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- Patent Title: Method and system for seismic processing using virtual trace bins based on offset attributes and azimuthal attributes
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Application No.: US17647799Application Date: 2022-01-12
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Publication No.: US12000971B2Publication Date: 2024-06-04
- Inventor: Daniele Colombo , Ernesto Sandoval-Curiel , Diego Rovetta , Apostolos Kontakis
- Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- Priority: GR 210100866 2021.12.10
- Main IPC: G01V1/28
- IPC: G01V1/28 ; G01V1/00 ; G01V1/30

Abstract:
A method may include obtaining various seismic traces for a geological region of interest. The method may further include determining an offset attribute and an azimuthal attribute. The method may further include determining, using the offset attribute and the azimuthal attribute, a virtual trace bin for the geological region of interest. The method may further include generating a virtual trace using a subset of the seismic traces and corresponding to the virtual trace bin. The method may further include generating a velocity model for the geological region of interest using a virtual shot gather including the virtual trace and various virtual traces. A respective virtual trace among the virtual traces may correspond to a respective virtual trace bin among various virtual trace bins. The method may further include generating a seismic image of the geological region of interest using the velocity model.
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