Articles & Papers

Find up-to-date scientific articles and papers written by or featuring Paradigm employees. These articles address Paradigm's unique effort to solve today's E&P industry-related problems in environmentally-friendly ways using groundbreaking science and state-of-the-art technology.

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3-D Modeling Optimizes Well Placement
Doug Gilmour, The American Oil & Gas Reporter, July

Advances in visualization support innovative interpretation
Philip Neri, Offshore, July

Efficient Interpretation
Godfrey Budd, New Technology Magazine, June

Enhanced geological & geophysical applications
E&P Daily News, June

Qualifying interpretation assets
E&P Daily News, June

Using Quantified 'Model Based' Petrophysical Uncertainty to Aid in Conflict Resolution
J. Kennedy and Pujiyono, Hess Oil and Gas Malaysia, A. Cox and R. Aldred, Paradigm, SPWLA 2010 Booklet, June

Improving Interpretation Efficiency and Accuracy
Gerald Kidd, Petroleum Africa, June

Paradigm: workflows to scenarios
Jean-Claude Dulac and Emmanuel Gringarten, Digital Energy Journal, June

An integrated workflow for selecting optimal drilling locations
Gerald Kidd and Fred Jenson, E&P, June

Correlating well markers with the aid of seismic interpretation
Huw James and Taoufik Ait Ettajer, Pipeline, May

Increasing the relevance of surface seismic data in unconventional plays
Duane Dopkin and Joanne Wang, World Oil, May

Solving an intricate problem with ease
Konstantin Smirnov, Tatyana Kiryanova and Tatyana Olneva, Oil & Gas Journal Russia, May

New seismic technologies for exploration and development of fracture plays
Duane Dopkin, DEW Journal, April

Imaging increases the surface seismic data relevance in unconventional plays
Duane Dopkin and Joanne Wang, E&P, April

Real-time geosteering software enhances data sharing, updating to optimize well placement
Richard Pelling, Doug Gilmour and Robert Innes, Drilling Contractor, March/April

Seismic matters
Oil & Gas Technology, January

An introduction to this special section: Reservoir modeling constrained by seismic
Reinaldo Michelena and Emmanuel Gringarten, The Leading Edge, December

Paradigm's business growth in Africa
Digital Energy Journal, October/November

Paradigm Showcases the Latest Rock & Fluid Canvas Release
Duane Dopkin, E&P Daily News, October

New Seismic Technologies for Exploration and Development of Fracture Plays
Duane Dopkin, E&P Daily News, October

New platform enables next-generation solutions
EPmag.com, October

Model behavior
Aymen Haouesse, Oil & Gas Middle East, October

Advances in chrono-stratigraphic interpretation modelling
Jean-Claude Dulac, First Break, October

Software enables higher-order work flows
Jeanne M. Perdue, 2009 Advances in Exploration Technology – E&P, October

Paradigm impacta la forma de explorar con tecnologías vanguardistas
Petroleum, September

Accelerating volume interpretation skills
Gerald Kidd, Oilfield Technology, September

Software Gives Unique Insight Before Drilling
John A. Sullivan, Energy Intelligence, September

Tech Innovator: E&P Revolution Still Depends on Human Element
John A. Sullivan, Energy Intelligence, September

Re-energizing with open innovation
John W. Gibson, Jr., Offshore, September

Improving interpretation efficiency, accuracy in West Africa turbidites
Gerald Kidd, Offshore, September

Paradigm upgrades its software
Digital Energy Journal, September

Next Generation Exploration, Development and Production Suite
Drilling & Exploration World, August

SEG China - A new silk road for technical exchange
John Gibson, The Leading Edge, August

AAPG, EAGE treated to flurry of new, improved products, services
Offshore-mag.com, July

New software works harder
EPmag.com, July

Seismic Wave Field Decomposition Both Qualifies and Quantifies Velocity Modeling, 3-D Imaging
Duane Dopkin and Zvi Koren, The American Oil & Gas Reporter, July

Providing the best information faster
E&P Daily News, June

Using seismic data to guide geologic interpretation
Taoufik Ait Ettajer and Huw James, E&P, June

The Next Generation Subsurface Modelling
Stephen Tyson, GEO ExPro, May

Integrating seismic attributes to estimate transport properties of dual porosity reservoir rocks
Evgeniy Kozlov, Nikolai Baransky, Ludmila Persidskaya, Oksana Kirseleva and Anton Bovykin, First Break, May

Global Brainstorming
New Technology Magazine, April

A Unified Drilling Solution Includes Well Planning,Drilling Engineering, and Geosteering
Doug Gilmour and Rob Innes, E&P Daily News, March

Neural Inversion Technology for Reservoir Property Prediction from Seismic Data (English)
Tatyana Malyarova and Roman Kopyonkin, Nefteservice, March

Neural Inversion Technology for Reservoir Property Prediction from Seismic Data (Russian)
Tatyana Malyarova and Roman Kopyonkin, Nefteservice, March

Visualizing 3D features in 3D seismic data
Huw James, First Break, March

EarthStudy 360™ – Detailed Seismic Analysis at Subsurface Image Points
Digital Energy Journal, March

Unique Solutions - Creating High-Precision Subsurface Models
Konstantin Smirnov, Tatyana Malyarova, and Tatyana Olneva, Oil & Gas Eurasia, February

Exploration Interview: John W. Gibson, CEO, Paradigm
E&P Buzz e-Newsletter, February

Geologic modeling for seismic inversion
Joanne Wang, Stan Jayr, and Duane Dopkin, E&P, February

Extracting more from seismic data to get better subsurface models
International Hydrographic & Seismic Search, February

A visual data-mining methodology for seismic-facies analysis: Part 1 - Testing and comparison with other unsupervised clustering methods
(White Paper) Iván Dimitri Marroquín, Jean-Jules Brault, and Bruce S. Hart, Geophysics, Vol. 74, No. 1, January/February

A visual data mining methodology to conduct seismic facies analysis: Part 2 - Application to 3D seismic data
(White Paper) Iván Dimitri Marroquín, Jean-Jules Brault, and Bruce S. Hart, Geophysics, Vol. 74, No. 1, January/February

Paradigm EarthStudy 360™
Zvi Koren, Duane Dopkin, Drilling & Exploration World, January

Paradigm’s business model helps firm weather the economic storm
Oil & Gas Financial Journal, January

Eliminating Seismic Blind Spots
GEO ExPro, December

New Geologic Grids for Robust Geostatistical Modeling of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
(White Paper) Emmanuel Gringarten, Burc Arpat, Stanislas Jayr, and Jean-Laurent Mallet, December

Fracture Solutions
Gary Pekarek and Franck Pichard, Oil and Gas Investor, December

Z-To-Depth or Resizing an Image
Bob Van Nieuwenhuise, E&P Daily News, December

A Breakthrough in Full-Azimuth Imaging and Interpretation
Zvi Koren and Duane Dopkin, E&P Daily News, December

Advances in Fracture Network System Identification
(White Paper) Chris Cottam, Franck Pichard, and Stephen Tyson, November

How can we benefit from uncertainty?
(White Paper) Konstantin Smirnov, Tatyana Olneva, Tatyana Malyarova, November

Explore Visualization in Seismic Driven Pore Pressure Prediction
Joanne Wang and Duane Dopkin, Oilfield Technology, November

Adopting game-changing innovations in E&P
Philip Neri, Oil Review Middle East, November

Óptima producción de petróleo gas a bajos costos operativos
Jorge Machnizh, El mundo del Petróleo, November

Chinese Firms Emerge as Formidable Competitors in Global E&P
Richard Ward, Journal of Petroleum Technology, November

New technology bridges the gap between seismic and simulation
Journal of Petroleum Technology Online, October

The need for a correct geological modelling support: the advent of the UVT-transform
Stanislas Jayr, Emmanuel Gringarten, Anne-Laure Tertois, Jean-Laurent Mallet and Jean-Claude Dulac, First Break ,October

Anisotropic Local Tomography
(White Paper) Zvi Koren, Igor Ravve, Gladys Gonzalez, and Dan Kosloff, Geophysics,Vol. 73, No. 5, October

What if people could choose their assignments?
Digital Energy Journal, September/October

SKUA – A Step Change in Modelling
Scandinavian Oil & Gas Magazine, September

Seismic Shifts
Oil & Gas Middle East, September

3D pore pressure used to optimize well design (Russian)
Robert Innes and Doug Gilmour, Oil & Gas Journal, August

3D pore pressure used to optimize well design
Robert Innes and Doug Gilmour, Oil & Gas Journal, August

Upstream IT advances enabling ‘digital oil field’ of future to become reality today
Oil & Gas Journal - Technical Supplement Forum, August

Modelado de Subsuelo - Paradigm, de regreso a la Geología
El mundo del Petróleo, August

Subsurface Modeling: Back to Geology
Jean-Claude Dulac, Drilling & Exploration World, July

Paradigm – a new way to build structural models
Digital Energy Journal, June/July

Gibson still enjoying the rub of the green
Upstream, June

Rapid structural framework generation for reservoir property propagation and modelling in complex structures
(White Paper) Huw James and Stan Jayr, June

20 años y una sólida experiencia
El mundo del Petróleo, May/June

Unconflicted oilfield technology
David Ainslie, First Break, May

Paradigm - new way to image the subsurface
Digital Energy Journal, April/May

The Needs of Subsurface Modeling Prompt a Search for the “Generation Next” Solution
Jean-Claude Dulac, Oil & Gas Eurasia, April

Innovations Introduce New Ways To Solve Complex Problems
John Gibson, The American Oil & Gas Reporter, April

3D curvature attributes: a new approach for seismic interpretation
Pascal Klein, Loic Richard, and Huw James, First Break, April

Fracture solutions unlock US gas shale plays
Gary Pekarek and Franck Pichard, E&P, March

Seismic-driven reservoir characterization
Duane Dopkin and Joanne Wang, E&P, February

Optimizing well design through the use of 3D pore pressure
Rob Innes and Doug Gilmour, Drilling & Exploration World, February

Integrating 2D and 3D Yields New Insight
Tony Rebec and Tony Marsh, Offshore-Engineer, January

Advances Improve Reservoir Modeling
Jean-Claude Dulac, The American Oil & Gas Reporter, January

Improving Structural Seismic Interpretation Using 3D Curvature Attributes
(Presentation) Pascal Klein, Loic Richard, and Huw James

Improving Structural Seismic Interpretation Using 3D Curvature Attributes
(White Paper) Pascal Klein, Loic Richard, and Huw James

Revolutionizing the Way We Model the Earth
Emmanuel Gringarten, Stanislas Jayr and Susan Morgan, E&P, October

Collaborative geophysics
Digital Energy Journal, September/October

Towards a Uniform Subsurface Illumination - The next generation of ray-based imaging
(White Paper) Duane Dopkin and Zvi Koren, September

Target-Oriented Common Reflection Angle Migration
(White Paper) Zvi Koren, Sheng Xu, and Dan Kosloff, September

Integrating 2-D, 3-D Yields New Insights
Tony Rebec and Tony Marsh, The American Oil & Gas Reporter, July

Adopting Innovations in E&P Software
Philip Neri, E&P, July

Local Angle Domain in Seismic Imaging
(White Paper) Zvi Koren, Igor Ravve, and Dan Kosloff, June

Practical Aspects of AVO Modeling
Yongyi Li et al, The Leading Edge, March

Trends in Geostatistics Modeling Software
Upstream Technology, February

Solving a Problem Involving Geobody Extraction
Isabelle Mahé, The Leading Edge, January

Visualization, Analysis, and Interpretation of Seismic Attributes for Characterizing a Carbonate Reservoir
(White Paper) Joanne Wang and Duane Dopkin

New Interpretation Assets from Computer Assisted Interpretation
(White Paper) Huw James and Pascal Klein

Stratimagic - Revolutionary Software for Seismic Analysis.
(White Paper) Philip Neri

Spherical Gridding in Seismic Imaging
(White Paper) Igor Ravve and Zvi Koren

Constrained Dix inversion
(White Paper) Zvi Koren and Igor Ravve, Geophysics, Vol. 71, No. 6, November-December

Three dimensional wave equation depth migration by a direct solution method
(White Paper) Dan Kosloff, Allon Bartana, Evgeny Ragoza and Andrei Shabelansky, October

Conic Velocity Model
(White Paper) Igor Ravve and Zvi Koren, October

Density anomaly indicators and application
(White Paper) Yongyi Li, October

Curved Rays Anisotropic Tomography: Local and Global Approaches
(White Paper) Zvi Koren, Igor Ravve, and Dan Kosloff, October

Ten Reasons why 3D Geo-modeling and Flow Simulation Must Be Integrated
Emmanuel Gringarten, GEO ExPro, September

An empirical method for estimation of anisotropic parameters in clastic rocks
Yongyi Li, The Leading Edge, June

Exponential asymptotically bounded velocity model: Part I — Effective models and velocity transformations
(White Paper) Igor Ravve and Zvi Koren, Geophysics, Vol. 71, No. 3, May-June

Exponential asymptotically bounded velocity model: Part II — Ray tracing
(White Paper) Igor Ravve and Zvi Koren, Geophysics, Vol. 71, No. 3, May-June

Innovative hybrid algorithm designed to enhance seismic characterization
Pascal Klein and Andy Peloso, Upstream CIO Column, May

Operator and Service Company Collaboration: Who Owns the Intellectual Property?
John Gibson, Upstream CIO Column, May

QA John Gibson
JPT, April

Trends in Visualization for E&P Operations
Duane Dopkin and Huw James, First Break, March

Gibson’s Paradigm for the Future
Offshore-Engineer, March

Discussion and Reply: “Angle-domain common-image gathers by wavefield continuation methods”
(White Paper) Allon Bartana, Dan Kosloff, and Igor Ravve, Geophysics, Vol. 71, No. 1, January-February

Light The Way To Improving Industry Performance
John Gibson, The American Oil & Gas Reporter, January

Vertical Seismic Profiles
John Gibson, Upstream CIO, January

John Gibson, Paradigm Executive Chairman and CEO Named as one of Upstream CIO’s 10 Most Influential IT People in the Oil Patch
Upstream CIO

From G&G to G&P: Bridging Geophysics & Petrophysics to Introduce a New Paradigm in Rock and Fluid Interpretation
John Gibson, World Energy

Jorge Machnizh Interview
Petroleum, December

Shifting the Paradigm
John Gibson, Upstream CIO, December

Constrained Velocity Inversion
(White Paper) Igor Ravve and Zvi Koren, November

The Pathway to Quality Prospects with Concurrent Processes
Duane Dopkin, E&P Daily News, October

Technology for Multiple Attenuation in the Tunisian Gulf of Gabes
Tony Rebec, First Break, September

Fractures in Carbonate Reservoirs – Are They Visible to Seismic?
Evgeny Kozlov, Oil & Gas Eurasia, August

Role of Automated Techniques in Improving Volume-based Structural Interpretation
Tony Marsh, John Tyrrell, Laura Evins, First Break, June

Use of Lighting in the 3D Display of Seismic Data
Huw James, Tatyana Kostrova, First Break, March

Integration Aids Characterization
Andy Peloso, Kostia Azbel and Pascal Klein, Hart's E&P, February

Subsalt Imaging using 3D Pre-stack Depth Migration in the UK Southern North Sea
(Case Study)

Subsalt Imaging using 3D Pre-Stack Depth Migration Aided by Gravity Modeling in Onshore Germany
(Case Study)

Advanced Migrations Resolve Targets below Complex Overburden to Explain Production
(Case Study)

Multi-Azimuth, Multi-Vintage, Pre-Stck Depth Migration for Improved Structure and Reservoir Imaging in Offshore Norway
(Case Study)

Velocity Modeling and Depth Imaging in Onshore Pakistan
(Case Study)

Exponential Asymptotically Bounded Velocity Model
(White Paper) Igor Ravve and Zvi Koren, October

Paradigm’s New Interpretation Technologies
Malyarova Tatyana, Oil & Gas Eurasia, September

Velocity modelling and prestack depth imaging below complex salt structures: A case history from on-shore Germany
R. Oezsen, Geophysical Prospecting, July

LIFT™: A New and Practical Approach to Noise and Multiple Attenuation
(White Paper) Jason Choo, Jon Downton and Jan Dewar, May

Visualization for Pore Pressure Prediction
Joanne Wang, Duane Dopkin and Huw James, First Break, March

Designing for interoperability using a multi-repository approach to E&P data
Nicholas Chart, First Break, January

Surface Related Multiple Attenuation on Sigsbee2B Dataset
(White Paper) Jing Chen, Edip Baysal, Orhan Yilmaz

Imaging through Shallow Gas - A Case History from the South China Sea
(Case Study)

4-D cross-equalization and offset equalization using a Neural Networks approach. (SEG, USA)
(White Paper) Uri Zakhem , Anat Canning and Alex Litvin, October

Pressure Estimation in a Structurally Complex Regime: A Case Study from Macuspana Basin, Mexico. (SEG, USA)
(Case Study) Adrien Caudron, Roberto Gullco, Simon Oropeza and Joanne Wang, October

Velocity model building and depth imaging for complex areas with shallow and deep velocity anomalies:
Papua Province (Indonesia) examples, Mogoi 2D land PSDM project
(Case Study) Sergey Birdus, October

Unsupervised seismic facies classification: A review and comparison of techniques and implementation
Kostia Azbel, The Leading Edge, October

Chinaís Daqing Oilfield Company Deploys Intel® Architecture and Paradigm Software to Find Liquid Gold
Intel® Business Center Case Study, July

The right mix drives value
Hart's E&P roundtable on Seismic/Field Data Integration, July

Seeking the solution to cross-platform, cross-vendor data interoperability
Philip Neri, First Break, May

Has volume interpretation of structure been cracked at last?
Huw James, First Break, March

Automated Processes Opening New Possibilities In Geoscientific Interpretation
Duane Dopkin, Huw James and Phil Neri, The American Oil & Gas Reporter, January

Seismic facies analysis based on 3D multiattribute volume classification, La Palma Field, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Kostia Azbel And Manuel Poupon, The Leading Edge, January

3D Pre-Stack Depth Migration Improves Prospecting in Granitic Overthrust Area (Trace-to-Image)
(Case Study)

Direct Hydrocarbon Detection Made Easy
Andy Furniss, Preview Magazine, August

Volume interpretation of multi-attribute 3D surveys
Huw James, Andy Peloso and Joanne Wang, First Break, March

Software Links 3D Seismic, Well Bore
John Turvill, The American Oil and Gas Reporter, November

Neural Net Generated Seismic Facies Map and its Application in Various Geologic Environments: Examples from South Texas Basin.
(White Paper) S. K. Addy, November

Integrating 3D Seismic into the Reservoir Model - and its Impact on Reservoir Management
(White Paper) C. Scott Burns, November

New challenges facing geoscience knowledge
Eldad Weiss, Petroleum Review, April

Paradigm Gives Sun Storedge™ Multipack-FC Array an A+ Performance Rating
from http://www.sun.com/, Network Storage Solutions, Success Stories, March 27

Interpretive imaging of seismic data
Oz Yilmaz, Irfan Tanir, Cyril Gregory and Fugen Zhou, The Leading Edge, February

Characterization of volcanic units using detailed velocity analysis in the Atlantic Margin, West of Shetlands, United Kingdom
Jeffrey S. Ogilvie, Richard Crompton and Nicholas M. Hardy, The Leading Edge, January

Geophysical advances put new realm of capabilities within operators' reach
American Oil & Gas Reporter, April

3D visualization of AVO anomalies
Anat Canning, Alex Litvin and Lucy Eastwood, First Break, April

Wave of the future
Eldad Weiss, Petroleum Review, March

Moving from Software to Solutions
Eldad Weiss, Hart's E&P, February

Seismic volume interpretation provides answers before mapping process
Gerald D. Kidd, Offshore, January