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Marine 3D Survey DesignMarine 3D Survey DesignLDEO 3D Seismic Workshop : September 10, 2005Phil Fontana - Veritas DGC, Inc.LDEO 3D Seismic Workshop : September 10, 2005Phil Fontana - Veritas DGC, Inc.
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Geologic Interpretation
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Survey Design
GeologicInterpretation
Data Processing
Seismic Data Acquisition
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3D Survey Process Flow
ProcessingInterpretation
Cycle Time
Acquisition
Processing
Interpretation
Pre-Survey Startups Daily / Weekly End of SurveySurvey Design Job start meeting Confirm data on tape Confirm coverageTechnical Proposal Navigation Calibrations Review 3D coverage Post survey navigation calibrationsPermitting QC INS Set-up Review QC summary Generate Nav DeliverablesDefine geodetics QC Nav Processing Set-up Review Production Final post plotsMapping 3D Binner Set-up Review seismic data Archive Nav DataPre-plots QC set-up of Seismic Systems Monitor In-water Network Archive QC DatabasesPositioning requirements QC setup of seismic processing system Monitor compass bias Archive 3D binner databaseSource modelling Monitor of GPS Close Survey DocumentDefine deliverables Pre vs. post plot Post project analysisSurvey Parameter Document Update preplotsClient meeting(s) Bathymetry
QC nav deliverablesProblem solving
GeophysicalNavigationGeodetics and Mapping
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AgendaSpatial Sampling
Velocity and Dip >>> Spatial Nyquist3D bin dimensions >>>> Source and Streamer GeometryBin Fold >>>> Shot Point Interval and Streamer Length Imaging apertures >>>>> Size of Survey AreaShooting Direction (Strike or Dip) >> Sail Line Length vs Number of Sail Lines
Temporal SamplingRecord Length >>>>> Shooting SpeedData Bandwidth >>>> Source and Receiver Depth
Positioning NetworksNetwork design considerationsOnboard navigation data processing
Survey QCSeismic data quality >>>>> Signal and NoisePositioning Networks >>>>> Precision of positions3D Coverage >>>>> Steering the spread and InfillQC processing >>>> brute stacks, low fold cubes
Computing Survey Duration >>> Costs
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Survey DesignGeologic Objectives > Geophysical Parameters > Operational Considerations
Geologic ObjectivesTarget Type : Structural and/or Stratagraphic >>> ImagingTarget Depth >>>> ImagingLithology and Fluids >>>> Seismic Attribute Analysis
Geophysical ParametersSpatial Sampling >>> Velocity, Frequency, and Dip
3D bin dimensions >>>> Source and Streamer GeometryImaging apertures >>>>> Survey AreaShooting Direction (Strike or Dip) >>>>> Sail Line Length vs Number of Sail Lines
Temporal SamplingBin Fold >>>> Shot Point Interval and Streamer Length (i.e Number of Channels)Record Length >>>>> Shooting Speed and Water DepthData Bandwidth >>>> Source Design and Source and Receiver Depth
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3D Survey Design ProcessObtain hazard map and previous seismic data
Outline 3D image area and use seismic data to calculate image aperture and spatial sampling requirements
Add aperture to 3D image area to obtain full-fold coverage area; use maximum offset to determine full operational area
Examine full operational area for the presence ofSurface obstructionsBathymetric hazards (shoals, reefs, shallow water)Shipping lanes, regional currents
Select shooting direction(s) and estimate survey timing and costs based on proposed acquisition configuration
Plan undershoots and directional seams
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Spatial Sampling = 3D Image Resolution
Spatial sampling requirements are a function of apparent velocity, dip, and maximum
recoverable frequency.
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Frequency-wavenumber (F-K) DomainSummary of Terminology
F-K domain is directly invertable to/from T-X domain
T-X domain F-K domain
T time (in seconds) F frequency (in Hertz)X distance K wavenumber
t period of wavelet f = 1/t frequency of waveletλ spatial wavelength k = 1/λ wavenumber of wavelet
δT time sample interval Fn = 1/(2δT) Temporal NyquistδX spatial sample interval Kn = 1/(2δX) Spatial Nyquist
V phase velocity of signal or noise=X / T = fλ =f / k
Events in T-X domain with given dip, transform to straight line through origin in F-K domain. Steeper dips in T-X transform to flatter lines in F-K
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Temporal Aliasing
volts
+2
0
-2
10 20 30 40 50time (msecs)
Analog Input SignalAnalog Input Signal--continuouscontinuous
+1
00 10 20 30 40 50
time (msecs)
SamplingSamplingSchedule @ 2msecSchedule @ 2msec
10 20 30 40 50volts
+2
0
-2
time (msecs)Digital Output SignalDigital Output Signal
-- discretediscrete
Digital Sampling
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2ms2ms
4ms4ms
6ms6ms
8ms8ms
16ms16ms
sam
plin
gsa
mpl
ing
Temporal Aliasing
10 20 30 40 10 20 30 40 50 50 60601ms1ms time (ms)time (ms)100hz 100hz input input signalsignal
Reconstructed signalsReconstructed signals
Data aliasing - 1: constant frequency
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Temporal Aliasing
50hz signal
75hz signal
100hz signal
125hz signal
150hz signal
200hz signal
250hz signal
Analog input
Sampling @ 4ms. time (ms)0 20 40 60
50hz alias
100hz alias
Nyquist
Data aliasing - 2: constant sampling
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Spatial Aliasing
Until sampled, the seismic wavefield is not aliasednoisesignal
Spatial aliasing occurs when wavefield is sampled with fewer than 2 samples per wavelength
frequency dependantdip dependant
Spatial aliasing causes apparent dips which are incorrectmay be incorrect sign (ie. appear to dip in opposite direction)frequency dependantdip dependant
The steeper the dip, the lower the frequency at which aliasing occurs for a given spatial sampling interval
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F-K domain vs T-X domainX X XX X X
T T TT T T
FnFn
Frequency
Frequency
0 0-Kn 0 Kn
Wavenumber
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Spatial Aliasing - 10 meter Sampling
10 Hz. 50 Hz. 60 Hz. 100 Hz.
-0.05 -0.025 0 0.025 0.05
Wavenumber
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Spatial Aliasing - 20 meter Sampling at 60 Hz20 meter sampling Original 10 meter sampling
Incorrectapparent negative dip
-0.05 -0.025 0 0.025 0.05Wavenumber
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Spatial Aliasing
50 m. trace separation 1500m/s. velocity
00 dip 100 dip 200 dip 300 dip
Constant frequency = 20hz.
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Spatial Aliasing
50 m. trace separation 1500m/s. velocity
00 dip 100 dip 200 dip 300 dip
Constant frequency = 60hz.
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Spatial Sampling from Straight Ray Calculations
Spatial Sampling Calculations
Subsurface spatial sampling interval as a function of dip and required high frequency
dX = V for Nyquist sampling4 * Fm * sinφ
dX = V for m samples per wavelength2 * m * Fm * sinφ
If unmigrated data are used for measuring dips
No need to calculate dip angle
New sampling interval dXnew = (dX/dT)old
m * Fm
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Straight Raypath Dip Equations
Unmigrated data Migrated data
V * dT/2
φdX
where V = Vrms at target (metres / second)dT = 2-way time dip (seconds / trace)dX = subsurface trace sampling interval (metres)
φ
V * dT/2
tan φ = V * dT
dX
sin φ = V * dT2 * dX 2 * dX
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Spatial Sampling – Unmigrated 2D Datad X = V
2 * m * Fm * sinφ
sin φ = V * dT2 * dX
Using unmigrated data
dXnew = (dX/dT)old
(m * Fm)
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Unmigrated Section
dXnew = (dX/dT)old(m * F)
dT
dXdT
dX
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Sample spreadsheet for aliasing frequencydX vs Frequency
3D Survey Parameterisation
RMS velocity (ft/sec or m/sec)= 2500 No. of samples per wavelength= 22-way time (in msecs)= 2700
Minimum dip (in degrees)= 20 Dip increment= 5Minimum subsurface interval= 5 Sample interval increment= 2.5
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dip-----> 20 25 30 35 40 45 50-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sample. <--------------Frequency supported at 2 samples per wavelength-------------->Interval
5 365 296 250 218 194 177 1637.5 244 197 167 145 130 118 10910 183 148 125 109 97 88 82
12.5 146 118 100 87 78 71 6515 122 99 83 73 65 59 54
17.5 104 85 71 62 56 51 4720 91 74 63 54 49 44 41
22.5 81 66 56 48 43 39 3625 73 59 50 44 39 35 33
27.5 66 54 45 40 35 32 3030 61 49 42 36 32 29 27
32.5 56 46 38 34 30 27 25
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Sample spreadsheet for spatial samplingFrequency vs dX
3D Survey Parameterisation
RMS velocity (ft/sec or m/sec)= 2500 No. of samples per wavelength= 22-way time (in msecs)= 2700
Minimum dip (in degrees)= 20 Dip increment= 5Minimum frequency= 30 Frequency increment= 5
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dip-----> 20 25 30 35 40 45 50--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Frequency <------------------Sampling required at 2 samples per wavelength-------------->
30 61 49 42 36 32 29 2735 52 42 36 31 28 25 2340 46 37 31 27 24 22 2045 41 33 28 24 22 20 1850 37 30 25 22 19 18 1655 33 27 23 20 18 16 1560 30 25 21 18 16 15 1465 28 23 19 17 15 14 1370 26 21 18 16 14 13 1275 24 20 17 15 13 12 1180 23 18 16 14 12 11 1085 21 17 15 13 11 10 10
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Spatial Sampling - 3D Grid Definition
3D GridP1 P3
Inline
Bin or grid cell: seismic traces with midpoints that fall within the bin boundaries are gathered for CMP stacking
Crossline
P2
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Spatial Sampling – Source / Streamer Geometry
Inline Sampling = ½ of the Group IntervalMost streamers have 12.5 m interval = 6.25m CMP
Crossline Sampling = ½ of Streamer Separation per Source
Conventional CMP Line Spacing = 25m to 50m“High” Resolution CMP Line Spacing = 12.5m to 18.75m
The cost of the survey is greatly influenced by the required crossline sampling
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Multiple Source and Multiple StreamerAcquisition Configurations
For almost all current marine 3D surveys multiple subsurface lines are routinely recorded for each vessel traverse
Three factors have been major incentives:Requirements for reduced overall survey costsRequirements for reduced survey turnaround timeRequirements for denser spatial sampling
Technological advancements:Larger seismic vessels (so-called "super ships")Increased compressor capacityBetter airgun arraysLarger channel capacity recording systemsNavigation and positioning improvements (networks)High efficiency diverters (paravanes, etc.)
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LAYOUT
‘kevlar’ rope
Tow point
barovane
armored lead-in cables
‘vimm’ sections (2 per streamer)
‘live’ streamer section(s)
ropes
2000 liter floats 1050 liter floats
bend restrictors
160 m.
160 m.
gun array(s)
Plan View / Port-side only(not to scale)
Veritas Viking - I : generic layout (Keathley Canyon 2001)
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Multiple Source and Streamer AcquisitionRelative Production Rates
AcquisitionConfiguration
Subsurface Linesper Vessel Pass
Boat TrackKm/Month
SubsurfaceKm/Month
1C - 1S 1 4800 48002C - 1S 2 4050 81002C - 2S 4 3750 150003C - 2S 6 3000 180004C - 2S 8 2750 220006C - 2S 12 2500 3000012C - 1S 12 2250 27000
Source and streamer spacing can be varied toachieve required subsurface line spacing
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MARINE LAYOUT
S2S1
Six streamers:6000meters length@ 480 channels
Alternating sources:25 meters downline@ 10 sec. interval
Streamer 1 Streamer 6
file ‘x’ 1 3 5 7 9 11 cmp- linesfile ‘x+1’ 2 4 6 8 10 12
Dual Source + 6 Streamers = 12 cmp lines
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Marine 3D CMP Lines
1
x
357911
xxxxx
236 5 4
S1
1
Source
1 StreamersNominal Program Bin-Line
(port source S1)x Source-near offset midpoint
Nominal down-going energy
Nominal up-coming energy
Dual Source + 6 Streamers
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Marine 3D CMP Lines
1357911
2
Source
Nominal Program Bin-Line(starboard source S2)
236 5 4
x
4681012
xxxxx
S2
1
1 StreamersNominal Program Bin-Line
(port source S1)Nominal down-going energy
x Source-near offset midpoint
Nominal up-coming energy
Dual Source + 6 Streamers
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LAYOUT
Dual Source + 8 Streamers
Subsurfacecoverage
“Flip-Flop” Source
Vessel Sail-Lines
Sail-Lineseparation
X-Linespread
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LAYOUT
Dual Source + 8 Streamers
Subsurfacecoverage
“Flip-Flop” Source
Vessel Sail-Lines
Sail-Lineseparation
X-Linespread
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LAYOUT
Dual Source + 8 Streamers
Subsurfacecoverage
“Flip-Flop” Source
Vessel Sail-Lines
Sail-Lineseparation
X-Linespread
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Survey Area
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Image Apertures
Area to be imaged
Minimumor Fresnelaperture
Dipmigrationaperture
CMP fold
CMP foldtaper CMP fold
taper
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Migration aperture defined by dipsConstant velocity / straight raypaths
X
V * T2
θ
Migration aperture X = V * T * sin θ2
θ
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Migration aperture defined by dipsStraight raypath example
For typical Gulf of Mexico velocity function
V = 1500 + 0.6 Z
V rms T0 15 30 45 60 75 90(<--------------- dip in degrees-------------------->)
(<--------migration aperture in metres----------->) 1756 1.000 227 439 621 760 848 878
1910 1.500 371 716 1013 1241 1384 1433
2086 2.000 540 1043 1475 1807 2015 2086
2285 2.500 739 1428 2020 2474 2759 2856
2512 3.000 975 1884 2664 3263 3640 3768
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Diffraction energyAccording to Claerbout (Imaging the Earth's Interior)
Approximately 70% of diffraction energy is within the Fresnel Zone
Migration is focussing/collapsing data within the Fresnel Zone
Diffraction energy within the Fresnel Zone must be adequately sampled
Dip of diffraction energy at edge of Fresnel Zone is approximately 15 degrees
For adequate spatial sampling
Always consider minimum dip to be not less than 15 degrees
Some people consider minimum dip to be not less than 30 degrees
Approximately 95% of diffraction energy is within 30 degree range
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Fold Taper
0-6000m
*
0-6000m
*
Fold taper = ½ maximum offset
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Taper On and Taper Off:Impact on Survey Size
Full Operational Area
Taper offTaper on
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Survey Surface Area
15 deg. dip15 deg. dip 30 deg. dip30 deg. dip
basic program area
“full-fold” program areaincorporating
migration apertures
complete program surface area
Migration - 9: Migration Aperture/ “fringe” - 3D case
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The Concept of Fold“Fold” refers to the number of traces collected at each CMP location.
In the strictest sense “Full Fold” refers to a CMP containing a trace from each receiver group in the streamer cable.
In order to achieve full fold the shot point interval has to be ½ the group interval.
Therefore if the shot point interval equals:
Multiple of Group Interval Effective Fold1 1/22 1/43 1/64 1/8n 1/(2*n)
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Bin Fold
bin
source movement
X-line
Inline
Planar View -expanded inline axis
BinfoldIncrease
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Pre-stack samplingCommon offset
dxr = 12.5m
dxs = 50m
Dual sourceSingle source
dxr = 12.5m
dxs = 25m
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Vessel Speed and Record Length
Computation for record length is: R = (SI / V) - OR is the maximum record length in secondsSI is the shot interval in metersV is the OTG vessel speed in meters/secondO is the recording system overhead in seconds
ExampleSI = 25mV= 2.5 m/sO = 0.75 s
R= (25m / 2.5m/s)-0.75s = 9.25s
9250 ms / 1024 samples /binary sec = 9.03 s > 9.0 sec record
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Temporal Sampling = Vertical Resolution
The bandwidth of marine seismic data is primarily related to the depth of tow of the
sources and receivers.
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Surface Reflections = Ghosting
Air
Reflection Coefficient = -1
WaterD= depth of source or receiver
dT= Time delay between primary and ghost = 2D/V
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Impulse ResponseP r i m a r y I m p u l s e
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Ghosted Impulse ResponseP r i m a r y I m p u l s e
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Source Ghost Response4 4 5 0 in 3 A r r a y S ig n a t u r e
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Source and Receiver Ghost Responses4 4 5 0 in 3 A r r a y S ig n a t u r e
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Source / Streamer Ghost Responses6m Source/ 9m Streamer
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80 Hz Signal Amplitude: Weather Risks80 Hz Amplitude vs Source and Streamer Depth
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In-Water Positioning Networks
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Positioning Network Design – Past to PresentNetwork design and implementation has improved dramatically over the
last decade.
The main factors for this are:
Improved reliability in navigation recording system and streamer
telemetry.
Improved data quality and reliability from compass and acoustic
providers.
Increased towing capacities provide a wider baseline that improves
the geometry for positioning networks.
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Segmented In-Water Positioning Network
Head Acoustic Net
Mid Acoustic Net
Tail Acoustic Net
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Forward Network Design
This is the forward network configuration used in the current survey conducted by the Veritas Vantage.
Green arrows indicate observation direction from rGPS antenna to surface located buoy nodes on source sub-arrays and cable heads.
Black circles indicate acoustic sub-surface nodes, except for gun centers and streamer reference points (Near Trace Location).
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Mid-Network / In-Line Distance
300m
in-li
ne
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Tail-Network Design
With rGPS Range/Bearing on all Tail Buoys, Ellipse error ellipse at far traces are all less than 2.5meters at 95% confidence.
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Front & Tail Network – Early 1990’sEarly networks utilized a front network that positioned the guns and cable heads consisting of acoustics, laser & rGPS.
A separate tail network of acoustics and rGPS positioned the far traces. This also provided inline and cross-line (rotation) adjustments for the streamer shape. Compasses situated every 300m along the streamer provided readings with which to model the streamer shape.
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Front, Mid & Tail Network (1996-present)
Current Veritas method utilizes an additional mid-acoustic network. This creates a precise grid of locations for nodes defined within the middle portion of the streamers.
The front and tail networks determine the geodetic controls used as anchor points to start the iterative process of calculating the best fit of the streamer shape through this mid-net. The total network solution also provides inline and cross-line (rotation) adjustments for the streamer shape.
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Full-Braced Network / 150m separation (6-cables)
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Full-Braced Network CapabilityVeritas has the capability to provide a fully braced acoustic network. This would consist of the current front and tail network geometry. An array of acoustic pods located every 600m along the streamers would provide a connected, or fully braced network along the entire streamer length. Compasses located every 300m would provide additional observations to support the modeling of the receiver positions.
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Node Precision Comparison As can be seen below, there is an improvement in the estimated precision of a fully braced network. When compared to the current mid-net configuration, maximum improvement is observed at the far-mid portion of the streamers and is on the order of 3 to 3.5 meters.
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HMP Precision ComparisonHorizontal Mid-Point (HMP), is the reflection point for each source/receiver pair. The HMP positioning precision can be seen below. The improvement in the estimated precision of the HMP using a fully braced network can again be seen in this comparison of Mid-net versus a fully braced network. When compared to the current mid-net configuration, maximum improvement is on the order of 0.5 to 1.7 meters.
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Forward Network Design (Drop-Out Analysis)
In order to predict the effects of data loss within the network, a set of “worst case” scenarios are calculated.
This test shows an acoustic loss of hull and gun acoustics to the outer port near-trace pod.
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Least Squares Calculation
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Least Squares Calculation
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Least Squares Calculation
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Streamer Shaping View
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Streamer Shaping View
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Streamer Shaping View
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Marine 3D Survey Quality ControlMarine 3D Survey Quality Control
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Project QC StagesPre-Mobilization
Project Plan Document
Geodetics
Navigation
Seismic
Operating Specifications
Mobilization
Systems’ Set-up
Initial Parameter Checks
On Board QC
On-Line QC
Off-line QC
Database population
Post Survey
Data Archiving
Final Report Support
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Onboard Survey QC
Assurance and verification of seismic survey coverage
Assurance and verification of seismic data quality.
Assurance and verification of positioning data quality.
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Real Time QCOn Line
Observers
Recording System
Guns
Streamers
Navigators
GPS
Spectra
In-Water Network
Seismic
S / N
Bin Coverage
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Off-Line QCNavigation Processing
P 1/90
HMP Precision
Seismic Processing - QC
Noise Analysis
Swell
Strum
Seismic Interference
Low Fold Cube
LMO
Areal Attributesexamples
Final Seismic QC
Accept (Green)
Reject (Red)
Hold for further analysis (Yellow)
Time Limit (48 hrs?)
Seismic Pre- Processing
nav merge, resample, filter, etc..
Generate SEG-Y
Fast Track Cube
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Marine Survey QC
Assurance and verification of seismic survey coverage
Assurance and verification of seismic data quality.
Assurance and verification of positioning data quality.
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Mid-point Scatter and “Bin” Definition
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"Bins" or "cells"
SurveyVessel
Shot line
Source
Receiver groups
Cable
Midpoints
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3D Subsurface Coverage
3D GridP1 P3
Inline
Crossline
Subsurface(midpoint)coverage
P2
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3D Offset Binning: All Offsets
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3D Offset Binning: Zone 1 (Nears)
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3D Offset Binning: Zone 2 (Near-Mids)
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3D Offset Binning: Zone 3 (Far-Mids)
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3D Offset Binning: Zone 4 (Fars)
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Binning
StreamerOffset
0
600m
2400m
4200m
6000m
x-line bin>25m<
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2
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‘fixed’ binfold ‘flexed’ binfold<------ 125m------->
Effect of flexed-binning on fold displays
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All Offsets – Racetrack 1 Flexed
Complete
Complete
Complete
Complete – May have some remaining coverage
Complete
Complete
Complete
In Progress
low
low
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Zone 1 – Racetrack 1 Flexed
low
low
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Zone 2 – Racetrack 1 Flexed
low
low
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Zone 3 – Racetrack 1 Flexed
low
low
low
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Zone 4 – Racetrack 1 Flexed
low
low
low
low
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Zone 5 – Racetrack 1 Flexed
low
low
low
low
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Infill Planning Summary
Images include up to sequence 158Time estimates from Sequence 159 SOL (03:04 15/Jan/2002)Time to record all remaining passes 42 hrs
Time to line change all remaining passes 24 hrsTotal time to record and line change 66 hrsRegional Downtime to date 40.0%Technical Downtime to date 0.01%
Total time including all Downtime 92 hrsFinal Infill Percentage 18%Completion Date 19th Jan
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How Much Fill is Required?
Fill requirements are obvious related to the survey objectives, geologic setting, the frequency bandwidth of the seismic data, spatial sampling requirements, and so forth, so it impossible tomake blanket statements concerning fill requirements
Fold decimation studies conducted on 2D data during the survey pre-planning stage can play a vital role in establishing objective offset distribution and fill requirements
Onboard seismic processing can obviously play a major role here if 3D bin stacks, rather than just bin attribute plots, are available to guide fill decisions
Fill can always be reduced by bin expansion (overlapping or flex), but this expansion can attenuate high frequency components of dipping events during stacking
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Marine Survey QC
Assurance and verification of seismic survey coverage
Assurance and verification of seismic data quality.
Assurance and verification of positioning data quality.
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RMS Evaluation – SOL / EOL
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Raw Shots – Noise Evaluation
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Shot Gather Availability
Images stored to disk and accessed by QC ViewView 2 streamers for each image combing every 9th shot. Utility and Images are freely available to all on the ship’s network
Lauch QC View
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Real-Time Seismic QCSeismic QC
rms for all channels at each shotSignal window rms calculatedNoise window rms calculatedDisplay S/N ratio
System QCCalculate rms at each channel for the water bottomAverage rms for each shotFor each streamer display all traces
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Real-Time Seismic QC
Accept
DNP
MarginalReject
Line ended due to swell-noise (350 sps remaining)
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RMS Arial Color Grid
PurposesDetect noisy and bad tracesDetect bad shotsTrending in swell and SIStreamer-to-streamer comparisonsAvailable for any configured window (target or noise)
Bad Channel(s)
Bad Shot(s)
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Noise Attenuation Testing
Before
After
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Brute Stack w/wo noise attenuation
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Swell noise evaluation
0%
5%
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20%
25%
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100
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Job0 Mdspk15 Count % Job0 Mdspk17 Count % Job0 Mdspk20 Count %
71 = DNP
72 =
Reshoot
03 =
Acceptance
Threshold
41 = Lowest
Noise
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Marine Survey QC
Assurance and verification of seismic survey coverage
Assurance and verification of seismic data quality.
Assurance and verification of positioning data quality.
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Time Series Plot - Quality Factor
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Time Series Plot - Gun Separations
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Time Series Plot - Positional Difference
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Nav LMO
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Offset Cubes
Common Offset
Near Trace
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Fundamental Equation of Seismic Data Acquisition
TIME =
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Project Time Analysis
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Project Time Analysis
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Parameters and Computations for aCost Estimate Spreadsheet
Area to be coveredAverage line lengthSurvey width
Spatial samplingLine spacing
Number of linesDetector group intervalShot interval
CMP intervalFold of coverage
Cable lengthNumber of groupsTaper lengthLine change distance
Temporal samplingSampling intervalRecord length
Acquisition timeVessel speedNumber of vessel passes * average line lengthNumber of vessel passes * line change distanceEstimated crew productivity% of fill
Economic riskAmount and cost of equipment deployedDifficulty of prospect (obstructions, shipping lanes, bathymetry, fishing activity)
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Line Change (Traditional)Traditionally, lines changes had been effected to result in a “straight” streamer when entering the survey grid
Cable length d = diameter of vessel turnbetween successivetraverses; minimum turndiameter is approximately1 cable length1.5 * cable length
Note: As thenumber of cables & spread width increases, sodoes dmin
d
Line change distance = 2 * (cable length * 1.5) + (π * d / 2)
Line change time = line change distance / vessel speed
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Race Tracks
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Economic Impact of Survey Shape30 OCS Block Survey
shooting direction
1 OCS Block = 3 mile x 3 mile =4.83 km x 4.83 km = 23.3 sq km
21 3 4 5
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Economic Impact of Survey ShapeSurvey Duration and Cost
Shooting speed = 5 miles/hourLine change time = 2.5 hoursMigration aperture = 3500 feet
SurveyShape
Number ofLines
ShootingTime
Shooting + LineChange
SurveyDuration
NormalizedCost
1 x 30 2939 1.2 Hrs 3.7 Hrs 449 days $ 1,000,0002 x 15 1491 1.8 Hrs 4.3 Hrs 265 days $ 590,0003 x 10 1008 2.4 Hrs 4.9 Hrs 204 days $ 454,0005 x 6 622 3.6 Hrs 6.1 Hrs 157 days $ 350,0006 x 5 525 4.2 Hrs 6.7 Hrs 146 days $ 325,000
10 x 3 332 6.6 Hrs 9.1 Hrs 125 days $ 278,00015 x 2 236 9.6 Hrs 12.1 Hrs 119 days $ 265,00030 x 1 139 18.6 Hrs 21.1 Hrs 122 days $ 272,000
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Operational Considerations = Economics
Water Depth
Sea State
Surf, currents, tides, river mouths, estuaries
Obstructions
Hazards
Ship Traffic
Distance to Port
Environmental
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Shooting DirectionOperational Considerations
Surface obstructionsThe alignment of surface facilities and other obstructions along certain directions can have a major impact on survey costs, in that the narrower the obstructed zone which needs to be undershot, the less time consuming and less expensive the survey. For this reason, surveys are often designed with the inline (shooting) direction determined by favorable alignment of platforms and other surface facilities rather than by geophysical considerations
Shallow waterShallow water within the operational area of the survey (i.e., Including the region where the vessel turns) can have a major influence on survey direction, particularly if a significant portion of the survey is inaccessible such that deadheading would be required
Shipping lanesCrossing shipping lanes with several millions of dollars worth of streamer equipment is considered "sub-optimal" by most contractors
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Impact of Survey Orientation
From an economic viewpoint, we wish to have the shooting direction of the survey be along the longest extent of the survey
From a geophysical viewpoint
Spatial sampling considerations generally favor the shooting direction being in the dip direction, since this is direction in which finer spatial sampling is easily achieved
Dip shooting minimizes impact of image aperture.
Real world situations sometimes put these factors at odds with another
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Economic Impact of Geophysical Parameters:Record Length, Shot Interval & Fold
The multiple source and multiple streamer configurations currently used to acquire marine 3D surveys depend upon vessel speed through the water to keep acquisition elements (i.e., source arrays and streamer cables) separated
The minimum stable speed for most separation devices (paravanes) is about 3 knots, or 1.5 meters/second
Decreasing vessel ground speed from 5 knots to 4 knots increases survey time and cost by 25%
Speed vs. Record Length(25 meter shot interval)
6
8
10
12
14
3 4 5 6 7Speed (knots)
Record length (sec.)
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Survey Duration Estimate (1)Survey Parameters
Full fold area length 40 kilometers
Full fold area width 20 kilometers
CMP Line spacing 25 meters
Streamer length 6000 meters
Shooting speed 2.3 m/s (~4.5 kts)
Computed Values
Number of lines 800
Line length 43.0 kilometers
Line change distance 15.4 kilometers
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Survey Duration Estimate (2)Acquisition Configuration
4 streamers / 2 sources = 8 cmp lines per traverse
Number of traverses = 800 lines / 8 lines per traverse
= 100 traverses
Zero Risk Duration Estimate
100 traverses * (43.0 + 15.4 kilometers) = 5,840 kilometers
5,840,000 meters / 2.3 meters per second
= 2,539,130 seconds
= 705 hours
= 29.4 days
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Survey Duration Estimate (3)In-Fill
Assume 30%
29.4 days * 1.3 = 38.2 days
Risk
Assume 30% downtime (instruments, weather, etc.)
Hence 70% uptime (shooting + line change)
38.2 days / 0.7 = 54.6 days
Ideal vs. Real
Ideal: 30 days (no fill, zero downtime)
Reality: 55 days (30% fill, 30% downtime)
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Top of Salt
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3D Marine AcquisitionQuality
EfficiencySafety