Granted Patent
B2
US 12,259,511 · App. 16/196,809 · Granted Mar 25, 2025
Offshore application of non-uniform optimal sampling survey design
Inventors:
Zhengxue Li (Houston, TX); Yunqing Shen (Houston, TX); Jianxing Hu (Houston, TX); Yong Ma (Houston, TX); Feng Chen (Houston, TX); Yu Zhang (Houston, TX); Chengbo Li (Houston, TX); Charles C. Mosher (Houston, TX); Frank D. Janiszewski (Houston, TX); Laurence S. Williams (Houston, TX); Jeffrey Malloy (Katy, TX); Bradley Bankhead (Houston, TX); Jon Anderson (Manson, WA)
Assignee:
Shearwater GeoServices Software Inc.
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Abstract
Method for acquiring seismic data is described. The method includes obtaining undersampled seismic data acquired from a non-uniform sampling grid. Attenuating multiples from the undersampled seismic data.
Claims (35)
1. A method of seismic data processing the method comprising:
acquiring undersampled seismic data from one or more sources and one or more receivers of a seismic survey with a non-uniform sampling grid designed using non-uniform optimal sampling design, the non-uniform sampling grid including at least one of the one or more sources or the one or more receivers positioned with a non-uniform spacing;
modeling near-angle water bottom reflection data;
attenuating multiples from the undersampled seismic data; and
generating a seismic image of reservoir structures.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the seismic survey is a marine seismic survey.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein modeling the near-angle water bottom reflection data is performed using a Green's function method.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the modeled near-angle water bottom reflection data convolved with field data to predict water column reverberation-related multiples.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
infilling gaps in the undersampled seismic data using compressive sensing acquisition and processing.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
reconstructing the undersampled seismic data onto a finer grid using compressive sensing data reconstruction.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a pre-stack depth migration image.
8. A method of seismic data processing, the method comprising:
acquiring undersampled seismic data from one or more sources and one or more receivers of a seismic survey with a non-uniform sampling grid designed using non-uniform optimal sampling design, the non-uniform sampling grid including at least one of the one or more sources or the one or more receivers positioned with a non-uniform spacing;
modeling near-angle water bottom reflection data;
attenuating multiples from the undersampled seismic data;
reconstructing the undersampled seismic data onto a finer grid using compressive sensing data reconstruction; and
generating a seismic image of reservoir structures.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the seismic survey is a marine seismic survey.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein modeling the near-angle water bottom reflection data is performed using a Green's function method.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the modeled near-angle water bottom reflection is convolved with field data to predict water column reverberation-related multiples.
12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
infilling gaps in the undersampled seismic data using compressive sensing data acquisition and processing.
13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
generating a pre-stack depth migration image.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more receivers are towed behind a vessel in one or more streamers.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more receivers are ocean bottom receivers.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sources comprises blended sources where the non-uniform optimal sampling design promotes an incoherence of blending noise.
17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the seismic image of reservoir structures is used to develop an offshore field.
18. The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more receivers are towed behind a vessel in one or more streamers.
19. The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more receivers are ocean bottom receivers.
20. The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more sources comprises blended sources where the non-uniform optimal sampling design promotes an incoherence of blending noise.
21. The method of claim 8 , wherein the seismic image of reservoir structures is used to develop an offshore field.
Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Aug 17, 2022
From: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
To: SHEARWATER GEOSERVICES SOFTWARE INC.
Reel/Frame 060828/0450 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jan 29, 2021
From: LI, ZHENGXUE; SHEN, YUNQING; HU, JIANXING; MA, YONG; CHEN, FENG; ZHANG, YU; LI, CHENGBO; MOSHER, CHARLES C.; JANISZEWSKI, FRANK D.; WILLIAMS, LAURENCE S.; MALLOY, JEFFREY; BANKHEAD, BRADLEY; ANDERSON, JON
To: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Reel/Frame 055172/0406 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application
62588722
· Nov 20, 2017
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