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Unsupervised neural networks—disruptive technology for seismic interpretation

10/04/2010
By Tom Smith
The energy industry is faced with an exploding growth of information from a variety of sources: seismic surveys, well logs, and field production.A step-change in technology is being developed that has the promise of geoscientists finding hydrocarbons more rapidly and with greater certainty by utilizing this large volume of data more effectively. Further, apart from automated tools to make better use of the data being collected, the industry risks wasting this valuable resource.Supported by advanced software, a branch of neural networks is being found to be at least one practical solution for reducing the risk and time in finding oil and gas.Neural network technology is used today in finan...
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