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Survey Planning & Illumination with NORSAR-3D
Introduction
Overview
This short presentation gives some applications of NORSAR-3D ray tracing.
Survey aperture Fold and Amplitude, Planned v Modelled Survey offset and azimuth Migration aperture Effect of Overburden S.R.M.E. Aperture
Introduction
Simple Slope Model
A simple model was used to demonstrate the technique. The model contains a variable velocity field overlying a reflector with a cosine dip region in the center.
Introduction
Aperture Study, All Azimuth Survey
Shot Pattern
Receiver boundary for indicated shot
The survey used here is a “Wide Azimuth” survey. In the illustration, the closely spaced shot lines are shown, together with the receiver boundary square for the shot location marked with the cross. The receiver pattern moves as the shot location moves.
Introduction
Aperture Study: Area of Interest
Having ray traced the survey, the Hit Count attribute is plotted in the reflection point domain.
This shows where the reflection points are and the density.
The display shows the attribute after masking it to a 4km x 2km area of interest.
Introduction
Aperture Study: Shots Contributing
Down dip extension
An alternative domain for display is the shot domain.
This display shows the shots that contributed only to the area of interest on the target.
Clearly, the survey needs to be extended in the down-dip direction.
Introduction
Overview
This short presentation gives some applications of NORSAR-3D ray tracing.
Survey aperture Fold and Amplitude, Planned v Modelled Survey offset and azimuth Migration aperture Effect of Overburden S.R.M.E. Aperture
Introduction
Hit Map, E to W Direction
Hit map for E-W
The central part of the map, the attribute is striped. This is caused by the dip of the reflector.
Introduction
Hit Map, Alternating Directions
This map was made using the same model and survey parameters as the previous map except that the sail line directions alternate.
This alters the hit count pattern
Introduction
SMA 20Hz, E to W Directions
Would this appear in migrated seismic data?
Plot the migration amplitude using SMA
The stripes persist.
Introduction
SMA 20Hz, Alternating Directions
This shows the Simulated Migration Amplitude llumination for the survey shot in alternating directions.
Introduction
Overview
This short presentation gives some applications of NORSAR-3D ray tracing.
Survey aperture Fold and Amplitude, Planned v Modelled Survey offset and azimuth Migration aperture Effect of Overburden S.R.M.E. Aperture
Introduction
Illumination in SEG Salt Model
The SEG/EAGE salt model was used to illustrate this topic. The salt model consists of a salt body in a sedimentary velocity field.
A plane, horizontal target has been added.
Introduction
Hit Map, E-W Survey, 6km Streamer
This is the hit count attribute plotted for an east-west survey using a 6km streamer array.
Away from the salt, the reflection count is continuous.
Underneath the salt, the reflection count varies because of the focusing effects of the salt.
Under the southwest corner of the salt there is an illumination hole.
Introduction
Hit Map, N-S Survey, 6km Streamer
This is the hit count attribute plotted for a north-south survey using a 6km streamer array.
Under the southwest corner of the salt, the illumination hole persists but the details are different.
If one had a particular prospect location in mind, a choice might be made between the east-west and north-south surveys.
Introduction
Maximum Offset, 10km Streamer
For each image point, this attribute shows the maximum offset that contributed to that image point.
It confirms that for most of the target, 7km streamers are enough.
Only in a few places below the salt would a longer streamer contribute to the image.
Introduction
Shooting from target
In the previous SEG/EAGE salt model examples, non of the acquisition geometries filled the illumination hole.
An efficient alternative analysis for these local trouble spots is the flower plot display.
A shot is placed in the illumination hole at the target. One-way rays are propagated from the shot up to an array of receivers on the surface.
Shot point placed in the shadow zone
Dense set of receivers.
Introduction
Shooting from target: Flower Plot
Rays with equal departure inclination and opposite azimuth are paired and plotted
The figure shows that the east-west and north-south azimuths would not produce any ray pairs. However, the northwest-southeast direction produces ray pairs at long offsets.
Azimuth
OffsetBest acquisition direction
Introduction
Hit map for the new survey
Repeating the streamer survey using a northwest southeast sailing direction does indeed fill the illumination hole.
Complete illumination
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Introduction
Overview
This short presentation gives some applications of NORSAR-3D ray tracing.
Survey aperture Fold and Amplitude, Planned v Modelled Survey offset and azimuth Migration aperture Effect of Overburden S.R.M.E. Aperture
Introduction
Max. CMP-CRP, 10km Streamer
Again using the SEG/EAGE salt model, the CMP-CRP distance attribute is plotted in the reflection point domain.
Away from the salt the CMP-CRP distance is effectively zero, indicating that small apertures are required for imaging reflections.
However, significant apertures are needed under the salt.
Introduction
Overview
This short presentation gives some applications of NORSAR-3D ray tracing.
Survey aperture Fold and Amplitude, Planned v Modelled Survey offset and azimuth Migration aperture Effect of Overburden S.R.M.E. Aperture
Introduction
Total Illumination Amplitude
The illumination map here was made using the SEG/EAGE salt model and a streamer survey. All rays that reflected from the target were used, no matter what part of the model they had traveled through.
Introduction
Illumination Amplitude, No Salt
This illumination map was made in the same way as the previous one, except that any ray that had passed through the salt was rejected.
It shows the image that requires only sedimentary ray paths, and can be called the “high confidence” image, because it is not subject to uncertainties in the salt model.
Introduction
Overview
This short presentation gives some applications of NORSAR-3D ray tracing.
Survey aperture Fold and Amplitude, Planned v Modelled Survey offset and azimuth Migration aperture Effect of Overburden S.R.M.E. Aperture
Introduction
Surface Bounce Points
Bounce Bounce
Surface Bounce Points
Streamer Array
The SRME method estimates the multiple by using the surface bounce. The 2D SRME method can be used when the surface bounce occurs within the streamer array. Ray tracing can be used to see if this is a valid assumption.
Introduction
Salt Top Multiple
If the surfaces generating the multiple are approximately horizontal, then the bounce points will occur within the streamer array.
This extreme example illustrates ray paths for the top salt multiple from a single shot.
Introduction
Salt Multiple, Surface Bounce Points
The surface bounce points for the top salt multiple from the single shot are depicted in red.
Clearly the bounce points are not contained within the streamer array, indicating that a 3D SRME technique would be necessary.
Introduction
NORSAR-3D Work Flow
SurfacesProperties
Introduction
Model Components
Generated internally Imported surfaces
– Depth/time grids– GoCAD trimeshes– GoCAD model
Imported properties– SEGY property field
Introduction
NORSAR-3D Work Flow
SurfacesProperties
Build Model
Survey
Depth Model
Introduction
Surveys
Simple Surveys Internally– Marine streamer– Ocean Bottom Sensor
Complex surveys import– P1/90– SPS– ASCII (for VSP)
Introduction
NORSAR-3D Work Flow
SurfacesProperties
Build Model
Survey
Depth Model
Ray Code
Ray Trace
Introduction
Reflected Wavefront before Registration
3D Wavefront Construction
Salt
Reflected wavefront
returning to surface.
Direct wavefront
Shot point and
streamer array.
Introduction
Rays for 1 Streamer
3D Wavefront Construction
This shows the result of the ray traced shot represented as the more conventional ray diagram.
Introduction
NORSAR-3D Work Flow
SurfacesProperties
Build Model
Survey
Depth Model
Events
Map Illumination
Make Seismogram
Export Attributes
Ray Code
Ray Trace
Map
Seismogram
ASCIITable
UserFormat
Toolkit Processing
Introduction
Summary
A variety of import formats for NORSAR-3D models and surveys.
Wavefront Construction is fast and robust Variety of survey analysis tools in NORSAR-
3D
Ask for a demonstration to see how NORSAR-3D can benefit your project
…Insight through modelling