Inthispaper,anewconceptcallednumericalstructureofseismicdataisintroducedandthedifferencebetweennumericalstructureandnumericalvalueofseismicdataisexplained.Ourstudyshowsthatthenumericalseismicstructureiscloselyrelatedtooilandgas-bearingreservoir,soitisveryusefulforageologistorageophysicisttopreciselyinterprettheoil-bearinglayersfromtheseismicdata.Thistechnologycanbeappliedtoanyexplorationorproductionstage.ThenewmethodhasbeentestedonaseriesofexploratoryordevelopmentwellsandprovedtobereliableinChina.Hydrocarbon-detectionwiththisnewmethodfor39explorationwellson25structuresindicatesasuccessratioofover80percent.Thenewmethodofhydrocarbonpredictioncanbeappliedfor:(1)depositionalenvironmentofreservoirswithmarinefacies,delta,ornon-marinefacies(includingfluvialfacies,lacustrinefacies);(2)sedimentaryrocksofreservoirsthatarenon-marineclasticrocksandcarbonaterock;and(3)burialdepthsrangefrom300mto7000m,andtheminimumthicknessofthesereservoirsisover8m(mainfrequencyisabout50Hz).
