Real-Time Tomography with Interactive 3D Visualization using tomviz

Abstract Currently drilling of horizontal wells is a common enhanced oil recovery method. Geosteering services are often used for accurate well placement, which makes it possible to achieve a significant increase in production at relatively low cost. This paper describes the result of using seismic data in three-dimensional visualization for high-quality geosteering using a deep boundary detection tool and multilayer inversion in real time. Crossing the top of the reservoir while drilling horizontal sections at the current oilfield is unacceptable, due to the presence of reactive mudstones. In case of crossing the top of reservoir, further work on running and installing the liner becomes impossible due to instability and may lead to well collapse. Based on prewell analysis of the structural data, the well was not supposed to approach the top of the target formation along the planned profile. However, while preparing geosteering model and analyzing seismic data it became possible to reveal that risk, elaborate its mitigation and eventually increase the length of the horizontal section. Such integrated analysis made it possible to maintain the wellbore within the target reservoirs, as well as to update the structural bedding of the top based on the multilayer inversion results.

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KG3D: An Interactive 3D Visualization Tool for Knowledge Graphs

Advanced Data Mining and Applications - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-35231-8_67 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 886-889

Author(s):

Dawei Xu ◽

Lin Wang ◽

Xin Wang ◽

Dianquan Li ◽

Jianpeng Duan ◽

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Keyword(s):

3D Visualization ◽

Visualization Tool ◽

Knowledge Graphs ◽

Interactive 3D

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The Design and Testing of 3DmoveR: an Experimental Tool for Usability Studies of Interactive 3D Maps

Cartographic Perspectives ◽

10.14714/cp90.1411 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 31-63 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Lukáš Herman ◽

Tomáš Řezník ◽

Zdeněk Stachoň ◽

Jan Russnák

Keyword(s):

Spatial Data ◽

Response Times ◽

3D Visualization ◽

User Interaction ◽

Google Earth ◽

Web Based ◽

3D Environments ◽

Camera Position ◽

Interactive 3D ◽

3D Scene

Various widely available applications such as Google Earth have made interactive 3D visualizations of spatial data popular. While several studies have focused on how users perform when interacting with these with 3D visualizations, it has not been common to record their virtual movements in 3D environments or interactions with 3D maps. We therefore created and tested a new web-based research tool: a 3D Movement and Interaction Recorder (3DmoveR). Its design incorporates findings from the latest 3D visualization research, and is built upon an iterative requirements analysis. It is implemented using open web technologies such as PHP, JavaScript, and the X3DOM library. The main goal of the tool is to record camera position and orientation during a user’s movement within a virtual 3D scene, together with other aspects of their interaction. After building the tool, we performed an experiment to demonstrate its capabilities. This experiment revealed differences between laypersons and experts (cartographers) when working with interactive 3D maps. For example, experts achieved higher numbers of correct answers in some tasks, had shorter response times, followed shorter virtual trajectories, and moved through the environment more smoothly. Interaction-based clustering as well as other ways of visualizing and qualitatively analyzing user interaction were explored.

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