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Kingdom: how to import sgy with a different CRS ?

mport a sgy file with a different coordinate system. However, Kingdom doesn’t support various CRS at the same time. The procedure is as follows: 1) import the sgy file containing the coordinates, 2) export the navigation (i.e. the world coordinates),… 

Pseudo-Relief in both Kingdom and Petrel

Do you know that your seismic data can be displayed as geological outcrops ? Try a pseudo-relief attribute. It can be calculated in kingdom and then exported to Petrel. Follow the guide ! In the top ribbon, click on the… 

Create a new Kingdom project

Kingdom is a very useful software for managing large datasets. The first step here is to create a new project. Click on “create new project” Choose a name at your convenience. Remember that you must keep all data in the… 

KINGDOM <- GATEWAY -> PETREL

Loading data in Petrel can be a nightmare ! Particularly the provided toolbox which is supposed to help… So, I’m using kingdom to load all seismic profiles I need and then I transfer to Petrel using the Gateway. It’s really… 

PETREL: how to merge horizons ?

Propagating horizons over large datasets can lead to multiple horizons . At some point you may realize that two different horizons are in fact the same. You don’t need to redo the propagation ! You can merge horizons. Expand both… 

Duplicate trace found when loading sgy in Petrel or Kingdom

It’s very common to get this message when loading sgy data in Petrel. Don’t PANIC !!! It means that duplicate XY points were found either in sgy and/or in the nav file. Just remove them and try loading again. Here,… 

How to import 2D seismic in Kingdom

Importing 2D seismic profiles can be a nightmare. First of all, you must determine whether XY coordinates are embebbed in the sgy/segy file or not. You can use for instance seisee or segy detective to visualize binary headers (take a… 

PETREL: pick horizons on 2D seismic profiles

Picking horizons is one of the most useful things to do for interpreting seismic data in sedimentary basins. Please find below some tricks based on a very long experience in seismic interpretation using Petrel: In general: Right click on “interpretation… 

How to… load seismic profiles in Petrel

Loading seismic is a real challenge as geophysicists use their own way to store data in segy files 🙁 They are supposed to write parameters in headers. However, due to various actions (copying files, folders, exporting seismic profiles from third…