• The Korean Journal of Petroleum Geology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.14-19
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• 2006

The electromagnetic (light) waves have a limitation to penetrate media, ie, water and sea-bottom layers, due to high energy attenuation, but acoustic (sound) waves play as the good messenger to gather the underwater target information. Therefore, the acoustic methods are applied to almost all of ocean equipments and technology in terms of in-water and sub-bottom surveys. Generally the sound character is controlled by its frequency. In case that the sound source is low frequency, the penetration is high and the resolution is low. On the other hand, its character is reversed at the high frequency. The common character at the both of light and sound is the energy damping according to the travel distance increase.

• The Korean Journal of Petroleum Geology
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• v.7 no.1_2 s.8
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• pp.7-12
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• 1999

A new high-resolution rnagnetotelluric (MT) survey was conducted for pull-apart basin analysis (Cretaceous Eumsung Basin), combined with surface sedimentological results. Two cross-basinal MT profiles represent an asymmetric form with a subbasin in the southeastern part. These basinal architectures are well compatible with paleoflow directions and facies transitions of surface sedimentology. The results also suggest that the basin fills reflect pull-apart opening with rapid subsidence of the central blocks. Combined with the surface sedimentological data on asymmetric lithofacies distribution, facies transitions, and paleoflow directions of the alluvio-lacustrine systems, the MT data help explain basin-fill processes during the basin formation. For petroleum exploration and basin analysis, the high-frequency MT technique can be a useful substitute for the costly burden of a seismic-reflection survey on land.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.177-183
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• 2008

The sub-salt imaging technique becomes more crucial to detect the hydro-carbonates in petroleum exploration as the target reservoirs get deeper. However, the weak reflections from the sub-salt structures prevent us from obtaining high fidelity sub-salt image. As an effort to overcome this difficulty, we applied the waveform inversion by implementing multi-grid technique to the sub-salt imaging. Through the comparison between the conventional waveform inversion using fixed grid and the multi-grid technique, we confirmed that the waveform inversion using multi-grid technique has advantages over the conventional fixed grid waveform inversion. We showed that the multi-grid technique can complement he velocity estimation result of the waveform inversion for imaging the sub-salt structures, of which velocity model cannot be obtained correctly by the conventional fixed grid waveform inversion.

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2001.09a
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• pp.94-103
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• 2001

An experiment was conducted using a sand and gravel-filled tank model, to investigate the influence on the GPR response of vadose zone gasoline vapor phase effects and residual gasoline distributed by a fluctuating water table. After background GPR measurements were made with only water in the tank, gasoline was injected into the bottom of the model tank to simulate a subsurface discharge from a leaking pipe or tank. Results from the experiment show the sensitivity of GPR to the changes in the moisture content and its effectiveness for monitoring minor fluctuation of the water table. The results also demonstrate a potential of GPR for detecting possible vapor phase effects of volatile hydrocarbons in the vadose zone as a function of time, and for detecting the effects of residual phase of hydrocarbons in the water saturated system. In addition, the results provide the basis for a strategy that has the potential to successfully detect and delineate LNAPL contamination at field sites where zones of residual LNAPL in the water saturated system are present in the subsurface.

• The Science & Technology
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• v.23 no.8 s.255
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• pp.17-22
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• 1990

• 해운
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• s.98
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• pp.12-18
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• 2013

고유가 시대에 접어들면서 해양석유 가스 산업에 대한 관심이 그 어느 때보다 뜨겁다. 해양석유 가스 시추를 위한 지출은 2011년 650억 달러 규모에서 2020년에는 1,250억 달러로 2배 늘어날 것으로 전망되고 있다. 이러한 해양석유 가스 개발 확대로 해양플랜트 시장은 2010~2015년 최소 4,970억 달러로 전망되고 있다. 이와 더불어 해양작업지원선(OSV) 시장 역시 향후 수요가 지속적으로 늘어날 것으로 전망된다. 이렇게 해양 석유가스 및 연관 산업이 지속적으로 성장할 것으로 전망되면서 브라질, 나이지리아, 앙골라 등 중남미, 아프리카 등 신흥 시장이 각광을 받고 있다. 그리고 글로벌 석유기업(IOC)을 비롯한 관련 업체들이 이 지역에서 탐사 및 개발(E&P)를 통해 시장진출을 위해 경쟁하고 있다. 이에 대해 신흥 국가들은 자국 내 석유가스 산업의 경쟁력을 제고 시키기 위한 일종의 보호조치로서 '로컬 콘텐츠' 정책을 실시하고 있다. 다음은 한국해양수산개발원에서 발표한 "오프쇼어(Offshore)산업 로컬 콘텐츠 정책의 현대적 의의"의 주요 내용을 요약 정리한 것이다.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.105-108
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• 2004

Immersive virtual reality has been used in areas of oil and gas exploration for visualization and analysis of various spatial data, such as wireline logs, 3-dimensional seismic data volume, formational boundaries, fault, and some other reservoir characteristics. Although virtual reality is a valuable tool in this area, in most cases, it requires a large budget. This paper describes the construction of a single screen, passive stereo, virtual reality, display system based on commodity, or otherwise, low-cost components. The core elements of the system are a PC with a two-channel 3-D graphics, two projects, and a polarized stereo. There are many options available for the major elements of such a system, and the basic system can be modified or adapted to many different styles of use.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.393-395
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• 2011

해양플랜트 산업은 광의에서는 해양자원을 활용하거나 이용하기 위한 일체의 설비이나, 협의로는 해양 석유 및 가스 탐사, 굴착 및 생산하기 위한 설비를 의미한다. 해양플랜트 서비스 산업은 해양플랜트 건조 이후의 산업으로 크게 운영사업(생산 및 유지보수)과 지원사업(운송, 설치, 부대사업 등)을 통칭하는 개념이다. 우리나라는 해양플랜트 건조산업은 세계 1위에도 불구하고 서비스 산업에 진출한 기업이나 인력은 거의 없는 실정이다. 이 연구에서는 우리나라가 해양플랜트 서비스 산업에 진출하기 위한 정책대안을 제시하고자 한다.

• The Korean Journal of Petroleum Geology
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• v.9 no.1_2 s.10
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• pp.24-39
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• 2001

Prospecting for energy and mineral resources is essential kind of public fundamentals that manage the nation's economy. Most explorations in the past were concentrated in the simple structural traps in relatively shallow depth. Due to their vast exploitation, recent history has shown that the emphasis in explorations has steadily shifted toward the subtle stratigraphic traps in deeper level. Increasing exploration for the subtle stratigraphic traps in deeper level requires precise correlation and assessment of deeply buried strata in the basin. However, the descriptive stratigraphic principles used for evaluation of the simple structural traps are limited to delineate the subtle stratigraphic traps in deeper depth. As this occurs, it is imperative to establish a new stratigrtaphic paradigm that allows a more sophisticated understanding on the basin stratigraphy. This study provides an exemplary application of integrated stratigraphic approach to defining basin stratigraphy of the Middle Ordovician Taebacksan Basin and the Cretaceous South Yellow Sea Basin, Korea. The integrated stratigraphic approach gives much better insight to unravel the stratigraphic response to tectonic evolution of the basins, which can be utilized for enhancing the efficiency of resources exploration and development in the basins. Thus, the integrated stratigraphic approach should be considered as a new stratigraphic norm that can improve the probability of success in any type of resources exploration and development project.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.42 no.6
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• pp.646-661
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• 2021

The Zagros fold-thrust belt formed from the collision of the Arabian and Eurasian plates during Cenozoic periods and extends for 2,000 km, from Turkey to the Hormuz Strait, in the northeast-southwest direction. Anticline traps in the front of the Zagros thrust fold hold approximately 8% of the world's petroleum reserves. Middle Cretaceous to Early Miocene petroleum systems of the belt have the largest original oil in place (OOIP). The oil is expelled from Kazhdumi and Pabdeh source rocks, and accumulated in the Asmari and Bangestan (including Sarvak and Ilam formations) reservoir rocks covered by the evaporitic Gachsaran and the marly Gurpi formations. The hydrocarbons trapped in the Asmari and Sarvak reservoirs are mainly charged (more than 90%) by the Kazhdumi Formation whereas the rest are charged by the Pabdeh Formation. In the Dezful Embayment, all the large high-relief anticlines have been drilled into, except in the Asmari, Sarvak and Khami formations, where a few anticlines of smaller size and deeper strata remain unexplored. Therefore, the exploration potential of these regions strengthens our understanding of the Zagros fold-thrust belt's petroleum system.