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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
May. 29, 2012
Peter M. Eick, Houston, TX (US);
Joel D. Brewer, Houston, TX (US);
Charles C. Mosher, Houston, TX (US);
Jun Cao, Houston, TX (US);
Peter M. Eick, Houston, TX (US);
Joel D. Brewer, Houston, TX (US);
Charles C. Mosher, Houston, TX (US);
Jun Cao, Houston, TX (US);
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to seismic surveying where complex geologies are likely to create data that is confusing or ambiguous for a conventional matrix of acquisition source points and receiver locations. With some understanding of the geological substructure, the acquisition source points and receiver locations that optimize the imaging may be found by using a reciprocal two-way wave equation propagation method coupled with the best geologic model available. With this, the acquisition source points and receiver locations that optimize the imaging may be used in seismic survey to better resolve the substructure and avoid the inclusion of data that obscures understanding of the substructure.