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Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2019
Applicant:

Pgs Geophysical As, Oslo, NO;

Inventors:

Walter Söllner, Oslo, NO;

Endrias G. Asgedom, Oslo, NO;

Mickael Bastard, Oslo, NO;

Okwudili Orji, Oslo, NO;

Assignee:

PGS GEOPHYSICAL AS, Oslo, NO;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/36 (2006.01); G01V 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/362 (2013.01); G01V 1/345 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1293 (2013.01); G01V 2210/44 (2013.01); G01V 2210/56 (2013.01); G01V 2210/59 (2013.01);
Abstract

Processes and systems are described for generating an image of a subterranean formation from seismic data recorded during a marine survey that employed a moving vibrational source. Processes and systems compute an up-going pressure wavefield from pressure data and vertical velocity data recorded in the marine survey. A direct incident downgoing vertical velocity wavefield that includes Doppler effects created by the moving vibrational source and characterizes a source wavefield and source ghost of the moving vibrational source is computed and deconvolved from the upgoing pressure wavefield to generate a subsurface reflectivity wavefield. The subsurface reflectivity wavefield is effectively free of contamination from the source wavefield, the source ghost, and the Doppler related effects. Processes and systems generate an image of the subterranean formation based on the subsurface reflectivity wavefield, thereby enhancing resolution of the image by attenuating the source-motion effects, source signature, and source ghost of the moving vibration source.


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