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Azimuthal analysis

Intermediate  |  4 half days  |  Online

Learn how best to use the Sharp Reflections AZI-toolkit for Azimuthal Analysis.

In this course, you experience interactive viewing of 5D azimuthal seismic data with full-fidelity offsets, angles and azimuths, and how to convert data between the various azimuthal spaces. After doing a data quality assessment with various prestack diagnostics, you learn how to interactively improve data quality with specific COV and COCA data conditioning techniques. Next, you auto-track and use 5D horizons to quickly analyze anisotropic offset and azimuth-dependent attributes in Velocity vs. Azimuth and Amplitude vs. Azimuth workflows. With weighted azimuthal stacking, you can improve the image for interpretation of complex structures.

In this online hands-on course, you will work with a real land OVT/COV dataset.

This in-depth course requires some prior experience with the software, as offered by the Flying Start course.

Agenda
Audience
Prerequisite
Hardware requirements
  • Importing Azimuthal SEGY
  • Azimuthal COV, COCA and CICA data visualization, angle conversion and partial stacking
  • Prestack Data Quality Assessment: SNR, Bandwidth, Move-out
  • Azimuthal COV data conditioning: 3D Random Noise Attenuation (RNA) and RMO
  • Azimuthal COCA data conditioning: COV to COCA conversion, Parabolic radon, RMO, Trim statics, 3D RNA
  • 5D Horizons and QC of conditioning on final gathers, including crossplot of AVA attributes
  • VVAz (Velocity vs Azimuth) and AVAz (Amplitude vs Azimuth) analysis workflows
  • Structural imaging improvement with weighted azimuthal stacking

Exploration and production geophysicists, seismic processing geophysicists, reservoir geophysicists.

We recommend that users with no or limited experience in Sharp Reflections complete the Getting Started course first.

General knowledge of geophysics, seismic interpretation and rock physics is recommended.

You will connect to the Sharp Reflections AWS SaaS cloud solution. You will need:

  • Up-to-date browser (e.g. Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge)
  • Stable internet connection is more important than its speed (>15Mbit/s)
  • A big display screen, at least one 30” with 2560×1600, one 32” with 4K, or two 19” 1920×1080 screens
  • Microsoft Teams videoconferencing

Upcoming courses

Eastern Hemisphere (09:00 CET)

  • 17-20 November 2025

Americas (08:00 CST)

  • 1-4 December 2025

Course fee: EUR 1600 / USD 1760
(ex. applicable taxes)

You will be able to select the class that fits your agenda and time zone when registering.

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Registration closes 10 days prior to course start date. If registration has closed, please contact us using the inquiry form on the Training overview page.

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Considering the increase in dimensionality of seismic dataset, Sharp Reflections allows analysis to be performed in a very efficient way.

Geophysicist
Integrated Energy Company

The training delivery was very effective, which is not easy for an online course involving practical exercises. Further to the goodness of the training, I also found the software very intuitive, even for someone like me who had never used it before.

Processing Geophysicist
Integrated Energy Company