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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2007
Applicants:
Xiaomin Zhao, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Min Lou, Houston, TX (US);
James C. Jackson, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A walkaway VSP survey is carried out with receivers located in a borehole near the base salt. Reflection tomographic inversion of data from the walkaway VSP is used to derive a velocity model for the subsurface and may be used for imaging of sub-salt reflections.