGDOM Suite+”. The company supports education and research with software donations to more than 158 universities and colleges around the world . The multinational oilfield service provider Schlumberger also donated a network license. IUB's GeoAstro group may use Schlumberger's software "Geoframe4".

The packages have been installed by IUB's Computational Laboratory for Analysis, Modeling and Visualization (CLAMV). The software can be accessed in CLAMV's Geographic Information Systems Laboratory. They will be used both for research and teaching. IUB scientists will support research activities within the joint cooperation "International Research Consortium on Continental Margins". Undergraduate, graduate and PhD students can access these facilities for their thesis as well as research projects.

Prof. Dr. Vikram Unnithan, Professor of Geosciences, led the negotiations with the software companies. "With these grants IUB's future market potential, especially in terms of access to students from Eastern European and Asian countries has been acknowledged. In addition, these grants make IUB one of the few institutions in Germany with access to such advanced seismic software. This will result in enhanced cooperation with industry, various German and international geoscience institutions“, says Prof. Unnithan.

Prof. Unnithan's current research within the framework of the IRCCM focuses on understanding and modelling fluid flow processes on continental margins. This includes the shallow part (upper 500 m of the seabed) which deals with gas hydrates and hydrofracturing processes. The deep part focuses on the hydrocarbon play system on the Voring Plateau, Norwegian Margin. 2D and 3D seismic data provided by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate and Statoil along with the above mentioned software form the basis for this modelling work.



Kingdom Suite +
SMT's KINGDOM software including numerous modules for seismic interpretation, geological interpretation, 3D interpretation and visualization, AVO Interpretation and Analysis, Rock Solid Attributes, advanced 3D post-stack seismic attribute generation, synthetic seismogram generation, post-stack seismic data analysis and processing, and geophysical/geological subsurface model generation.


Geoframe
The GeoFrame - Charisma integrated reservoir characterization system gives you the freedom to precisely describe the subsurface throughout your full exploration and production (E&P) workflow (Adapted from[Charisma]).

Charisma seismic interpretation software is part of Schlumberger's GeoFrame integrated reservoir characterization system. It is specifically designed for 2D, 3D and 4D seismic interpretation, with integrated modules including ASAP, Variance Cube, InDepth and SeisClass, along with the traditional 2D & 3D interpretation modules.

 


Author: Dagmar Becker. Last updated on 11.07.2005. © 2005 International University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen. All rights reserved. No unauthorized reproduction. http://www.iu-bremen.de. For all general inquiries, please call IUB at +49 421 200-4100 or mail to iub@iu-bremen.de.