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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2008
Toshi Thomas Chang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Luis Canales, Houston, TX (US);
Alfonso Gonzalez, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Toshi Thomas Chang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Luis Canales, Houston, TX (US);
Alfonso Gonzalez, Sugar Land, TX (US);
WesternGeco L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for generating a synthetic seismogram. In one implementation, a ray tracing may be performed on a subsurface. The ray tracing may generate a plurality of rays. A first seismic wavefront may be reconstructed by triangulating a first plurality of control points that correspond to the plurality of rays. Each control point may represent an end point of a ray at the first seismic wavefront. The plurality of rays may be propagated to a second seismic wavefront. The second seismic wavefront may have a hole associated with at least one missing ray at the second seismic wavefront. A plurality of points on a circle may be defined that correspond to a second plurality of control points defining the hole. The second seismic wavefront may be reconstructed based on the plurality of points on the circle.