The accurate shape of salt diapir and near-salt commercial hydrocarbon pools: outcome of applying a 3D joint gravity, well-log, seismic inversion, and new paradigm for pool mapping

• Date: 2025
• Main Authors: Petrovskyy, O.P., Petrovska, T.O., Onischuk, O.M., Suyatinov, V.M., Chepil, P.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: S. Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of the NAS of Ukraine 2025
• Subjects: salt dome; complete Bouguer gravity anomaly; geologically meaningful 3D density model; joint inverse problems solution; isolated density anomaly; commercial hydrocarbon pool; Dnieper-Donets Basin
• Online Access: https://journals.uran.ua/geofizicheskiy/article/view/322582
• Journal Title: Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal

Limitations of the seismic method in mapping salt diapirs increase exploration risks while drilling in near-salt areas. An innovative method of 3D joint inverse problem solution for gravity, well-log, and seismic data makes it possible to verify and refine the shape of a salt dome and map hydrocarbo...