Honorable Mentions (Best Paper, Annual Meeting)

The SEG recognizes Honorable Mentions in the search for the Best Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting.

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Honorable Mention Recipients

• 2021 Identifying salt flanks using low-frequency ambient OBN surface-wave seismology, Aaron J. Girard, Jeffrey Shragge, and Bjorn Olofsson

• 2020 Two-step velocity inversion using trans-dimensional tomography and elastic FWI, Reetam Biswas, Adrien F. Arnulf, Mrinal K. Sen, Debanjan Datta, Zeyu Zhao, Pankaj K. Mishra, and Piyoosh Jaysaval

• 2019 DAS observation of guided waves in a shale reservoir generated by perforation shots, Ariel Lellouch, Biondo Biondi, Steve Horne, Mark A. Meadows, and Tamas Nemeth

• 2018 Least-squares seismic horizons with local slopes and multigrid correlations, Xinming Wu and Sergey Fomel

• 2017 On the value of detailed geological modeling in evaluating seismic acquisition and imaging requirements: An example of permafrost in Alaska, Elizabeth L'Heureux, Xiaolei Song, John Etgen, and Kevin Wolf

• 2016 Using depth to surface resistivity for mapping CO2, Kristopher MacLennan, Gregory Nieuwenhuis, Vivek Ramadoss, Mark Wilkinson, Paul Anderson, and Trevor Richards

• 2015 An integrated, multidisciplinary approach utilizing stratigraphy, petrophysics, and geophysics to predict reservoir properties of tight unconventional sandstones in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA, Jeff Zawila, Sam Fluckiger, Gary Hughes, Preston Kerr, Andrew Hennes, Michael Hofmann, Haihong Wang, and Howard Titchmarsh

• 2014 Azimuthal pre-stack depth migration for in-situ stress evaluation in a fractured carbonate oil reservoir: Predrill prediction of instantaneous shut-in pressure gradients, Heloise B. Lynn, Walter Lynn, Justin Obilo, and Vinod Agarwal

• 2013 Advanced imaging and inversion for oil production estimates in unconventional resource plays, Greg Johnson, Paul Miller, and David Phillips

• 2012 On the prediction of repeatability noise in marine time-lapse surveys, Juan Cantillo

• 2011 An improved gradient computation for adjoint wave-equation reflection tomography, Uwe Albertin

• 2010 New opportunities from 4D seismic and lithology prediction at Ringhorn Field, David Johnston, Upendra Tiwari, Michael Helgerud, and Bernard Laugier

• 2009 Building TTI depth models using anisotropic tomography with well information, Andrey Bakulin, Marta Woodward, David Nichols, Konstantin Osypov, and Olga Zdraveva

• 2008 Case history: Converted-wave splitting estimation and compensation, Jim Simmons

• 2007 Assessing estimated velocity depth models: Finding the 'error bars' in tomographic inversion, Eric Verschuur, Dana Chitu, and Mustafa Al-Ali

• 2006 Detecting hydrocarbon reservoir with seabed logging in deepwater Sabah, Malaysia, Chin Keong Choo, Mark Rosenquist, Eleanor Rollett, Kamal Ghaffar, John Voon, and H.F. Wong

• 2005 Azeri 4C Time-lapse design using 3D 4C OBS imaging decimation tests," Jack Bouska, John Howie, Bertram Nolte, Rodney G.K. Johnston, Richard Alexandre and Richard Walters

• 2004 Using thumpers as a seismic source, David J. Monk, Jim Ross, and William J. Mooney

• 2003 Seismic interpretation using global image segmentation, Ira David Hale and Mark Jeffrey Emanuel
• 2003 A brief history and recent advances of seismic technology in Mexico, Efrain Mendez-Hernandez

• 2002 Removing distortions caused by water velocity variations: Method for dynamic correction, Scott MacKay and Jonathan Fried

• 2001 MEMS for Geophysicists, Jon Tessman, Bruce Reichert, Jim Marsh, Jeff Gannon, and Howard Goldberg
• 2001 Can joint PP and PS velocity analysis manage to corner the anisotropic depthing parameter? Francois Audebert and Pierre-Yves Granger
• 2001 AVO processing: Myths and reality, Guillaume Cambois

• 1999 What is the best seismic attribute for quantitative seismic reservoir characterization?, Dennis A. Cooke, Arcangelo Gabriele Sena, Gregory P. O'Donnell, Tetang Muryanto, and Vaughn Ball
• 1999 Velocity-independent datuming of seismic data, Panos G. Kelamis, D. J. (Eric) Verschuur, A. J. Berkhout, and Kevin E. Erickson]]
• 1999 Meren field, Nigeria: A 4D seismic case study, David E. Lumley, Alan G. Nunns, Guy Delorme, A. A. Adeogba, and Michel F. Bee
• 1999 AVO lithology prediction using multiple seismic atributes, Daniel P. Hampson and Todor Todorov

• 1998 Ground truth results of 3D prestack subsalt imaging for structure and stratigraphy, William L. Abriel, Elisha A. Buckner, Joseph P. Stafani, David C. Bartel, and Greg S. Raskin

• 1996 The use of ground-penetrating radar for aquifer characterization: A geostatistical approach, Rosemary Knight and Jane Rea
• 1996 Kirchhoff migration of seismic data compressed by matching pursuit decomposition, Bin Wang and Keh Pann
• 1996 3-D beam steering--A powerful signal enhancement tool for noisy 3-D data, William A. Schneider, Robert Windels, Craig Artley, and Thomas R. Nickoloff

• 1995 Seismic signatures of partial saturation, Rosemary J. Knight, Jack P. Dvorkin, and Amos Nur
• 1995 A deterministic approach to reservoir description via 3-D poststack inversion and petrophysical analysis, Panos G. Kelamis and Nabil A. Akbar
• 1995 Accurate migration using offset-checkshot surveys, Jerome R. Krebs, Daniel R. Fara, and Allen E. Berlin

• 1994 Ultrasonic laboratory measurements of the elastic properties of shales, Brian E. Hornby
• 1994 Successful estimation of Q from surface seismic data: Methodology and case studies, R. A. Clark
• 1994 Subsalt imaging over the Mahogany salt sill, Davis W. Ratcliff
• 1994 Stability of explicit depth extrapolation through laterally-varying media, John T. Etgen
• 1994 SEG Distinguished Lecture: Environmental geophysics--fad or future?, Phillip R. Romig
• 1994 Nonbright spot AVO: Two examples, Christopher P. Ross
• 1994 Laboratory observations of azimuthal velocity variations caused by borehole stress concentrations, Kenneth W. Winkler
• 1994 Heimdal monitoring I: Establishing feasibility from cores and logs, Diane Jizba
• 1994 Effect of strain amplitude and frequency on compressional and shear wave velocities and amplitudes in sandstones, Azra Tutuncu
• 1994 AVO as an exploration tool: Gulf of Mexico case studies and examples, David Hall

• 1993 Tomography with multiple arrivals: How to handle noise corrupted data?, F. Delprat-Jannaud
• 1993 Prestack elastic migration by displacement potential extrapolation and time consistent image, S. Greenhalgh
• 1993 Possibilities and limitations of turning ray tomography--a synthetics study, J. P. Stefani
• 1993 Parameter testing of ground-penetrating radar for geological investigations in a poor-data area, Leigh Wood
• 1993 Multicomponent VP/VS correlation analysis, James E. Gaiser
• 1993 Modeling a priori information on the velocity field in reflection tomography, D. Sinoquet
• 1993 Geometric constraints on seismic inversion, Roelof Versteeg
• 1993 Comparison of AVO indicators: A modeling study, J. P. Castagna
• 1993 A gravity study of Cameroon (West Africa) and geodynamical implications, Y. H. Poudom Djomani

• 1992 Sensitivity analysis of cross-well electromagnetics, B. Spies
• 1992 Seismic data integration in reservoir simulations through a multivariate statistical calibrating approach, F. Fournier
• 1992 Models of seismic wave radiation from borehole sources in fast and slow formations, R. Gibson
• 1992 Inverse borehole coupling theory and its application to hydrophone vertical seismic profiling, T. L. Marzetta
• 1992 Improving prestack f-k migration velocity analysis using residual moveout, P. Fowler
• 1992 High-resolution cross-well imaging of a west Texas carbonate reservoir: Part I, data acquisition and project overview, J. M. Harris
• 1992 Ergonomics in 3-D depth migration, K. Wyatt
• 1992 Do core sample measurements record group or phase velocity?, J. Dellinger
• 1992 Defining the salt with walkaway VSPs and a salt proximity survey, Auger Field, Gulf of Mexico, T. B. Barker

• 1991 Where are the fault-plane reflections?, S. MacKay
• 1991 Steep-dip time migration and residual depth migration, J. L. Black
• 1991 Prestack frequency-wavenumber (f-k) migration in a transversely isotropic medium, A. Gonzalez
• 1991 Fluid saturation effects on extensional wave attenuation, C. S. Yin
• 1991 Exact two-pass full dip (90 degrees) 3-D migration for vertically inhomogeneous media, Naide Pan
• 1991 An examination of amplitude-versus-offset attributes of a middle Devonian carbonate bank margin at the Caroline giant gas pool, Alberta, R. G. Morris
• 1991 Accurate finite-difference calculations of WKBJ traveltimes and amplitudes, L. C. Pusey

• 1990 Radon multiple elimination, a practical methodology for land data, P. Kelamis
• 1990 Modern technology in an old area: Bay Marchand Field revisited, Roger Wright
• 1990 Gravity corrections for earth curvature, T. R. LaFehr
• 1990 Efficient migration through irregular water-bottom topography, W. Lynn
• 1990 Effect of viscoelasticity and anisotropy on amplitude-versus-offset interpretation, J. P. Blangy
• 1990 Bullwinkle: A unique 3-D experiment, J. J. O'Connell
• 1990 Aeromagnetic structural interpretation using neural networks: A case study from the northern Denver-Julesberg Basin, J. M. Wiener
• 1990 3-D depth migration via McClellan transformations, D. Hale

• 1989 Wave-type separation in 3-D anisotropic media, J. Dellinger
• 1989 Statistical examination of linear trends in a compilation of aeromagnetic data from the southwestern U.S., V. J. S. Grauch
• 1989 Seismic-stratigraphic analysis of Plio-Pleistocene depositional facies, east and west Cameron, offshore Louisiana, J. A. Pacht
• 1989 Phase-modulated geotectonic imaging of the gravity field of North America, F. B. Davies
• 1989 Magnetotellurics in Papua New Guinea, K. R. Christopherson
• 1989 Inversion of observed gravity profiles by the ridge regression method, J. A. Lehman
• 1989 Converted P-SV wave analysis of a fractured reservoir, Silo Field, Wyoming, D. Emmer
• 1989 Attenuation of water-column reverberations using pressure and velocity detectors in a water-bottom cable, F. J. Barr
• 1989 3-D f-k filtering, R. R. Stewart