Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Construction and application of angle gathers from three-dimensional imaging of multiples wavefields
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Application No.: US14337957Application Date: 2014-07-22
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Publication No.: US09651695B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Shaoping Lu , Norman Daniel Whitmore, Jr. , Alejandro Antonio Valenciano Mavilio , Nizar Chemingui , Andrew Long , Grunde Rønholt
- Applicant: PGS Geophysical AS
- Applicant Address: NO Oslo
- Assignee: PGS Geophysical AS
- Current Assignee: PGS Geophysical AS
- Current Assignee Address: NO Oslo
- Main IPC: G01V1/38
- IPC: G01V1/38 ; G01V1/36 ; G01V1/28

Abstract:
One embodiment relates to a technological process for identifying a potential subsurface structure below a body of water. Three-dimensional seismic sensor data that includes at least two measured components is obtained. Up-going and down-going wavefields comprising multiples wavefields are constructed from the three-dimensional seismic sensor data by applying wavefield separation. The up-going and down-going wavefields are extrapolated to a reflector surface below a water bottom. An imaging condition is applied at the reflector surface to generate images that include information from the multiples wavefields. Angle gathers are constructed, where each angle gather is constructed by gathering the images generated using the multiples wavefields for a range of illumination angles. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150078124A1 CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION OF ANGLE GATHERS FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING OF MULTIPLES WAVEFIELDS Public/Granted day:2015-03-19
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