Communications – electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices – Seismic prospecting – Offshore prospecting
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-28
2011-12-13
Keith, Jack (Department: 3663)
Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices
Seismic prospecting
Offshore prospecting
C367S021000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08077544
ABSTRACT:
Method for attenuating surface multiple reflections in dual-wavefield seismic data. In one implementation, the method may include: (a) performing wavefield separation on dual-wavefield seismic data to separate events in the seismic data into data sets according to ghost characteristics; (b) applying a multidimensional Surface-Related Multiple Elimination (SRME) to two or more of the data sets to yield an SRME result in a manner that retains surface reflection information affecting surface multiple reflections; and (c) repeating step (b) one or more times.
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Keith Jack
Murphy Daniel L
Westerngeco L.L.C.
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