Wave Imaging Technology

New Wave Imaging Webcasts

2014-02-10T10:52:00.000-08:00

We've posted two new webcasts for your viewing pleasure. The first provides a basic understanding of PSDM for non-geophysicists. The second is an overview of Wave Imaging and its technology.

Wave Imaging Sells to GeoCenter, LP

2013-10-14T10:28:00.000-07:00

Wave Imaging is now a division of GeoCenter LP, headquartered in Houston, TX. This strategic alliance allows us to partner with a leading seismic data processing services company, while our Wave team will continue to specialize in onshore depth migration. In addition, Wave also provides consulting services to Summit Geophysical, located in Denver, CO. For our customers, this will be a seamless process as we will continue to maintain offices in Denver and Houston. Stay tuned for more details, or feel free to drop us a line if you have any questions. We are open and it’s business as usual!

New partnerships: gravity and seismic interpretation

2013-07-05T08:37:00.001-07:00

Wave Imaging has created partnerships with two boutique firms which expand our reach. Interactive Earth Sciences Corp (IESC), managed by Mark Kramer and Peter Northrop, is a highly-regarded Denver firm specializing in seismic interpretation. We expect IESC to assist Wave with, among other things, well-seismic mistie analysis in situations where our clients lack the expertise or time. Terrasys Geophysics is a provider of potential fields software and interpretation. We expect Terrasys to provide gravity interpretation services to better constrain velocity models in difficult situations (e.g. salt, overthrust). More information about IESC and Terrasys can be found here: http://www.waveimagingtechnology.com/partners.htm

WIT 5DI

2013-06-17T08:27:00.003-07:00

Wave Imaging Technology announces the release of its new WIT 5DI technology. WIT 5DI is our implementation of 5D Interpolation. WIT 5DI uses a weighted least-squares polynomial interpolation to estimate missing traces. We normally only interpolate receivers (keeping the number of shot records constant), but can estimate new shot records by appealing to reciprocity. Click here for a WIT 5DI Case study.

Dallas Geophysical Society Luncheon

2013-04-24T20:19:00.003-07:00

WIT's CEO Morgan Brown mugging with Keith Brownlee, president of the Dallas Geophysical Society. Thanks to a three-hour flight delay, Brown very nearly missed this talk, walking into the venue after the participants had already eaten! Thanks to Louis Dubois for supplying the photo.

Second US Patent awarded

2012-12-23T11:02:00.000-08:00

WIT's second US Patent (8,335,651 B2), Estimation of Propagation Angles of Seismic Waves in Geology with Application to Determination of Propagation Velocity and Angle-Domain Imaging, was issued by the USPTO on December 18, 2012.

New Employees!

2012-12-05T08:14:00.000-08:00

WIT is pleased to announce the addition of two new team members:

Kevin Rybicki has joined as a Junior Depth Processor in WIT’s Houston headquarters. A former college swimmer, Kevin comes to geophysics from medical imaging.
Ed Andrews, recently retired Chief Geophysicist of EXCO Resources in Pittsburgh, has joined WIT as a Senior Exploration Consultant. Ed will develop new business and maintain client relationships in the northeastern US.

The WIT Crew at the SEG in Las Vegas

2012-11-11T14:19:00.001-08:00

Our new booth looks pretty sharp!

WIT wins spot on FastTech 50 for second year in a row

2012-11-10T13:35:00.001-08:00

WIT was again awarded a spot (#44) on the Houston Business Journal's FastTech 50.

SEG 2012

2012-11-04T04:38:00.000-08:00

Please visit WIT's booth at the Las Vegas SEG convention. Waaaay in the back, booth #781. We're flying the entire crew in for the conference.

Interpreter's Guide to Depth Imaging

2012-09-20T11:07:00.002-07:00

Interpreter's Guide to Depth Imaging, by Scott MacKay, (MacKay Consulting, Denver, CO), republished by permission. Scott (contact) is recognized as one of the industry's top advocates of PSDM technology. As an independent consultant, he advises his clients (E&P companies) how to get the best PSDM result from vendors. We at WIT feel that Scott's advice is spot-on and recommend reading the paper listed above before starting a PSDM project.

Upcoming WIT Presentations

2012-08-26T17:08:00.000-07:00

September 10, 2012, Rocky Mountain AAPG Section, Grand Junction, CO
September 19, 2012, Geophysical Society of Alaska Luncheon, Anchorage, AK.
October 3, 2012, Pacific Coast Section SEG Luncheon, Bakersfield, CA
November 5, 2012 (4:25 pm), SEG conference in Las Vegas: An alternative amplitude analysis theory—Joseph H. Higginbotham*, Cosmin Macesanu, Morgan P. Brown, Oscar Ramirez, and Cathy Joanne (AVO 1.8).
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 (4 pm), SEG conference in Las Vegas: PSDM for unconventional reservoirs? A Niobrara Shale case study—Morgan P. Brown, Joseph H. Higginbotham,Cosmin M. Macesanu, and Oscar E. Ramirez, Wave Imaging Technology Inc.; Dave List and Chris Lang, Fidelity E&P Company (SS 4.7)
Thursday, November 8, 2012, Mississippi Geological Society Luncheon, Jackson, MS

New Website Design

2012-08-26T16:57:00.002-07:00

We've upgraded WIT's website, with the help of Boulder-based designer Jay Tomlinson. Please take a look at waveimagingtechnology.com

WIT...A Tech Startup to Watch!

2012-06-27T16:32:00.000-07:00

WIT is listed by the June 25, 2012 Houston Chronicle as a Tech Startup to Watch.

WIT Presenting at Denver Geophysical Society Luncheon, June 14, 2012

2012-05-14T12:52:00.002-07:00

Lecture: Morgan Brown, CEO of Wave Imaging Technology Inc. will be presenting ‘Prestack Depth Migration for "Easy" Onshore Plays?’

Abstract:
Traditionally, prestack depth migration (PSDM) was considered an exotic technology, applicable only for imaging "complex" geology. Offshore subsalt imaging drives the use of the most advanced PSDM technologies, like Reverse-Time depth Migration (RTM), however, given the recent resurgence of onshore exploration, we ask: can PSDM make an impact on "easy" onshore plays? We present an unconventional oil shale case study which convincingly illustrates three key reasons for (re)considering PSDM:

Remove false time structures caused by lateral variations in velocity.
Improve focusing of dipping beds and faults.
Improve the accuracy of seismic attributes.

WIT's third US Patent application published

2012-05-14T09:24:00.002-07:00

WIT's third patent application, "Methods and Computer-Readable Medium to Implement Inversion of Angle Gathers for Rock Physics Reflectivity Attributes", was published recently by the USPTO (Application No. 13/065,032). Feel free to download the patent application.

WIT Presenting at Geophysical Society of Pittsburgh dinner meeting, Tuesday May 1, 2012

2012-04-24T15:25:00.003-07:00

Lecture: Morgan Brown, CEO of Wave Imaging Technology Inc. will be presenting ‘Prestack Depth Migration for "Easy" Onshore Plays?’

1) Remove false time structures caused by lateral variations in velocity. 2) Improve focusing of dipping beds and faults. 3) Improve the accuracy of seismic attributes.

Place: Penn Brewery Restaurant
Time: 4:45 pm Social Hour, 5:45 pm Dinner, 7pm Lecture
Cost: $35

WIT #13 in 2011 FastTech 50

2012-01-01T11:07:00.000-08:00

WIT made the select FastTech 50 list of fastest growing technology firms in Houston. Our 99.4% revenue growth from 2009 to 2010 elevated WIT to #13 on the list! Read here for an interview with WIT's Morgan Brown.

US Patent Issued!

2011-12-22T14:26:00.000-08:00

US Patent 8,082,107 B2, "Methods and Computer-readable Medium to Implement Computing the Propagation Velocity of Seismic Waves", was issued to WIT for its MVFA technology on December 20, 2011.
Please view the patent document

Upcoming WIT Presentations

2011-08-19T12:43:00.000-07:00

WIT will be presenting at the 2011 SEG convention in San Antonio. Joe Higginbotham will present "Amplitude Calibration" (4:25 pm - Wednesday - AVO 1), while Cosmin Macesanu will present "The pseudo-acoustic approximation to wave propagation in TTI media" (9:20 am - Wednesday - ANI 1).

Morgan Brown will make three (and hopefully more, as schedules firm) local SEG society luncheon presentations:

Thursday, Sept. 8 - Southeastern Geophysical Society (New Orleans)
Tuesday, Sept. 20 - Shreveport Geological Society
Thursday, Apr. 12 - Denver Geophysical Society

Feature Article in The Leading Edge

2010-11-03T04:33:00.001-07:00

WIT authors have published an invited paper on land PSDM and RTM in the November, 2010 The Leading Edge, the SEG's flagship publication. In the words of the editors, "As you'll see, RTM has moved beyond the realm of the easy synthetic...What's more, you'll see that RTM is moving beyond the Gulf of Mexico and invading turf usually left for more mundane imaging methods such as time migration...Higginbotham et al. demonstrate that advanced PSDM workflows are not only applicable, but probably indispensible, for successful prospecting in many onshore basins...Their field data examples show that PSDM can significantly improve the resolution of faults and steep dips, even when the lateral velocity variation is not radical."

You may download the paper here

Upcoming WIT Technical Presentations

2010-10-10T19:39:00.000-07:00

At the 2010 GCAGS Conference in San Antonio:
"Applications of Wave Imaging Technologies to Improve Deep Gulf Coast Prospecting" -- Morgan P. Brown, Joseph H. Higginbotham, Cosmin Macesanu, and Oscar E. Ramirez
Integrated Answers in Subsurface Exploration for Shelf-to-Ultradeep Opportunities (Part 2)
Tuesday, October 12 at 2:10 PM

At the 2010 SEG Convention in Denver:
"Angle decomposition for one-way wave equation migration" -- Cosmin Macesanu*, Joseph H. Higginbotham and Morgan P. Brown
SPMI 4 -- Gathers and Imaging Conditions
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 8:55 AM

"Self consistent AVA determination of density, bulk modulus, and shear modulus reflectivity" -- Joseph H. Higginbotham, Morgan P. Brown, and Oscar Ramirez, Wave Imaging Technology
AVO 3 -- Applications and Case Studies II
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 3:35 PM

At the Coastal Bend Geophysical Society luncheon:
"Applications of wave imaging technologies to improve onshore US prospecting" -- Morgan Brown
November 17, 2010 at 11:30 AM

Feature Article in October E&P Magazine

2010-10-08T19:02:00.000-07:00

Depth imaging for land seismic?
One Houston-based company says, “Absolutely.”

Rhonda Duey, Senior Editor

There seems to be a trend these days to take technology developed for marine seismic acquisition and processing and apply it to land. Recent examples have included a company that uses land “streamers” towed behind a truck rather than a boat and the announcement from Shell and PGS that the two companies would develop a land version of PGS’ OptoSeis fiberoptic technology.

A small company called Wave Imaging Technology (WIT) hopes to accomplish a similar move to dry land in seismic processing, using depth imaging techniques commonly applied to subsalt plays onshore, particularly in shale plays. With revenues tripling this year, it might not be a small company much longer.

Read the Full Article here

RTM webcast posted

2010-06-14T05:01:00.000-07:00

Press "play" below for a "tutorial" on our reverse-time migration (RTM). This video is narrated by WIT's CEO, Morgan Brown, and is excerpted from a talk given by Dr. Brown at the June, 2010 Denver Geophysical Society luncheon. It puts RTM into the context of other prestack depth migration methods, describes the algorithm in a step-by-step fashion, and illustrates RTM with two field data examples (Gulf Coast salt dome and Wyoming anticline). To view this tutorial at full-size, please visit
ScreenCast.com.

Second WIT Patent Application published

2010-06-13T19:12:00.000-07:00

WIT's second US Patent application, "Estimation of Propagation Angles in Geology with Application to Determination of Propagation Velocity and Angle-Domain Imaging", has been published by the USPTO on May 6, 2010. This patent application protects the innovations behind WIT Angle. Please download the patent application from our website.