Sources of Well Velocities
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Aspen Epos Applications also support the following sources of Well Velocities:
Sonic Log
High Resolution (few Inches) measure of slowness (transit time) along borehole.
Principal source of well velocity data and related measurement
Provides direct information about the borehole and the rocks penetrated by the drill bit
Checkshot survey
One-way-time arrival between a source on the surface and a receiver depth along borehole
A direct seismic wave is received by the geophone and recorded
Need to know geophone depth, distance from the well head to the source and the travel-time of the seismic wave
Vertical Seismic Profile (VSP)
Travel time measurements of acoustic energy recorded between sources on the surface and receivers along the borehole.
Time-Depth Relationship
Defines the relationship between Depth and Two-Way-Time (TWT) along borehole
Updated by performing calibration of well synthetic with seismic
Geologic Markers
Used to derive well velocity markers (Average, Interval)
If Time Migrated interpretation maps are used instead of Well TD relation, pseudo velocity markers are calculated.