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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 29, 2012
Jun Cao, Houston, TX (US);
Joel D. Brewer, Houston, TX (US);
Charles C. Mosher, Houston, TX (US);
Peter M. Eick, Houston, TX (US);
Jun Cao, Houston, TX (US);
Joel D. Brewer, Houston, TX (US);
Charles C. Mosher, Houston, TX (US);
Peter M. Eick, Houston, TX (US);
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to seismic imaging 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 a quality geologic model. With this, the acquisition source points and receiver locations that optimize the imaging may be selected and used to better resolve the substructure and avoid the inclusion of data that obscures understanding of the substructure.