dGB Earth Sciences

OpendTect by dGB Earth Sciences


OpendTect is a free, open-source seismic interpretation system for visualizing, analyzing and interpreting 2D, 3D and 4D seismic data. It is also widely used for Geo-Radar interpretation. OpendTect is released under the GNU Public License (GPLv3 or higher).


OpendTect is also a software development environment for fast-track development of new plugins (in C++). Third-party developers can choose to develop under the GPL license. If so, derived products must be released as open-source plugins (copy-left principle). Alternatively, developers can opt to develop under the OpendTect Pro license agreement, which permits development of closed source plugins. Code developed in Python can be integrated into OpendTect. For more information, please have a look at our programmer's manual.


OpendTect featitures:


Data IO

  • SEG-Y, LAS, ASCII
  • Use SEG-Y "as is"
  • Export to GIS applications

Viewers

  • 2D, 3D Viewers
  • Prestack viewers
  • Stereo viewing
  • Volume rendering
  • RGB(A) blending
  • Logplots
  • Cross-plot

Auto Tracking (2D, 3D, faults, objects, ...)

  • 2D, 3D Horizon tracker
  • 3D Object tracker

Attributes & Filters (open source)

  • Interactive multi-volume attribute analysis
  • "Standard" attributes and filters
  • Texture attributes
  • Spectral Decomposition
  • Mathematics & Logics
  • Attributes from attributes
  • 4D Volume alignment
  • Pattern recognition
  • AVO and AVA attributes
  • Ridge filters
  • Wavelet shaping

General Computing

  • Distributed computing & parallelization

Utilities

  • Creating PowerPoint presentations
  • 2D seismic Mistie correction

Wells and Modeling

  • Stratigraphic model
  • Wells, markers, logs
  • Synthetic-to-seismic well tie
  • Wavelet estimation
  • Rock Physics Library

General Interpretation

  • Velocity Model Building


dGB Earth Sciences on GeoCloud

OpendTect 32GB 1*A10Gv7.0.6
  • Noise reduction: Dip Steered Median Filter, Frequency Filter, Gap Deconvolution, Smoothing
  • Frequency enhancement (spectral balancing): Seismic Spectral Blueing
  • Fault detection: Similarity, Thinned Fault Likelihood, Semblance, Fault enhancement filter, Ridge Enhancement Filter, Curvature, Dip, Variance, Fault Extraction
  • Fracture prediction: Curvature, Azimuthal AVO, Fracture, Inversion to Anisotropic Parameters
  • Layer thickness estimation: Spectral decomposition, Instantaneous Attributes Porosity estimation: Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction
  • Porosity estimation: Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction Net-pay: Seismic Colored Inversion, Stratal Amplitude, Net-pay
  • Net-pay: Seismic Colored Inversion, Stratal Amplitude, Net-pay
  • HC presence detection: AVO attributes, Frequency Attenuation, Energy ((far-near) x far), Sweetness, Fluid Contact Finder, Seismic Feature Enhancement
  • HC saturation estimation: Gas Chimneys, Three Term Inversion Oil vs. Gas prediction: Gas Chimneys, Three Term Inversion, ML Classification, Spectral decomposition
  • Predicting Clastic Lithofacies (sand-silt-shale): Simple: Energy ((far-near) x far), Frequency, Phase; Advanced: Waveform Segmentation, Volumetric Segmentation, Fingerprint, Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction
  • Predicting Carbonate Lithofacies: Waveform Segmentation, Volumetric Segmentation, Fingerprint, Deterministic Inversion, ML Classification
  • Mapping seismic geomorphology: Lithology (see above), Similarity (indicates erosional incision), Dip Attributes, Spectral decomposition
8vCPU@2.8GHz, 32GB RAM, 1 NVIDIA A10G/24GB, 450GB SSD
Seismic interpretation software to extract the utmost geologic information from seismic data
Details
  • Noise reduction: Dip Steered Median Filter, Frequency Filter, Gap Deconvolution, Smoothing
  • Frequency enhancement (spectral balancing): Seismic Spectral Blueing
  • Fault detection: Similarity, Thinned Fault Likelihood, Semblance, Fault enhancement filter, Ridge Enhancement Filter, Curvature, Dip, Variance, Fault Extraction
  • Fracture prediction: Curvature, Azimuthal AVO, Fracture, Inversion to Anisotropic Parameters
  • Layer thickness estimation: Spectral decomposition, Instantaneous Attributes Porosity estimation: Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction
  • Porosity estimation: Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction Net-pay: Seismic Colored Inversion, Stratal Amplitude, Net-pay
  • Net-pay: Seismic Colored Inversion, Stratal Amplitude, Net-pay
  • HC presence detection: AVO attributes, Frequency Attenuation, Energy ((far-near) x far), Sweetness, Fluid Contact Finder, Seismic Feature Enhancement
  • HC saturation estimation: Gas Chimneys, Three Term Inversion Oil vs. Gas prediction: Gas Chimneys, Three Term Inversion, ML Classification, Spectral decomposition
  • Predicting Clastic Lithofacies (sand-silt-shale): Simple: Energy ((far-near) x far), Frequency, Phase; Advanced: Waveform Segmentation, Volumetric Segmentation, Fingerprint, Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction
  • Predicting Carbonate Lithofacies: Waveform Segmentation, Volumetric Segmentation, Fingerprint, Deterministic Inversion, ML Classification
  • Mapping seismic geomorphology: Lithology (see above), Similarity (indicates erosional incision), Dip Attributes, Spectral decomposition
OpendTect 256GB 1*A10Gv7.0.6
  • Noise reduction: Dip Steered Median Filter, Frequency Filter, Gap Deconvolution, Smoothing
  • Frequency enhancement (spectral balancing): Seismic Spectral Blueing
  • Fault detection: Similarity, Thinned Fault Likelihood, Semblance, Fault enhancement filter, Ridge Enhancement Filter, Curvature, Dip, Variance, Fault Extraction
  • Fracture prediction: Curvature, Azimuthal AVO, Fracture, Inversion to Anisotropic Parameters
  • Layer thickness estimation: Spectral decomposition, Instantaneous Attributes Porosity estimation: Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction
  • Porosity estimation: Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction Net-pay: Seismic Colored Inversion, Stratal Amplitude, Net-pay
  • Net-pay: Seismic Colored Inversion, Stratal Amplitude, Net-pay
  • HC presence detection: AVO attributes, Frequency Attenuation, Energy ((far-near) x far), Sweetness, Fluid Contact Finder, Seismic Feature Enhancement
  • HC saturation estimation: Gas Chimneys, Three Term Inversion Oil vs. Gas prediction: Gas Chimneys, Three Term Inversion, ML Classification, Spectral decomposition
  • Predicting Clastic Lithofacies (sand-silt-shale): Simple: Energy ((far-near) x far), Frequency, Phase; Advanced: Waveform Segmentation, Volumetric Segmentation, Fingerprint, Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction
  • Predicting Carbonate Lithofacies: Waveform Segmentation, Volumetric Segmentation, Fingerprint, Deterministic Inversion, ML Classification
  • Mapping seismic geomorphology: Lithology (see above), Similarity (indicates erosional incision), Dip Attributes, Spectral decomposition
64vCPU@2.8GHz, 256GB RAM, 1 NVIDIA A10G/24GB, 1900GB SSD
Seismic interpretation software to extract the utmost geologic information from seismic data
Details
  • Noise reduction: Dip Steered Median Filter, Frequency Filter, Gap Deconvolution, Smoothing
  • Frequency enhancement (spectral balancing): Seismic Spectral Blueing
  • Fault detection: Similarity, Thinned Fault Likelihood, Semblance, Fault enhancement filter, Ridge Enhancement Filter, Curvature, Dip, Variance, Fault Extraction
  • Fracture prediction: Curvature, Azimuthal AVO, Fracture, Inversion to Anisotropic Parameters
  • Layer thickness estimation: Spectral decomposition, Instantaneous Attributes Porosity estimation: Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction
  • Porosity estimation: Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction Net-pay: Seismic Colored Inversion, Stratal Amplitude, Net-pay
  • Net-pay: Seismic Colored Inversion, Stratal Amplitude, Net-pay
  • HC presence detection: AVO attributes, Frequency Attenuation, Energy ((far-near) x far), Sweetness, Fluid Contact Finder, Seismic Feature Enhancement
  • HC saturation estimation: Gas Chimneys, Three Term Inversion Oil vs. Gas prediction: Gas Chimneys, Three Term Inversion, ML Classification, Spectral decomposition
  • Predicting Clastic Lithofacies (sand-silt-shale): Simple: Energy ((far-near) x far), Frequency, Phase; Advanced: Waveform Segmentation, Volumetric Segmentation, Fingerprint, Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction
  • Predicting Carbonate Lithofacies: Waveform Segmentation, Volumetric Segmentation, Fingerprint, Deterministic Inversion, ML Classification
  • Mapping seismic geomorphology: Lithology (see above), Similarity (indicates erosional incision), Dip Attributes, Spectral decomposition
OpendTect 192GB 4*A10Gv7.0.6
  • Noise reduction: Dip Steered Median Filter, Frequency Filter, Gap Deconvolution, Smoothing
  • Frequency enhancement (spectral balancing): Seismic Spectral Blueing
  • Fault detection: Similarity, Thinned Fault Likelihood, Semblance, Fault enhancement filter, Ridge Enhancement Filter, Curvature, Dip, Variance, Fault Extraction
  • Fracture prediction: Curvature, Azimuthal AVO, Fracture, Inversion to Anisotropic Parameters
  • Layer thickness estimation: Spectral decomposition, Instantaneous Attributes Porosity estimation: Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction
  • Porosity estimation: Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction Net-pay: Seismic Colored Inversion, Stratal Amplitude, Net-pay
  • Net-pay: Seismic Colored Inversion, Stratal Amplitude, Net-pay
  • HC presence detection: AVO attributes, Frequency Attenuation, Energy ((far-near) x far), Sweetness, Fluid Contact Finder, Seismic Feature Enhancement
  • HC saturation estimation: Gas Chimneys, Three Term Inversion Oil vs. Gas prediction: Gas Chimneys, Three Term Inversion, ML Classification, Spectral decomposition
  • Predicting Clastic Lithofacies (sand-silt-shale): Simple: Energy ((far-near) x far), Frequency, Phase; Advanced: Waveform Segmentation, Volumetric Segmentation, Fingerprint, Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction
  • Predicting Carbonate Lithofacies: Waveform Segmentation, Volumetric Segmentation, Fingerprint, Deterministic Inversion, ML Classification
  • Mapping seismic geomorphology: Lithology (see above), Similarity (indicates erosional incision), Dip Attributes, Spectral decomposition
48vCPU@2.8GHz, 192GB RAM, 4 NVIDIA A10G/96GB, 3800GB SSD
Seismic interpretation software to extract the utmost geologic information from seismic data
Details
  • Noise reduction: Dip Steered Median Filter, Frequency Filter, Gap Deconvolution, Smoothing
  • Frequency enhancement (spectral balancing): Seismic Spectral Blueing
  • Fault detection: Similarity, Thinned Fault Likelihood, Semblance, Fault enhancement filter, Ridge Enhancement Filter, Curvature, Dip, Variance, Fault Extraction
  • Fracture prediction: Curvature, Azimuthal AVO, Fracture, Inversion to Anisotropic Parameters
  • Layer thickness estimation: Spectral decomposition, Instantaneous Attributes Porosity estimation: Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction
  • Porosity estimation: Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction Net-pay: Seismic Colored Inversion, Stratal Amplitude, Net-pay
  • Net-pay: Seismic Colored Inversion, Stratal Amplitude, Net-pay
  • HC presence detection: AVO attributes, Frequency Attenuation, Energy ((far-near) x far), Sweetness, Fluid Contact Finder, Seismic Feature Enhancement
  • HC saturation estimation: Gas Chimneys, Three Term Inversion Oil vs. Gas prediction: Gas Chimneys, Three Term Inversion, ML Classification, Spectral decomposition
  • Predicting Clastic Lithofacies (sand-silt-shale): Simple: Energy ((far-near) x far), Frequency, Phase; Advanced: Waveform Segmentation, Volumetric Segmentation, Fingerprint, Deterministic Inversion, ML Rock Properties Prediction
  • Predicting Carbonate Lithofacies: Waveform Segmentation, Volumetric Segmentation, Fingerprint, Deterministic Inversion, ML Classification
  • Mapping seismic geomorphology: Lithology (see above), Similarity (indicates erosional incision), Dip Attributes, Spectral decomposition