Marine survey design and analysis using all multiples

Despite a tremendous leap in efficiency and wave field sampling over the last two decades, it is sometimes still difficult to achieve adequate coverage and resolution with marine streamer acquisition. It is therefore necessary to carefully study the acquisition geometry, especially with respect to resolution and image quality in the cross-line...

3-D acquisition geometry analysis: Incorporating information from multiples

Recent advances in survey design have led to conventional common-midpoint-based analysis being replaced by the subsurface-based seismic acquisition analysis and design, with the emphasis on advance techniques of illumination analysis. Amongst them are wave-equation-based seismic illumination analyses such as the so-called focal beam method. The...

Acquisition design for fluid front monitoring: The Schoonebeek field

The subsurface image obtained from seismic data can be biased by the acquisition geometry: it contains an acquisition footprint, which can obstruct the subsurface characterization. So the acquisition geometry for a seismic experiment should be designed in such a way that it allows high-quality images and fulfills the criteria for the reservoir...