I believe Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) has been oversold by the geophysical technical community. When FWI is labeled “the Ultimate Tool”, the “Final and Ultimate Solution“, the old timers in the industry get skeptical. Art Weglein wrote in an article in The Leading Edge (TLE) in October 2013: A central purpose of this article is to bring an alternative voice, perspective, and understanding to the latest geophysical stampede, technical bubble, and self-proclaimed seismic cure-all, the so-called … [Read more...]
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