Capabilities Include Patent-Pending Advanced Autopicker and Curvature
HOUSTON, TX and DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - June 8, 2009) - SMT, the leader for
Windows-based geoscientific interpretation software, today announced the
release of KINGDOM 8.4. The upcoming release introduces the new product
line extension, KINGDOM Advanced. KINGDOM Advanced brings leading
geoscience capabilities, formerly available only to specialists due to
complexity and cost, to the desktop of every interpreter. Key new
capabilities include a new Advanced Autopicker that is based on
patent-pending KINGDOM Illuminator technology, and support for Surface and
Volume Curvature attributes. These features are designed to help upstream
exploration and production companies reduce cycle times and risk in
exploration planning.
Commenting on the announcement, Stan Abele, Vice President of Product
Management at SMT, said, "Geoscientists are working harder than ever to
lower exploration costs by reducing the time to analyze prospects. But they
still need best in class technology to make good decisions. The new
capabilities in KINGDOM Advanced bring leading-edge science and automation
down to a price that enables every geoscientist to complete work faster and
with greater confidence."
The Advanced Autopicker accurately picks through complex geologies and
near-vertical events. It requires only a few initial seed picks in order to
provide a high quality interpretation. As a result, interpreters can reduce
the time consuming task of picking horizons, reducing overall cycle times
for interpretation.
Another new capability is support for Surface and Volume Curvature
attributes. These attributes allow companies to more easily identify
subsurface features to discover hidden reserves. These attributes indicate
the rate of change of surface topology and accent features such as faults
and fracture systems. A total of 11 Curvature attributes can be calculated
in the new release.
KINGDOM Advanced will be unveiled at AAPG and EAGE in the SMT booth and
will be generally available by the end of June 2009.
About SMT
Seismic Micro-Technology, the market leader for Windows-based geoscientific
interpretation, helps organizations find oil and gas faster. Its KINGDOM
software allows geoscientists to focus on the analysis, not on managing the
tools. Customers can install and interpret data in the same day. With 2,700
customers in 95 nations, SMT has demonstrated performance proven to scale.
SMT is headquartered in Houston, Texas with offices in Calgary, Croydon
(UK), Moscow and Singapore.
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