The 4 line patch was only a few hundreds of metres wide - and very long - and cheap! Near surface scatterers can cause each of the linear noise waves to be reflected. As a programmer then, it was my task to build methods to process this data set. On the question of reducing multiples, this is the most active area of research today. Expensive but very interpretable! The horizontal resolution a 3D seismic image provides is a function of the trace spacing within the 3D data volume. These were often referred to as drunken bricks (the terminology is clearly unrelated to the inventors!). The design of geometries for such cases will carry different challenges than have been tackled so far. Principles of Onshore 3-D Seismic Design. Sub-bin sampling seemed to be attainable with this method, which involved non-integral line spacing with respect to station spacing. Data quality can often be better than conventional 3D’s by an order of magnitude. Combined, these create one of the largest seismic databases in the United States, currently containing 39,000 square miles of 3D data and 512,000 linear miles of 2D data. 1997. These other forms of energy may be mode converted from a down-going impulsive source or may arise from a shear wave source capable of outputting both compressional and shear waves. PDF. 2D seismic Survey large areas with 2D seismic. PDF. 5a; that is, there are four receiver groups, but the source-station spacing is now twice the receiver-station spacing. [1], Fig. This would cause a 200-ft channel to affect four adjacent traces. The raypaths in Fig. A prerequisite is equal sampling of shots and receivers for centre-spread land data acquisition and shot intervals half the receiver station intervals for marine end-of-spread acquisition. Time will tell! But the language of the day still contained some disturbing phrases such as “Sideswipe” or “Out of the Plane”. During this time there was also discussion about apertures - both the aperture recorded by single shots and that of entire surveys. Thus large bins set the limit on resolution and therefore on the maximum useful frequency. In other words, the various offset traces that “belonged” to each CMP bin contained different levels of noise and the act of CMP stacking attenuated the noise. Personalized service and fast turnaround. Planning Land 3-D Seismic Surveys. Once again if two is good, three must be better. The other side of the debate. We marveled as reef tops appeared out of nowhere and literally seemed to grow out of the floor as we walked. We were sold! Tulsa, Oklahoma: Geophysical Developments, Soc. Thus the waves travel by a path from shot to scatterer to receiver. To put it another way, additional high frequencies have no effect on resolution when it is set by the bin size. Our understanding of 2D seismic surveys - their acquisition, processing and interpretation - was extremely comprehensive. While there is no shortage of anecdotal knowledge, there is still a lack of broadly based experiential knowledge about the use of arrays in 3D. The stack-array approa… Thus it is possible to have different shot statics at each shot position because of differing ray paths. In the pre-stack domain, DMO was the algorithm of choice for many years (and still is in many parts of the world). 5 – Effect of source-station spacing on inline stacking fole.[1]. 3D seismic programs are generally a uniform and evenly spaced grid of lines. This principle leads to the important design equation: To build a high-quality 3D image, it is critical not only to create the proper stacking fold across the image space but also to ensure that the traces involved in that fold have a wide range of offset distances and azimuths. This led the seismic industry from laboriously – and therefore rarely – acquiring small 3D surveys in the 1980s to routinely acquiring large-scale high resolution 3D surveys. Other factors like unequal shot and receiver line spacing and slanted lines are currently under investigation. The bin size, in turn, can be determined by developing a stratigraphic model of the target that is to be imaged and then using that model to define the narrowest feature that needs to be seen. This year, about 1200 3D programs will be recorded in Canada. Geometry was the weapon of choice. The newly acquired seismic programs provide modern high-resolution imaging which encompass 1,606 square kilometers with an additional 632 square kilometers to be acquired in 2020. Since 2D gave way to 3D, arrays have been largely ignored. For example, the petroleum industry’s Stone Cabin 3D seismic survey scheduled for this summer near Nine Mile Canyon in Carbon County will use 10 and 20 pounds of explosives in shot holes. In three-dimensional (3D) reflection seismic surveying the sound detectors (numbering up to a thousand or more) are spread out over an area and the sound source is moved from location to location through the area. Seismic Surveys AGS provides a wide range of 2D, 3D, 3C and 9C seismic design and acquisition solutions Seismic Survey Design & Acquisition AGS LLC offer a full range of oilfield services including: Survey Evaluation and Design Advanced seismic processing services Field acquisition services Illumination spectra analysis enables us to determine key characteristics such as the dip and azimuth of illuminated reflectors. Seismic Library Data Where You Need It Our expanding data library currently includes over 28,000 square miles of 3D onshore and in the Gulf of Mexico. The answer to the same question for other geometries is still unresolved. Fig. Recently many acquisition geophysicists have made attempts to reduce linear and backscatter noise before it reaches the recorder. Combining Eqs. We also purchase existing surveys from other companies. 3D AVO? Each source and receiver location is surveyed for accurate surface location and elevation. With this offset criterion to determine the number of source-receiver pairs that can contribute to the seismic image at any subsurface point, we see that the stacking fold at depth Z2 would be N2 , as Fig. 3D seismic has become a common exploration and production tool. In comparison, 30 pounds might be used for a large construction-site blast and 2,000 to 4,000 pounds for a medium-sized quarry or mine blast. Galbraith[4] describes the parameters involved in onshore 3D seismic survey design. 3D surveys employing multiple sources and streamers are now the norm, although many shallow water high resolution geohazard surveys are still shot in 2D. The seismic tool must provide a cost efficient alternative to additional drilling. Exploration Geophysics 25 (2): 71–77. Cordsen, A., Galbraith, M., and Peirce, J. The term inline is defined as the direction in which receiver cables are deployed, which is north/south in this example. When critical refraction occurs, the transmitted raypath, bent at an angle of 90°, follows a horizontal interface rather than continuing to propagate downward and illuminating deeper targets. So the quest to kill the noise began. Logistically very attractive - shoot along the width of a survey using a salvo of shots extending outside a narrow patch at each shot line, thus achieving wide azimuth and offset distribution, then roll the entire patch up and go back across the survey. 3D and 2D Surveys. PDF. One of the first 3D design parameters to define, therefore, is the physical size of the stacking bin to be created. The horizontal separations between adjacent processed traces in the 3D data volume are also Δx and Δy. The maximum stacking fold for this six-receiver geometry is 3. Time-lapse 3D recording is becoming more widely used. Good access is essential. Assess your acreage, infill existing 2D grids, delineate regional structures and identify resources to drill. ... 3D acoustic and viscoelastic, anisotropic finite difference modeling. This paper. admin@csegrecorder.com. seismic surveys, and the drilling of core holes. Invented, used (and patented) by ARCO only. Double or triple zigzags can work well against linear noise, but the imaging (migration) can have more “edges” than an orthogonal geometry and therefore appear less focused. 3 shows, because N2 unique source-receiver pairs can be found that produce N2 distinct field traces that reflect from point B. To request a shapefile set for GPI’s 3D or 2D seismic library, please visit our contact page. Can geometry help? 3, when the stacking bin is centered around deep reflection point B, the stacking fold is at its maximum because the largest number of source and receiver pairs can be used to produce individual reflection field traces that pass through the bin. 3 equal to 1. 1). Could they ever be made to fit the budget? Once W is defined, the dimensions of the stacking bins are also defined. A large volume of data is being converted to make this online archive. Wide line spacing is the norm - up to one kilometer or more between shot and receiver lines. Geotec S.p.A. specializes in onshore seismic acquisition for geophysical research and geological knowledge of the subsurface for oil and gas exploration and scientific aims or purposes. Most 3-D surveys are aimed at detailed delineation of already discovered oil and gas fields. The problem was solved and confidence in the new exploration technology increased by leaps and bounds. Offset and, to a lesser extent, azimuth distribution was recognized as the most important factor. A seismic survey is used to investigate Earth’s subterranean structure and is mainly used for oil and gas exploration. The stacking-fold numbers at the bottom of the diagram define the number of distinct source-receiver pairs that create a reflection image at each subsurface point, that is, the number of reflection points that each vertical dashed line intersects. It was rumored to be the geometry with the biggest footprint of all. weapon? In this case, the best sampling method that can be reassembled into the various spatial wavelengths in X, Y and Z must be chosen. Multiples - is stack the best (the only effective?) Download PDF Package. Download Full PDF Package. Premium PDF Package. Who was right? Or is noise attenuation more important than signal? The original seismic lines are called in-lines. Create a free account to download. Arrays are also making a comeback. As stated previously, once a decision has been made about the narrowest target that must be imaged, the required size of a stacking bin is automatically set at one-third or one-fourth that target dimension (Fig. By the 70’s it became a search for better, more accurate signal. “Footprints” were much reduced and this became (and still is) a very popular choice in the war against noise. - refraction and residual? Today’s best geometries for noise attenuation seem to be wide azimuth slanted geometries with 18 degrees often emerging as the winning angle. 5b is two times greater than the flag movement in Fig. Land 3-D Survey Design by Computer. 3D linear noise removal (FK, Tau-P, Radial trace and many others). Significant cost savings can also be realized. You must log in to edit PetroWiki. Austin, Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas. At least three, and ideally four, stacking bins (that is, seismic traces) must lie within the narrowest dimension, W, of this channel if the channel is to be reliably seen in the seismic image during workstation interpretation. After having gained experience as a Programming Manager at R.B.Cruz and Associates and Veritas Seismic Ltd., Mike became the President of Veritas Software Ltd., before founding Seismic Image Software. The only consensus so far in this debate is that wide azimuth surveys will be better than narrow - simply because of the preponderance of long offsets and the offset-squared distribution. Designing 3D seismic surveys The imaging deficiencies of 2D seismic profiling were remedied by the implementation of 3D seismic data acquisition, which allows data processing to migrate reflections to their correct image coordinates in 3D space. Join our CSEG LinkedIn Group. Previous publications on the topic of seismic acquisition[3] show that the trace spacing (i.e., the stacking-bin dimension) along a 2D seismic profile is one-half the receiver-station spacing (assuming the usual condition that the source-station spacing along the line is equal to or greater than the receiver-station spacing). One of the most powerful geophysical technologies is 3D Seismic. The imaging deficiencies of 2D seismic profiling were remedied by the implementation of 3D seismic data acquisition, which allows data processing to migrate reflections to their correct image coordinates in 3D space. [1], Fig. When the stacking bin is kept at the same x and y coordinates but moved to shallower depth, Z1, the stacking fold decreases to the smaller number, N1. Learning objectives: Understand how the objectives of a new 3D survey are met by overcoming geophysical challenges. The imaging objective dictates how small a stacking bin should be. In 1978, a 3D survey was acquired near Calgary using orthogonal shot lines and receiver lines. As a general rule, there should be a minimum of three stacking bins, and preferably at least four bins, across the narrowest stratigraphic feature that needs to be resolved in the 3D data volume. Progenitor of the wide vs. narrow debate. 5 expands the inline stacking-fold analysis to show that for geometries in which the source-station interval does not equal the receiver-station interval, then. This page was last edited on 28 July 2015, at 10:07. Using the results of the seismic surveys to help determine specific locations for exploratory drilling, Stewart has proposed up to six site-specific exploratory wells. It began as early as 1964 when Hugh Hardy of Esso shot the world’s first cross-spread - before it even had a name! 1 – Oblique view of 3D stacking bins. Each shot is fired twice (or more depending on the salvo width). The raypath diagram in Fig. And there are still problems to be solved on the surface: Curse or not, these will be interesting times for all of us! Many random 3D surveys have now been conducted and the results indicate that this method does have considerable merit in reducing the seemingly ubiquitous footprint suffered by other geometries. Galbraith, M. 1994. Figure 1 shows a typical 3D VSP situation, where the mode-converted wavefield, arising from surface sources, is recorded by downhole receivers. Magnetic and Gravity Methods in Mineral Exploration: the Value of Well-Rounded Geophysical Skills, Knowledge True and False: Scientific Logic and Climate Change, Geomechanics: Bridging the Gap from Geophysics to Engineering in Unconventional Reservoirs, True Depth Conversion: More Than a Pretty Picture. These surveys increasingly use 3-D technology rather than the conventional 2-D technology used for most of the last seven decades. 4 and 5 illustrate the manner in which each of these geometrical parameters affects inline stacking fold. Later, other post-stack methods were added to the arsenal - Finite Difference, Phase Shift and other more exotic variants. Proven technology helps you reduce risk and improve your success rate. Imaging in the early days was all done post stack - typically through 3D Kirchhoff or FK migration. One of these shallow raypaths, DAF, is shown. Free PDF. Unfortunately such 3D’s have high noise content and can be difficult to interpret. When everything else had been tried, random positioning of shots and receivers was left. 3D geometries differ in their ability to resolve 3D static delays. Since 3D seismic is the most common type of seismic survey conducted (and the type TGS will be conducting), allow me to describe how these surveys are done. Equally obvious is the question of what types of noise must be suppressed in this new wavefield environment? Backscatter can often be the single largest noise component in recorded seismic data. or. Essentially, the conventional approach to 3D seismic survey design is a straightforward extension of the 2D stack-array approach (Anstey, 1986) to 3D. Material published in the RECORDER includes views and opinions of the respective contributors, and does not necessarily represent those of the CSEG or its affiliates. In particular, wide towed marine streamer data (multi-source, multi-streamer) after DMO had a very striped appearance. Fig. Contractors quickly tired of trying to shoot bricks through trees, so the slanted geometries were born. Statics: How do geometries affect static calculations? The only real disadvantage is the minimal statics coupling between swaths (shots only). This term was used when the indents were arranged to create CMP bin scatter (spread the midpoints in each CMP bin to achieve sub-bin sampling). The maximum stacking-fold for this four-receiver situation is 2. More information. The raypath diagrams in Figs. The bin dimensions should be no wider than W/3. The final CMP coverage extended from the edges of the loops to their center. In other words the geometry that is best suited is the one that best addresses the specific local problems of improving signal at a chosen target, while identifying and reducing the various sources of noise. Download with Google Download with Facebook. 3D seismic interpretation is a form of seismic interpretation which relies on the use of 3D surveys which provide visualizations of structures in three dimensions. Starting in the late 80’s and early 90’s it became obvious that a lot of the 3D surveys contained more noise than signal - or, at least, more noise than previous 2D. The CSEG does not endorse or warrant the information printed. The maximum stacking fold in this geometry is only 1. In the stack-array appro a c h the combination of geophone array and stack (together called stack-array) forms a very good means of suppressing the ground roll. The Brick was first invented to improve the offsets. The stacking fold associated with a particular 3D stacking bin is the number of field traces that are summed during data processing to create the single image trace positioned at the center of that bin (Fig. It became clear fairly quickly that the best way to attack noise was through the act of CMP stacking. Only one of these raypaths, CBG, is shown. The answer was 3D. Seismic survey consultation tailored to your imaging challenges. Mike Galbraith is the President of Seismic Image Software Ltd., Calgary. Very tight shot and receiver line spacing is the norm here. [1] These stacking bins can be square or rectangular, depending on an interpreter’s preferences. In the 90’s geophysics came to grips with this plethora of geometries. 2 illustrates, the critical parameter to be defined in 3D seismic design is the smallest (narrowest) horizontal dimension of a stratigraphic feature that must be seen in the 3D data volume. The raypaths in Fig. Also during the late 80’s and much of the 90’s processing started to catch up on acquisition. For a deep target at depth Z2, the stacking fold in this bin is a high number because there is a large number, N2, of source-receiver pairs that each produce a raypath that reflects from subsurface point B. Today the Trace Oil & Gas Company concentrates on drilling low-risk prospects with low cost drilling while using advanced 3D seismic tools and other modern technologies. Sub-surface sampling tends to be coarse (70 x 35m bins are fairly routine) and FX interpolation is normally used to create in-fill traces prior to migration. Until the beginning of the 1980s, 2D seismic surveys employing a single source and one streamer predominated in oil and gas exploration. Even back then, some said it was complete - at least for the purpose of finding oil and gas. Indications are that linear shot noise, backscatter and multiple energy are well attenuated by this geometry - perhaps better than by orthogonal. Time slice displays were just appearing in the literature at the time and none of us involved in the project had any good idea of what these new displays might show. The main pieces of the puzzle involved modifying the existing 2D crooked line geometry software to handle the new concept of 3D CMP bins - and a new program to display time slices. Ebrom, D., Li, X., and McDonald, J. 1, each stacking bin has lateral dimensions of Δx and Δy. Equal sampling everywhere - stations, lines and even the survey size if possible! G. Vermeer has written the book on this approach and it involves symmetric sampling - whatever is done to shots must also be done for receivers. While the CSEG strives to ensure the content published is correct, the CSEG cannot guarantee its accuracy. Many articles were written extolling its virtues as the only 3D geometry you would ever need. 2). Some conclusions were clear. Imagine the excitement as the display was unrolled and we walked down the corridor (and down in time) inspecting each slice as we went. Ideally, they should be approximately W/4. 4a show the distribution of reflection points (the solid circles on the subsurface interface) when there are four active receiver channels and the source-station interval is the same as the receiver-station interval. SPE disclaims any and all liability for your use of such content. 3D surveys can be conducted in almost any environment – in the ocean, in swamps, and in urban areas. Canceling shot noise (linear and backscatter) with effective geometries. (Note that the incremental movement of the source-station flag in Fig. For a shallow target depth, Z1 , the stacking fold is low because there is only a small number, N1, of source-receiver pairs that can produce individual raypaths that reflect from point A. However, many narrow patch surveys are still conducted. When a 3D seismic data volume is described as a 20-fold or 30-fold volume, the designers are usually referring to the maximum stacking fold created by the 3D geometry, which is the stacking fold at the deepest target. There are now an increasing number of cases where both sources and receivers have been placed in well bores. 3 – Vertical variation in stacking fold.[1]. Shothole and vibroseis. Only N1 source-receiver pairs generate field traces that reflect from A and still satisfy the geometrical constraint that these pairs are offset by distance DE (or EF) that does not result in critical wavefield refractions at interfaces above A. The vertical dashed lines pass through successive reflection points. Invented and patented by PanCanadian. The debate about combining individual shots - or components of shots (e.g. Interested in starting, or contributing to a conversation about an article or issue of the RECORDER? In Fig. By the 70’s it became a search for better, more accurate signal. 5 provides no information about the distribution of either the source-to-receiver offset distances or azimuths that are involved in the stacking fold. Each trace in a 3D seismic data volume is positioned so that it passes vertically through the midpoint of a stacking bin. (All 3D’s are decimations of the fully sampled 3D that has shots and receivers everywhere on a grid). People often use specialized software for this task, as the process requires a lot of math and the careful construction and interpretation of data. The vertical column shows the coordinate position of one particular stacking bin. These two diagrams establish the principle that inline stacking fold is proportional to the ratio of the receiver-station interval to the source-station interval. However, in 3D profiling, the source-station spacing along a receiver line is the same as the source-line spacing, which is several times larger than the receiver-station spacing. Fig. please let us know by emailing: Logistically it was a very attractive, cheap method to acquire data in such areas. station intervals. Seitel designs, markets, and executes new seismic surveys for leading oil and gas exploration companies. State of the art equipment - 24 bit recording. [1] A variation in seismic reflection character on three to four adjacent traces is usually noticed by most interpreters, whereas anomalous behavior on fewer traces tends to be ignored or may not even be seen when a 3D data volume is viewed. The number one question on everybody’s lips today is, “What’s the best geometry for my 3D?” The number one answer is, “It depends!”, Is signal the goal? The last 20 years have seen an explosion in acquisition and processing technology available for land, marine and transition zone surveys: 3C 4C 4D AVO/AVA. Predictions as to the demise of 2D were everywhere. Then, many of us noticed the noise. In 2D acquisition geometry, the inline stacking fold, FIL, is a function of two geometrical properties: the number of active receiver channels and the ratio between the source-station interval and the receiver-station interval. The ever-fertile geophysical minds of the day created geometry after geometry in rapid succession. In January 2007, Stewart purchased Tumbleweed Unit leases from BBC. 5a shows the distribution of subsurface reflection points (the solid circles on the subsurface interface) when there are four active receiver channels and the source-station spacing equals the receiver-station spacing. Logistically this is very attractive - 50% less receiver effort (increase the line spacing) for the price of adding a third vibrator crew. As Fig. Lines displayed perpendicular to in-lines are called crosslines. Industry largely abandoned 2D seismic profiling in the 1990s and now relies almost entirely on 3D seismic data acquisition. In fact, Canadian geophysicists are internationally recognized as experts in the design, acquisition and processing of 3D seismic programs. Second that the size of a bin can determine resolution because of anti-alias criteria. The nature of offset distribution and azimuth distribution and how they change with depth became crucial in studying the noise problem. Andres Ambros. It will survey for hydrocarbons over a 5,000 km 2 area in the southern Atlantic for the Malvinas 3D programme in Argentina. 4 – Effect of number of active receivers on inline stacking fold. Download Free PDF. 3D surface consistent scaling and deconvolution. Once this minimum target dimension is defined, stacking bins with lengths and widths that are approximately one-fourth the minimum target width must be created if the target is to be recognized in a 3D data volume. Crossline refers to the direction that is perpendicular to the orientation of receiver cables; thus, the crossline coordinates increase from south to north. The term “Odds and Evens” was sometimes applied to such geometries. The obvious question is how to design a 3D geometry to best sample such a wavefield? The distance between adjacent source points along a seismic line is the source-station spacing; the distance between adjacent receiver arrays along that same line is the receiver-station spacing. The answer w… Applying this principle to 3D seismic design leads to the following: the dimension of a 3D stacking bin in the direction in which receiver lines are deployed in a 3D grid is one-half the receiver-station spacing along these receiver lines, and the dimension of the stacking bin in the direction in which source lines are oriented is one-half the source-station spacing along the source lines. This was also predictable from theory and has been remarked on by a number of authors. The dimension of the trace spacing in a given direction across a 3D image is the same as the horizontal dimension of the stacking bin in that direction. At the conclusion of 3D data processing, the area spanned by a 3D seismic image is divided into a grid of small, abutted subareas called stacking bins. A good example was a method called “Seisloop” by GSI where shots and receivers were placed in contiguous loops (as, for example, around the edges of a field). 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