Consortium Goals
- Address seismic amplitude anomalies and their impact on prospect assessment
- Enhance SAAM software to analyze anomalies consistently
- Calibrate assessments with drilling results
The Consortium has U.S. and European chapters, which both contribute to a shared SAAM prospect database. Meetings include prospect reviews, technical presentations, and discussions. In 2020, virtual webinars were introduced, continuing alongside live meetings.
Consortium Meetings
Peer Group Prospect Reviews (a unique learning experience)
- Prospect technical presentations and discussions, followed by entry into the SAAM software, consensus on Final Pg (DHI), and finally presentation and discussion of the drilling results
- Consortium members contribute the prospect presentations
- Representing prospects from around the world in all AVO classes
- Discussions and presentations on important technologies to properly risk prospects
Analysis of Our Exclusive Database
- Reasons for success and failure
- Detailed analysis of AVO Class 3 and 2 anomalies
- Select studies of AVO Class 1 and 4 anomalies
- Use SAAM prospect database to estimate a calibrated Final Pg based on a calculated probability of geological success, and DHI Index determined from observations of the seismic data on new DHI prospects