OVERVIEW OF THE MOVE TUTORIALS

This section provides an overview of each Move tutorial and introduces you to the Move user interface
(Figure 1-Figure 2). The Move suite consists of the Move Core Application - a powerful stand-alone
environment that can be used for 2D cross-section construction, 3D model building, data integration and
analysis. The Core Application also provides the base for specialist structural modules in 2D and 3D
Kinematic Modelling, Geomechanical, Fracture and Fault Response Modelling, as well as Strain Capture,
Fault Analysis and Stress Analysis.

Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the location of some the components commonly referred to in the Move tutorials.

Figure 1: Image showing the location of the Model Building, Data & Analysis, Modules and View tabs,
Quick Tools and the Display toolbar, which are referred to in throughout the tutorials.

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 Figure 2: Image showing the location of the Model Browser and Quick Editor.

Move can be used to build geometrically valid interpretations based on geological principles. It is designed by
geologists for geologists, in order to provide a best practice environment for model building and testing
geological interpretations and concepts. The Move tutorials use a range of functionality and cover specific
structural geological scenarios in a clear, guided workflow. It is recommended that new Move users start
from Tutorial 1, because as the tutorials progress, they increase in complexity and tend to assume that the
basic principles of Move are understood.

In the following table, each tutorial is marked by a Move Core Application or module logo. In order to use the
kinematic and advanced modules, an active license to the Move Core Application and the module in question
is required.

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1) Working in Move l How to open a project and drape an image over a DEM.
l Interactivity between the four views within Move (3D View , Map
View , Section View and Google Map View ) and some of the
display options available within each view.
l Introduction to object and model organisation, filtering and editing
in the Model Browser and Quick Editor.
l Introduction to the Object Attribute Analyser.

2) Loading and visualizing l How to import a SEG-Y file using the SEG-Y Importer.

seismic data l How to optimise the display of a seismic image using a range of
options in the Quick Editor and the Colour Map tool.
l How to create new sections from the seismic image using the
Section and From Objects tools.
l A generic workflow is also provided for working with a 3D seismic
cube.

3) Loading and visualizing well l How to import well tracks (including horizon tops and dip data) using
data the ASCII Well Data Importer and to demonstrate how the data
should be conditioned prior to import.
l How to add survey data (dips, logs) to pre-existing well tracks.
l How to analyse well data by creating a well interpretation section,
edit marker positions using the Well Marker tool, analyse logs using
the Well Log tool.

4) Sections from a 3D model l How to create 2D cross-sections from a 3D model using two
workflows.
l Digitize a section trace in the Map View using the Trace tool and
collect the surface intersections after section creation.
l Slice single and multiple sections through a 3D model using the
Section tool in the 3D View .
l How to display multiple sections in one view.

5) Integrating digital mapping l How to cache online maps in FieldMove, so that they can be
tools with Move displayed with little to no data connection whilst mapping.
l How to create MBTiles and GeoTIFF maps, and prepare a
Stratigraphy Column in Move.
l How to import maps and a StratColumn into FieldMove and
FieldMove Clino.
l How to export data from FieldMove and FieldMove Clino.
l How to use Move to display, analyse and project data collected
whilst mapping.

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6) Section construction from l How to model the subsurface structure of Sheep Mountain Anticline
surface data (Colorado) based on field data.
l How to determine the optimum orientation for section construction
using the stereoplot (accessed via the Vertex Attributes) and
project all (or part of) the dip data to the plane of section using the
To Section tool.
l How to use the Horizons from Template tool to construct the
anticline fold geometry using a template line and template dip data.
Three fold construction methods are explored: parallel/similar,
kink band and isogon.
l How to use the Edit, Split, Join and Extend tools to modify the
data.

7) Building, restoring and l How to build, restore and validate a geological interpretation of the
validating a geological model Rocky Mountains.
l How to import a DEM, geological map and three cross-section
images using the GIS Raster Importer.
l How to load a Stratigraphy database, digitize faults and horizons
in 2D, and generate 3D surfaces from line data.
l How to validate an interpretation by line length unfolding to
horizontal with the 2D Section Analysis tool.
modelling
l How to restore an imbricate thrust sheet using the 2D Move-on-
Fault and 2D Unfolding tools, whilst keeping the section tidy with
the Advanced Tidy and Resample tools.

8) 3D model building -
Ordinary Kriging l How to build a surface from point data (line vertices and well
markers) using the Surface tool and the Delaunay Triangulation
and Ordinary Kriging algorithms.
l How to account for surface anisotropy with the Ordinary Kriging
algorithm.

9) 3D model building - 3D dip

domain

l How to build a surface and faults from line data using the Horizons
from Template tool and 3D Dip Domain (Ribbon) method.

10) 3D model conditioning l How to split and cut fault offsets on a surface by collecting polygon
and line data in the Split tool.
l How to fill holes and Resample a surface with the Grid Sampling
algorithm so that the mesh is regular.
l How to snap a surface to a fault using the Snap tool.
l How to fix a corrupt surface using the Topology tool.

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11) Reshape

l How to edit a surface to honour real-time data updates using the

Reshape tool. This includes reshaping to a well marker, a line and a
picked point.

12) SCAT
l How to use the SCAT (Statistical Curvature Analysis
Technique) tool to aid in the structural interpretation of dip data. It
goes through the various display, analysis, interpretation and
editing functions.

13) Attribute analysis, l How to create, analyse and display attributes (dip, dip azimuth and
creation and display thickness) on a surface using the Surface Geometry and Colour
Map tools.
l How to reconstruct an eroded surface using the calculated average
thickness, Horizons from Template tool and Surface tool.
l How surface attributes can be displayed and colour mapped as
contours.
l How to display point cloud attributes using the Quick Editor.
l How to interpolate attributes from a point cloud onto a surface using
the Vertex Attributes analyser and Ordinary Kriging algorithm.

14) 2D Thermal Subsidence

l How to restore the effects of thermal subsidence by applying i) a
constant beta and ii) a variable beta across section.
l How to assess the relationship between the subsidence and burial
history using the 2D Thermal Subsidence and 2D Decompaction
tools.
modelling

15) 2D Backstripping l How to establish the juxtaposition, migration and charge potential
(Louisiana Rollover dataset) associated with the footwall trap in the Louisiana Rollover.
l How to import an image, digitize the faults and horizons and set up a
Rock Properties database for use in the 2D Depth Conversion
tool.
l How to restore the section using a combination of the 2D Move-on-
Fault and 2D Decompaction tools and evaluate the charge risk.
l How to decompact growth strata using a specialised workflow with
modelling
the 2D Decompaction tool.

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16) Flexural Slip restoration l How to validate an interpretation of the Wheeler Ridge Anticline
using the 2D Section Analysis tool.
l How to use the Fault Geometry tool and Area-Depth calculation
to determine the depth to fault detachment.
l How to restore the Wheeler Ridge Anticline by individually unfolding
each three fault blocks using the Flexural Slip algorithm of the 2D
Unfolding tool.
modelling
l How to refit the fault blocks together using the Basic Transform
tool, identify and correct any space mismatches through a
combination of the Edit and Split tools.
l How to forward model the restored section to its present day
geometry using the 2D Move-on-Fault tool.

17) Prograding delta

restoration l How to block restore a section back to its restored geometry and
identify its depositional geometry.
l How to use the Basic Transform and 2D Block Restoration tools
to restore the fault offsets of a digitized interpretation and
associated seismic image.
l How to digitize a depositional model and forward model the section
to present-day in order to analyse its reservoir potential.
modelling

18) North Sea block l How to validate an interpretation of a faulted oilfield in the North
restoration Sea.
l How to import and depth convert a seismic image using default
parameters.
l Specific help on polygon creation and troubleshooting workarounds.
l How to restore the fault blocks using the 2D Decompaction,
Horizons from Template, 2D Unfolding and 2D Block
Restoration tools.
modelling
l How to validate the interpretation by refitting the fault blocks
together and identifying any space issues.

19) Perdido salt restoration

l How to restore a section containing salt using the 2D
Decompaction, 2D Move-on-Fault, and 2D Unfolding tools.
l How to calculate the average Airy isostatic response during
decompaction, by attaching the calculation grid and using the
Vertex Attributes analyser to obtain the average across the
section.
modelling

20) Elliptical fault flow

l How to restore a section using the 2D Decompaction, 2D Move-

on-Fault tools.
l An Introduction to the Elliptical Fault Flow algorithm, how to set
up parameters for resotration.

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21) Construct Horizons from

Fault l How to model horizon shape from the underlying fault geometry
using the Horizons from Fault tool.
l Explores how the Simple Shear algorithm and parameters including
the shear angle, number of beds, bed thickness and heave can be
used to model horizon geometry, using a seismic section as a guide.
l How to interactively match the modelled horizon geometry to a
seismic image, whilst applying a variable heave.
modelling

22) Geologically Constrained

Model Building
l How to validate an interpretation using the constrained model
building tools; Fault Geometry and Construct Horizons from
Fault.
l To produce a geometrically valid interpretation when input data
quality is poor.

modelling

23) 2D Forward modelling

l To explore how the 2D Move-on-Fault algorithms (Simple Shear,
Fault Bend Fold, Detachment Fold and Trishear) model
deformation on a simple layer section.
l To forward model structures such as duplex zones, intruding
wedges and imbricate thrusts. A case study from the Niger Delta is
also used to represent the application to ‘real world’ scenarios.
modelling

24) 3D Forward modelling l How to use the Trishear algorithm to attempt to restore a fault-
controlled monocline from the Kaibab Uplift in northern Arizona.
l To see how variables such as constant and variable slip influence
the deformation geometry, the 3D Move-on-Fault tool is used in
conjunction with attribute visualization tools such as the Surface
Geometry, Colour Map and Contour tools.
l How to create and forward model an 3D extensional block model
modelling using the 3D Move-on-Fault tool and apply a combination of
constant heave, variable symmetric and variable asymmetric heave
using the Simple Shear algorithm.
l How to use the 3D Model Analysis tool to compare the area of
each horizon before and after deformation.

25) 3D Depth Conversion,

Thermal Subsidence and
Decompaction l How to depth convert a 3D model using the Database method.
l How to restore the thermal subsidence with variable beta values
in a 3D model.
l How to decompact a 3D model in order to predict the
palaeobathymetry.
l How to model flexural isostasy using the 3D Decompaction tool.

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26) 3D Unfolding and Area

Misfit
l How to unfold a 3D parallel fold using the Flexural Slip and Simple
Shear algorithms, and to compare the difference between the
restored geometries using the Surface Geometry tool.
l How to use the 3D Area Misfit tool to unfold, 'jigsaw restore' and
quantify amount of gap or overlap between deformed 3D fault blocks
in an extensional basin and around a salt diapir.
modelling

27) 3D Move-on-Fault

l How to use the 3D Move-on-Fault tool to model simple shear

deformation on a listric normal fault and fault parallel flow
deformation on a flat-ramp-flat fault.
l How to use the Strain Capture tool to visualize the amount and
change in strain during fault parallel flow deformation.
modelling

28) 3D Sequential Restoration

l How to interogate a 3D model by using the Clipping tool and slicing
a section through the model.
l How to carry out a basic Fault Analysis in order to colour map the
throw on each fault and analyse the timing of displacement on the
Throw Plot.
l How to sequentially restore the 3D model using the 3D
modelling
Decompaction tool and 3D Move-on-Fault tool and model both
Trishear and Simple Shear deformation.
l How to analyse the palaeobathymetry of the Jurassic surface by
colour mapping and contouring the surface elevation.
l How to import an image and create a texture map.
l How to forward model using the 3D Decompaction and 3D Move-
on-Fault tools.

29) Fault Analysis l How to use well data to analyse juxtaposition and seal proxies, and
test across-fault sedimentary growth scenarios using the Fault
Triangle diagram in the Fault Analysis module.
l How to use the Fault Analysis module to colour map throw profiles,
analyse the displacement on various plots, calculate the Shale
Gouge Ratio using well log data and backstrip the displacement
using the Fault History plot.
l How to model palaeo-throw profiles and juxtapositions by using the
3D Decompaction and 3D Move-on-Fault tools to restore the
section to a particular time period. Then compare these results with
the colour maps generated in the Fault History plot.

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30) Geomechanical Modelling

l How to use the Geomechanical Modelling module to restore a 3D
extensional fault block model by loading a pre-saved file with set up
restoration parameters, including defined fault cut-offs.
l How to use the Strain Capture tool to colour map strain attributes
on the surface and output a volume with numerical strain values.
l How to use the GeoVol tool to control the display of volumes.
modelling

31) Fracture Modelling

l How to use the Fracture Modelling module to build a discrete
fracture network (DFN) within a reservoir unit.
l How to use the stereoplot to analyse the orientation of observed
fractures from well data and extract key statistical parameters.
l How to save properties such as porosity and permeability onto a
volume and colour map using the GeoVol tool.
modelling

32) Stress Analysis l How to use the Stress Analysis module to model slip tendency, slip
stability, fracture stability and dilation tendency on two reverse
faults and a discrete fracture network.
l How to import a well log with pore pressure attributes, update the
stress state and monitor the resultant fracture stability.
l How to carry out a stress inversion by importing fault slip data,
plotting it on the stereo plot and taking into account the sense of
analysis slip.

33) Fault Response Modelling

l How to use the Fault Response Modelling module to model
displacement, strain, stress and shear/normal stress relationships
on a normal fault in an elastic medium.
l How to visualize the outputs generated from the FRM simulation.
l How to analyse multiple faults at once and model fractures on the
collected observation object.
modelling

34) St Corneli restoration and

fracture generation

l How to restore the Sant Corneli Anticline using the Geomechanical

Modelling module, and save the strain attributes using the Strain
Capture tool.
l How to project the strain attributes onto a volume by converting 3D
surfaces into a point cloud and using the Cell Attributes Analyser.
modelling l How to use the Cell Attributes Analyser to re-scale the e1 strain
attribute so it can be used as a proxy for fracture intensity in the
Fracture Modelling module.
l How to quality control the result of fracture modelling against real
field data and compare the results with stereonet plot analysis.

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35) Move Link for GST

l To show how the Move Link for GST allows users of Move to work
directly with 3D data stored in GiGa Infosystem’s GST Storage
solution.
l To use the link to transfer data to and from Move.
GST

Appendix

l Provides a description of every tool present in the panels and

toolbars of Move.
l Lists every keyboard shortcut available in Move.

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