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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1997
William A Schneider, Jr, Houston, TX (US);
L Don Pham, Houston, TX (US);
Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Computer-implemented methods of processing and imaging seismic data by migration and DMO (dip moveout) are subjected to quantitative evaluation. The evaluation is done by a computerized testing procedure. An impulse data set is formed containing a single 'live' trace and zero amplitudes for other traces. A selected velocity function is also generated. The impulse data set is then processed by the processing method being evaluated. Estimates of the vertical traveltime, amplitude and phase along each of the impulse-response events are then generated. The estimates so formed are compared against exact values obtained from a model using an integral equation which accurately describes migration or DMO. Users thus are provided with indications of how the processing techniques may be expected to perform on real data.