4D Seismic

A curated knowledge hub for 4D (time-lapse) seismic best practices and case studies.

TL;DR

  • Problem: High-quality 4D seismic know-how is scattered across papers/talks; teams repeat screening work.
  • Data: Open-access 4D/OBN case studies, classic references, and reusable notes.
  • Method: Curate + standardize summaries (what/why/how/so-what) and keep everything link-back-to-source.
  • Output: A public hub (resources + case studies + working-group docs + contribution workflow).
  • Impact: Faster screening and onboarding; a shared, citable baseline for time-lapse program design (incl. CCS monitoring examples).
  • Links: Website: 4d-seismic-hub Repo: 4d-seismic-hub

4D Seismic Hub (time-lapse seismic + OBN)

4D Seismic Hub is a public, community-oriented knowledge product: it turns “great but scattered” time-lapse seismic experience into an easy-to-scan index of best practices and case studies, with short summaries pointing back to original sources.

It is designed for early-stage screening questions like:

  • What has worked (and failed) for repeatability in a similar environment?
  • When do PRM vs OBN vs streamer make sense?
  • What attributes are actually decision-grade in the field context?
  • What are the classic reference cases worth reading first?

What’s shipped

From the current build of the hub, you can find:

  • Resources rendered from a maintained dataset (_data/papers.yml) so additions are lightweight and reviewable.
  • Case studies in a consistent format (_data/case_studies_map.yml) to support pattern-matching across assets.
  • Working Group docs (charter, cadence, contribution guidance) to make collaboration durable.
  • Citation + licensing so the hub can be reused and referenced properly.

As of the current repo snapshot, the hub includes 14 curated resources and 15 case studies (and is designed to grow by contribution, not by one-off writing).