Methods for acquiring and processing seismic data

Details Methods for acquiring and processing seismic data Methods for acquiring and processing seismic data

1998-01-30

1999-07-13

McElheny, Jr., Donald E.

Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing

Measurement system in a specific environment

Earth science

367 56, G06F 1900

Patent

active

059240490

ABSTRACT:
A method for acquiring and processing seismic survey data from two or more seismic sources activated simultaneously or nearly simultaneously or for a single source moved to and fired at different locations. In one aspect such a method includes acquiring seismic survey trace data generated by the source or sources, attaching source geometry to the traces, soring the traces according to a common feature thereof, (e.g. to CMP order), interpolating data points for discontinuities on the traces, selecting two halves or two portions slightly more than half of the traces, filtering the trace data for each of the two portions to filter out data related to a second one of the two seismic sources, reducing the filtered trace data to two halves of the data and deleting interpolated data, and then merging the two halves to produce refined useful seismic data related to a first one of the seismic sources. In one aspect the method includes re-processing the data and filtering out the trace data for the second seismic source to produce refined useful seismic data related to the second seismic source. In one aspect the sources are fired temporally close together and, in one particular aspect, they are fired substantially simultaneously.

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