Beicip Inc. and Nexus Geosciences have formed an alliance to provide integrated 3D Basin Modeling to integrate subsalt geological understanding into the deepwater GOM salt interpretation workflow.

We have joined forces to offer an integrated 3D basin modeling approach to subsalt velocity estimation. We apply 3D fluid flow and compaction to predict pore pressure, effective stress and seismic velocity for depth imaging purposes, resulting in much improved delineation of subsalt stratigraphy and pore pressure.  The workflow is robust and fast, and has been successfully applied on many GOM prospects yielding enhanced seismic images of the salt and sub-salt. For more information, please refer to the SEG paper presented at the San Antonio 2007 Annual Meeting: “3D Basin Modeling Approach to Subsalt Pre-Stack Depth Imaging: An Example from the Atwater Foldbelt, Deepwater GOM”.