Seismic Attributes Derived from The Relative Geological Age Property of A Volume-Based Model

A system for modeling a subterranean formation of a field, comprising:

• a seismic volume analyzer executing on a computer processor and configured to:
• compute, based on a seismic volume comprising a set of seismic traces of a subterranean formation of the field, a seismically-derived value of a structural attribute representing a structural characteristic of the subterranean formation);
• a modeling engine executing on the computer processor and configured to:
• compute, based on a structural model, a structurally-derived value of the structural attribute, the structural model comprising a plurality of structural layers of the of the subterranean formation);
• compare the seismically-derived value and the structurally-derived value to generate a difference value representing a discrepancy of modeling the structural attribute at a corresponding location in the subterranean formation;
• and
• generate a seismic interpretation result based on the difference value and the corresponding location;
• and
• a data repository coupled to the computer processor and configured to store the seismic volume, the structural model, and the difference value with the corresponding location.

A computer program product comprising computer readable program code embodied therein for modeling a subterranean formation of a field, the computer readable program code comprising steps for:

• obtaining a seismic volume comprising a plurality of seismic traces of the subterranean formation of the field;
• computing, based on the seismic volume, a seismically-derived value of a structural attribute representing a structural characteristic of the subterranean formation;
• computing, based on a structural model, a structurally-derived value of the structural attribute, the structural model comprising a plurality of structural layers of the of the subterranean formation;
• comparing the seismically-derived value and the structurally-derived value to generate a difference value representing a discrepancy of modeling the structural attribute at a corresponding location in the subterranean formation;
• and
• generating a seismic interpretation result based on the difference value and the corresponding location.