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A high-resolution seismic image is of great importance to exploration and production in many ways, such as bypassing drilling hazards and identifying compartmentalized reservoirs. To achieve seismic resolution as high as possible, the conventional seismic imaging process takes more of a linear approach to ...

4D time-lapse seismic imaging is typically performed using the same velocity model to migrate the baseline and monitor data. However, in complex cases where one producing reservoir sits above another, significant changes in the properties of the overlying reservoir can result in a 4D ...

Convolutional based deep neural networks can be used in addition to existing workflows, to improve turnaround or as a ‘guide’ for further processing. Whilst a lot of effort has been made to try to improve the DNN architecture for processing tasks or to understand ...

Learning how to best mimic seismic processing algorithms or workflows with deep learning (DL) has become a very active field of research. However, seismic processing own particularities may necessitate adaptations of current DL methods. In this paper, we explain and illustrate how the different ...

Depth imaging of converted-wave (P-to-S) ocean-bottom seismic (OBS) data requires a depth model for both the P- and S-wave velocities. Building the S-wave velocity model is very challenging: conventional techniques include PP and PS image registration, or joint PP and PS tomography. These approaches ...

Carbonate velocity model building is challenging due to the complex geometry and sharp velocity contrasts associated with carbonates. Full-waveform inversion (FWI), together with long offsets, wide azimuth and good low frequency data, is known to be a powerful tool to address these challenges. Unfortunately ...

Time-lapse seismic is now being used more frequently to assist reservoir development, prevent infrastructure damage or monitor geological storage. To better reveal true 4D signals while suppressing acquisition-related noise as a result of, for example, water velocity changes, source positioning errors etc., a new ...

Successful applications of full waveform inversion (FWI) to land datasets are far less numerous than marine applications, yet the development of dense, long-offset broadband acquisitions has presented promising opportunities. While challenges exist due to elastic effects, acoustic land FWI has been shown to provide ...

Spanning decades of exploration and production in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf, many programs of towed streamer data have shaped our knowledge of the Central North Sea. However, the fundamental lack of illumination and azimuth/offset coverage provided by towed streamer geometries, remains a blocker ...