Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vertical seismic profiling velocity estimation method
- Patent Title (中): 垂直地震剖面速度估计方法
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Application No.: US12291354Application Date: 2008-11-08
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Publication No.: US08665667B2Publication Date: 2014-03-04
- Inventor: Ruiqing He , Alex Goertz , Martin Karrenbach , Vlad Soutyrine
- Applicant: Ruiqing He , Alex Goertz , Martin Karrenbach , Vlad Soutyrine
- Applicant Address: CA Calgary
- Assignee: 1474559 Alberta Ltd.
- Current Assignee: 1474559 Alberta Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Calgary
- Agency: Murray Tech Law
- Agent Kenneth A. Murray; Jay S. Jongjitirat
- Main IPC: G01V1/00
- IPC: G01V1/00 ; G01V1/28 ; G01V1/30

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method includes providing a first velocity model obtained from a vertical seismic profile survey representative of an upper region of a subterranean formation. Wavefields from the first velocity model are datumed using wave equations to a datum line between the upper region and a target area beneath the upper region to obtain datumed wavefields. The method further includes obtaining interferometric common shot data and interferometric common midpoint data from the datumed wavefield using wave equations at the datum line. The first velocity model, the datumed wavefield, wavefield equations, and the interferometric common midpoint data are then used to generate a second velocity model representative of velocities in the target area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100118653A1 Vertical seismic profiling velocity estimation method Public/Granted day:2010-05-13
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