Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enhancing the acquisition and processing of low frequencies for sub-salt imaging
- Patent Title (中): 加强亚盐成像低频采集和处理
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Application No.: US11568531Application Date: 2004-06-16
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Publication No.: US07961549B2Publication Date: 2011-06-14
- Inventor: Nicolae Moldoveanu , Philip A. F. Christie , Mark Egan
- Applicant: Nicolae Moldoveanu , Philip A. F. Christie , Mark Egan
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.
- Current Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- International Application: PCT/US2004/018971 WO 20040616
- International Announcement: WO2005/111656 WO 20051124
- Main IPC: G01V1/38
- IPC: G01V1/38

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for acquiring seismic signals from beneath a salt region in the earth. In one embodiment, the method includes tuning an air gun array to a first bubble oscillation; towing the air gun array in the water at a depth of at least 10 meters, in which the air gun array has a total volume in a range of about 6780 cubic inches to about 10,170 cubic inches; directing acoustic signals with the air gun array down through the water into the earth beneath the salt region; towing one or more seismic streamers in the water at one or more depths, in which at least one of the depths is at least 10 meters, in which each streamer comprises a plurality of hydrophones disposed therealong; and recording with the hydrophones seismic signals reflected from strata in the earth beneath the salt region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080011540A1 Enhancing The Acquisition And Processing Of Low Frequencies For Sub-Salt Imaging Public/Granted day:2008-01-17
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