innovative imaging method gives clearer picture of subsurface

Pairing tools from Chevron's partnership with Microsoft and proprietary code that Chevron researchers have developed has produced an industry-leading, cloud-native way to visualize the subsurface.

It's a new take on full waveform inversion (FWI), an existing imaging method. This data-driven, "extended FWI" generates a more accurate picture of the subsurface in a fraction of the time. That matters when teams are trying to map reservoirs.

Chevron's proprietary extended FWI is an industry-leading seismic imaging technology. It's designed to be suitable for challenging geological settings, flexible enough to take all kinds of input seismic data, and capable of producing ever-higher-quality reservoir seismic images.

By teaming up with Microsoft and leveraging the dynamic high-performance computing resources in Azure, this highly optimized, cloud-native code performs at an exceptionally efficient level and can be easily scaled up for large data sizes. This allows Chevron to build exploration portfolios and asset development plans in less time than ever before.