FOSI is preparing to publish the 18th issue of Berita Sedimentologi. This issue will contain several papers on seismic interpretation and its application in sedimentology. Seismic data has been used as a key tool in oil and gas industry for the last 30 years. Advances in seismic acquisition & processing techniques together with geoscientific concepts resulted in a better way to extract stratigraphic information from seismic data and to predict the palaeo-depositional system. Three-dimensional (3-D) seismic data lies in the center of this stage of development.
In present days, seismic attributes extracted from a 3-D seismic cube are used both in exploration and development stages. In exploration stage, seismic attribute can be used to predict depositional elements such as channel and splays, meanwhile in field development stage these features can be used to find high porosity reservoirs. The internal character of seismic reflectors itself to some extent can be used to interpret the depositional processes of sediment packages. This particularly can be applied to deep-water deposits as done in Gulf of Mexico and North Sea Basins. As we all know, Gulf of Mexico and North Sea have been a place where 3-D seismic data is widely used to reduce risk in doing exploration and field development. Seismic sedimentology has also been applied in these two major hydrocarbon provinces by major oil companies. Therefore, having seen these success stories and realizing its future potential to advance further as a topic for scientific research, FOSI is pleased to choose this topic as the main issue for next Berita Sedimentologi.
