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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Acoustic Zoom, Inc., Paradise, CA;
Inventors:
Nicholas G. Pace, Bath, GB;
Jacques Y. Guigné, Paradise, CA;
Assignee:
Acoustic Zoom, Inc., Paradise, NL, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/305 (2013.01); G01V 1/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for locating diffractors in subsurface formations includes actuating at least two seismic energy sources at spaced apart locations. Seismic energy is detected in the formations resulting from actuation of the two sources. Signals corresponding to the detected seismic energy are processed to remove components related to direct arrivals from each source. Arrival times of seismic energy in the signals corresponding to energy diffracted from at least one diffractor are identified. The at least one is located diffractor in a plane using the identified arrival times.