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Oral Sessions ➤Monday, 5 November

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ANI 1 Theory Development and Case StudiesSession Chairmen: Steve Whitney and Huyen BuiRoom: Lagoon L ............................................................................ (Monday, 5 November)

1:30 PM ..... Mapping of moveout approximations in TI media—A. Stovas*, NTNU Norway; T. Alkhalifah, KAUST Saudi Arabia (ANI 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 4)

1:55 PM ..... Globally optimized fi nite-diff erence extrapolator for strongly VTI media—Jin-Hai Zhang* and Zhen-Xing Yao, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (ANI 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:20 PM ..... Ray-based prestack depth migration for orthorhombic media—Xin Cheng*, Jun Tang, Olga Zdraveva, Can Evren Yarman, and James Hobro, WesternGeco (ANI 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 1)

2:45 PM ..... Propagating pure wave modes in general anisotropic media, Part I: P-wave propagator—Jiubing Cheng* and Wei Kang, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji U (ANI 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Pure mode modeling and reverse-time migration of P-wave in HTI and orthorhombic media—Tengfei Wang*, Jiubing Cheng, and Wei Kang, School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji U (ANI 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 4)

3:35 PM ..... Evaluation and joint inversion of TTI velocity models with walk-away VSP—Jinming Zhu*, Pranab Sen, and Richard Perkins, Maersk Oil; Sharon Howe, Ewan Hillier, and James Clough, CGGVeritas (ANI 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 4)

4 PM .......... Salt emplacement-induced azimuthal anisotropy in Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico—Hao Shen, Guang Chen, and Tianjiang Li, CGGVeritas (ANI 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 2)

4:25 PM ..... Imaging for unconventional resource plays using an orthorhombic velocity model—Shaowu Wang* and David Wilkinson, CGGVeritas (ANI 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

AVO 1 Angle and Azimuth–Fresh Ideas and Cases Studies

Session Chairmen: Andre Gerhardt and Stephan GelinskyRoom: Breakers F .......................................................................... (Monday, 5 November)

1:30 PM ..... Seismic azimuthal anisotropic AVO analysis at Stybarrow Field, NW Shelf, Australia—Lisa Jade Gavin* and David Lumley, Centre for Petroleum Geoscience and CO2 Sequestration, The U of Western Australia, Perth (AVO 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Detailed AVA analysis of a class IIp reservoir in presence of VTI shale anisotropy: A case study from off shore West Africa—Gabriel Chao*, Thierry Cadoret, Christian Deplante, and Oliver Gratzer, TOTAL E&P (AVO 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:20 PM ..... AVOZ inversion using limited azimuthal data on the prediction of fractured dolomite reservoir: A case study in Leijia area, Liaohe western depression—Sam Zandong Sun*, Dongxiao Yin, and Xi Xiao, Zhishui Liu Lab for Integration of Geology and Geophysics, China U of Petroleum, State Key Lab for Petroleum Resources and Prospecting; Xiaoguang Li and Juxing Zhang, Liaohe Oilfi eld Company, CNPC (AVO 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... Azimuthal AVO over a simulated fractured medium: A physical modeling experiment—Faranak Mahmoudian*, Joe Wong, and Gary F. Margrave, U of Calgary, CREWES (AVO 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 2)

3:10 PM ..... Inversion for asymmetric fracture parameters using synthetic AVOA data—Mehdi E. Far* and Colin M. Sayers, U of Houston; Leon Thomsen, U of Houston and Delta Geophysics (AVO 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 6)

3:35 PM ..... AVO inversion using the Zoeppritz equation for PP refl ections—Xinfa Zhu* and George McMechan, U Texas at Dallas (AVO 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... A prestack basis pursuit seismic inversion—Rui Zhang and Sanjay Srinivasan, U of Texas at Austin; Mrinal K. Sen, U of Texas at Austin and National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India (AVO 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... An alternative amplitude analysis theory—Joseph H. Higginbotham*, Cosmin Macesanu, Morgan P. Brown, Oscar Ramirez, and Cathy Joanne, Wave Imaging Technology Inc. (AVO 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

BG 1 Single-well and Crosswell Seismic MeasurementsSession Chairmen: Teruhiko Hagiwara and Olabode IjasanRoom: Ballroom C ......................................................................... (Monday, 5 November)

1:30 PM ..... High-resolution seismic imaging from a single borehole to detect a nearby well—Mike Jervis*, Andrey Bakulin, Thierry-Laurent Tonellot, and Ibrahim Ghamdi, Saudi Aramco; Ahmed Shabbir and Hiroaki Yamamoto, Schlumberger (BG 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 4)

1:55 PM ..... Numerical simulation of radiation, refl ection, and reception of elastic waves from a borehole—Zhou-Tuo Wei, and Xiao-Ming Tang*, China U of Petroleum (BG 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 4)

2:20 PM ..... Joint inversion of borehole electromagnetic and sonic measurements—G. Gao*, A. Abubakar, and T. M. Habashy, Schlumberger-Doll Research (BG 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... Theoretical estimate of tube-wave modulus in arbitrarily anisotropic media: Comparisons between semi-analytical, FEM, and approximate solutions—Romain Prioul*, Schlumberger-Doll Research, Boston; Florian Karpfi nger, Schlumberger DCS, Stavanger; Jeroen Jocker, Schlumberger DCS, The Hague (BG 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 2)

3:10 PM ..... Optimized 3D VSP processing for improved structural defi nition: Kuwait case study—Narhari Srinivasa Rao, Samar Al-Ashwak, Vijaya Kumar Kidambi, Kuwait Oil Company; Kamran Laiq and Hari Kurniawan, Schlumberger Kuwait; Shujaat Ali, Al Campbell, Henry Menkiti, and Les Nutt, WesternGeco (BG 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... 4D monitoring with permanent borehole seismic sensors: Progress, challenges, and the road ahead—Brian E. Hornby*, Olav Barkved, Hans Sugianto, and Jay Nahm, BP America Inc. (BG 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 2)

4 PM .......... Improved reservoir characterization through optimized 3D VSP processed data: Kuwait case study—Srinivasa Rao Narhari, Samar Al-Ashwak, Vijaya Kumar Kidambi, and Bashar Al-Qadeeri, Kuwait Oil Company; Kamran Laiq, Hari Kurniawan, and Les Nutt, Schlumberger (BG 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Sensitivity analysis of 3D surface-borehole CSEM for a Saudi Arabian carbonate reservoir—Daniele Colombo and Daniele McNeice*, EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco; Garrett Kramer, WesternGeco (BG 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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EM 1 Theory and Forward Modeling DevelopmentsSession Chairmen: Nestor H. Cuevas and Leif H. CoxRoom: Breakers J ........................................................................... (Monday, 5 November)

1:30 PM ..... Redatuming borehole-to-surface electromagnetic data using Stratton-Chu integral transforms—Michael S. Zhdanov, U of Utah and TechnoImaging; Hongzhu Cai*, U of Utah (EM 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Electrical conductivity of fractured media: A computational study of the self-consistent method—Pål Næverlid Sævik*, Inga Berre, Morten Jakobsen, and Martha Lien, U of Bergen (EM 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Frequency-domain EM modeling of 3D anisotropic magnetic permeability and analytical analysis—Jiuping Chen*, Michael Tompkins, Ping Zhang, and Michael Wilt, Schlumberger-EMI; Randall Mackie, Fugro-EM (EM 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 4)

2:45 PM ..... 3D modeling of IP eff ects on electromagnetic data in the time domain—David Marchant*, Eldad Haber, Laurens Beran, and Douglas W. Oldenburg, U of British Columbia (EM 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Comparison of iterative and direct solvers for 3D CSEM modeling—Alexander Grayver and Rita Streich*, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (EM 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... A parallel fi nite-element solution of transient electromagnetic diff usion equation—Yingqiao Wang, Tengpeng Wei, and Haohuan Fu, Tsinghua U; Evan Schankee Um, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (EM 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... 3D frequency-domain electromagnetics modeling using decoupled scalar and vector potentials—Trevor Irons*, Colorado School of Mines and U. S. Geological Survey; Yaoguo Li, Center for Gravity, Electrical, and Magnetic Studies, Colorado School of Mines; Jason R. McKenna, U. S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center (EM 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 4)

4:25 PM ..... Dispersion reducing fi nite-diff erence coeffi cients for marine controlled-source electromagnetic application—Damir Pasalic, Michal Okoniewski, and Ray McGarry, Acceleware Ltd. (EM 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 4)

INT 1 ExplorationSession Chairmen: Steven Getz and Geoff rey A. DornRoom: Ballroom B ......................................................................... (Monday, 5 November)

1:30 PM ..... Presalt hydrocarbon prospectivity in the Kwanza and Benguela Basins of off shore Angola—Jennifer Greenhalgh*, Ron Borsato, Frances Mathew, and George Duncan-Jones, Petroleum Geo-Services; Idima Primenta and Jandira Marques da Silva, Sonangol; Luis Narciso da Silva, Geotec (INT 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Integrated workfl ow for exploration in frontier areas—Andreas Laake*, Kristijan (Duplo) Kornpihl, and Andrew Bishop, WesternGeco (INT 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Geophysical approach to naturally fractured reservoir characterization and its applications: A case from Kuwait—Antonio Pico* and Anjaneyulu Singavarapu, Kuwait Oil Company (INT 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 4)

2:45 PM ..... Prospectivity of the equatorial conjugate margins of Africa and South America—S. J. Wells*, R. Borsato, J. Greenhalgh, and R. Roberson, Petroleum Geo-Services; C. Fontes, Geohub (INT 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Application of 3D seismic attribute analysis to subsurface structure interpretation and hydrocarbon exploration: Southwest Pennsylvania, Central Appalachian Basin—Thomas Donahoe*, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia U; Dengliang Gao, US Department of Energy/National Energy, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia U (INT 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... Improved interpretability beneath an accretionary section in West Timor, Indonesia, via marine broadband seismic and beam depth migration—Mazin Farouki*, PGS; Felice D’Alterio and Erika Gentile, Eni (INT 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 4)

4 PM .......... Diachronic Cenozoic wrenching and an Eocene unconformity in southwest of the Colombian basin—Esteban Alfaro S.*, Grupo de Estratigrafi a Teórica e Aplicada, U Federal da Bahia; Diego F. Barrera, Grupo de Geofísica Computacional, U Estadual de Campinas; Eduardo Rossello, CONICET – FCEN, U de Buenos Aires (INT 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 5)

4:25 PM ..... Silver Queen, a new stockwork porphyry discovery using the Titan 24 DCIP and MT—Nasreddine Bournas* and Rob Hearst, Quantec Geoscience Ltd.; Ellen Clements, New Nadina Explorations Ltd. (INT 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

MS 1 Case Studies, Imaging, and ProcessingSession Chairmen: Mike A. Hall and Robert R. StewartRoom: Lagoon F ............................................................................ (Monday, 5 November)

1:30 PM ..... Seismic lithology discrimination in complex fl uvial stratigraphy: Tenerife 3D 3C survey, Middle Magdalena Valley (Colombia)—William Agudelo*, Ricardo Gómez, Jairo Guerrero, Ingrid Tatiana Cabrejo, and Nelson Rojas, Ecopetrol S. A.; Saul Guevara, U of Calgary (MS 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Characterizing tight sand gas reservoirs using 3D3C seismic data in Sulige gas fi eld—Daxing Wang, Yuhua Zhao, Mengbo Zhang, and Yonggang Wang, National Engineering Laboratory for Exploration and Development of Low-Permeability Oil & Gas Fields, Exploration and Development Research Institute of PetroChina, Changqing Oilfi eld Company; Xinwei He*, Zhiliang Ming, and Shipeng Liu, Fugro-Jason Beijing, Ltd. (MS 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Multicomponent investigation of fracturing in a potash mining region in Saskatchewan, Canada—Andrew Nicol* and Don C. Lawton, CREWES, U of Calgary (MS 1.3) .(INT. AUD.: 2)

2:45 PM ..... Converted-wave controlled-beam migration for vector-off set volumes—Lorenzo Casasanta* and Sergio Grion, CGGVeritas (MS 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... PS wave imaging in 3D elastic reverse-time migration—Qizhen Du*, Xufei Gong, Yitong Zhu, Gang Fang, and Qiang Zhang, China U of Petroleum, East China (MS 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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3:35 PM ..... 3D modeling of time-harmonic elastic waves in anisotropic media using a direct Helmholtz solver—Shen Wang*, Maarten V. de Hoop, and Jianlin Xia, Purdue U; Xiaoye Li, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (MS 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... Limits on resolution enhancement for multicomponent data—Chuck Ursenbach*, Peter Cary, and Mike Perz, Arcis Seismic Solutions, Calgary (MS 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Sparse tau-p Z-noise attenuation for ocean-bottom data—Gordon Poole*, Lorenzo Casasanta, and Sergio Grion, CGGVeritas (MS 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

NS 1 Advances in Near-surface CharacterizationSession Chairmen: John H. Bradford and James IrvingRoom: Breakers H ......................................................................... (Monday, 5 November)

1:30 PM ..... Shallow P- and S-Wave Refl ections to Characterize the Near-Surface—Richard D. Miller,* Bevin Bailey, Shelby L. Peterie, and Julian Ivanov, Kansas Geological Survey; Richard D. Markiewicz, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation (NS 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Multigeophysics joint inversion for complex land seismic imaging in Saudi Arabia—Daniele Colombo*, Gary McNeice, and Robert Ley, EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco (NS 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... 3D acoustic waveform inversion of land data: A case study from Saudi Arabia—Joseph McNeely*, Timothy Keho, Thierry Tonellot, and Robert Ley, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran; Jing Chen, GeoTomo, Houston (NS 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 4)

2:45 PM ..... Exploring nonlinearity and nonuniqueness in surface-wave inversion for near-surface velocity estimation—Huub Douma*, ION Geophysical/GXT Imaging Solutions; Matthew Haney, USGS, Alaska Volcano Observatory (NS 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Dispersion interpretation from synthetic seismograms and multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW)—J. Tyler Schwenk*, Richard Miller, and Julian Ivanov, Kansas Geological Survey, The U of Kansas; Steve Sloan and Jason McKenna, US Army Corps of Engineers (NS 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... GPR prestack amplitude recovery for radiation patterns using a full wave-equation, reverse-time migration algorithm—John H. Bradford*, Department of Geosciences, Boise State U (NS 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 4)

4 PM .......... 2D tomography of fi rst arrivals using the genetic algorithm with elitism—Rodrigo Bijani*, Cosme F. Ponte Neto, Saulo S. Martins, and Jandyr M. Travassos, National Observatory (NS 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Improving multiple-point-based a priori models for inverse problems by combining sequential simulation with the frequency matching method—Knud S. Cordua*, Thomas M. Hansen, Katrine Lange, Jan Frydendall, and Klaus Mosegaard, Technical U of Denmark, Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modelling (NS 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

RP 1 Resource Plays and Fluid FlowSession Chairmen: Ran Bachrach and Julianna TomsRoom: Breakers L .......................................................................... (Monday, 5 November)

1:30 PM ..... Fluid fl ow property estimation from seismic scattering data—Stephen Brown* and Xinding Fang, Earth Resources Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (RP 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Improved rock-physics model for shale gas reservoirs—Yaping Zhu* and Shiyu Xu, ExxonMobil Exploration Company; Michael Payne, Alex Martinez, Enru Liu, Chris Harris, and Kaushik Bandyopadhyay, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston (RP 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 1)

2:20 PM ..... Linking the physical and mechanical properties of rocks—Mita Sengupta and Keith Katahara, Hess Corporation (RP 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:45 PM ..... Application of a cracked porous medium elastic wave theory to interpreting acoustic logging data from tight formations—Xiao-ming Tang, Xue-lian Chen, and Xiao-kai Xu, China U of Petroleum (EAST), Qingdao (RP 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 5)

3:10 PM ..... Hydrofracture diagnosis in open-hole and steel-cased wells using borehole resistivity measurements—David Pardo*, U of the Basque Country UPV/EHU and IKERBASQUE; Carlos Torres-Verdin, The U of Texas at Austin (RP 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... Thermal damage on velocities of heavy oil sands—De-hua Han, U of Houston (RP 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... The eff ect of adsorption and diff usion on gas permeability of kerogen—Adam M. Allan* and Gary Mavko, Stanford Rock Physics Laboratory, Stanford U (RP 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Dynamic permeability of heterogeneous porous rocks having strong permeability fl uctuations and its eff ects on seismic attenuation and velocity dispersion—J. German Rubino* and Klaus Holliger, U of Lausanne; Leonardo B. Monachesi and Luis Guarracino, U Nacional de La Plata; Tobias M. Muller, CSIRO (RP 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SI 1 FWI Review and MethodologiesSession Chairmen: Partha S. Routh and Sheng XuRoom: Ballroom D ........................................................................ (Monday, 5 November)

1:30 PM ..... Fundamental issues in full waveform inversion—Hongbo Zhou and Lasse Amundsen, Statoil ASA; Guanquan Zhang, CAS (SI 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 4)

1:55 PM ..... The truncated Newton method for full waveform inversion—L. Metivier*, R. Brossier, and J. Virieux, Institut des Sciences de la Terre, U Joseph Fourier Grenoble & CNRS; S. Operto, Geoazur, U de Nice Sophia Antipolis & CNRS (SI 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 4)

2:20 PM ..... A level set approach to salt geometry inversion in full-waveform inversion—Winston Lewis*, Bill Starr, and Denes Vigh, WesternGeco (SI 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 4)

2:45 PM ..... Wide-band multifrequency waveform inversion in the Laplace-Fourier domain—Rie Kamei* and R. Gerhard Pratt, U of Western Ontario (SI 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Full waveform inversion algorithm using common scatter point (CSP) gathers—Hassan Khaniani*, John C. Bancroft, and Gary F. Margrave, CREWES Project, U of Calgary (SI 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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3:35 PM ..... Full waveform inversion without low frequencies: A synthetic study—Tong W. Fei*, Yi Luo, Fuhao Qin, and Panos G. Kelamis, EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco (SI 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... A wave-energy-based precondition approach to full-waveform inversion in the time domain—Zhigang Zhang, Lianjie Huang, and Youzuo Lin, Los Alamos National Laboratory (SI 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Seismic full-waveform inversion using truncated wavelet representations—Y. Lin, A. Abubakar, and T. M. Habashy, Schlumberger-Doll Research (SI 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 1)

SPIR 1 Interpolating Irregularly Sampled DataSession Chairmen: Josef Paff enholz and Mostafa NaghizadehRoom: Breakers B .......................................................................... (Monday, 5 November)

1:30 PM ..... Multidimensional interpolation on a very sparse 3D: An example from east Texas—Kevin Ferdinand, BlueStone Natural Resources; Jaime A. Stein* and Robert Wojslaw, Geotrace (SPIR 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... 5D leakage: Measuring what 5D interpolation misses—Peter Cary* and Mike Perz, Arcis Seismic Solutions (SPIR 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 1)

2:20 PM ..... Curvelet transform-based POCS in f-k domain—Bona Kim*, Soocheol Jeong, Joongmoo Byun, and Soon Jee Seol, Hanyang U (SPIR 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... Contributions of the horizontal and vertical components of particle velocity in 3D pressure wavefi eld reconstruction on dense receiver grids using generalized matching pursuit—Massimiliano Vassallo*, Kurt Eggenberger, Dirk-Jan van Manen, and Kemal Özdemir, WesternGeco; Johan Robertsson, ETH Zürich; Ali Özbek, Schlumberger (SPIR 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Interpolated compressive sensing for seismic data reconstruction—Chengbo Li*, Charles C. Mosher, and Sam T. Kaplan, ConocoPhillips (SPIR 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... 4D reconstruction of wide-azimuth (WAZ) data using sparse inversion of hybrid Radon transforms—Eric Verschuur*, Delft U of Technology/DS4I; Jan Willem Vrolijk, DS4I; Constantine Tsingas, EXPEC Advanced Research Centre, Saudi Aramco (SPIR 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 4)

4 PM .......... Multidimensional dealiased Cadzow reconstruction of seismic records—Mostafa Naghizadeh and M. D. Sacchi, U of Alberta (SPIR 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Two-dimensional fast generalized Fourier interpolation of seismic records—Mostafa Naghizadeh and K. A. Innanen, CREWES, U of Calgary (SPIR 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SPNA 1 Matrix Decomposition, Regularization, and InterpolationSession Chairmen: Christine E. Krohn and John BrittanRoom: Breakers D ......................................................................... (Monday, 5 November)

1:30 PM ..... Reducing random noise in vector fi eld using vector median fi lter—Yike Liu*, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Yi Luo, Saudi Aramco (SPNA 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Coherent noise estimation by adaptive Hankel matrix rank reduction—Nirupama (Pam) Nagarajappa*, CGGVeritas (SPNA 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Suppressing harmonics based on singular value decomposition in time frequency domain—Xia Jianjun*, Yan Jie, Guo Yong, and Cai Xiling, BGP, CNPC (SPNA 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:45 PM ..... Robust rank-reduction fi ltering for erratic noise—Stewart Trickett*, Lynn Burroughs, and Andrew Milton, Fugro Seismic Imaging (SPNA 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... A fast rank reduction method for f-x-y noise attenuation—Jianjun Gao*, China U of Petroleum and China U of Geosciences, Beijing; David C. Bonar, U of Alberta; Mauricio D. Sacchi, U of Alberta; Zhipeng Liu, CNOOC Research Institute (SPNA 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... FX plus deconvolution for seismic data noise reduction—Mike Galbraith* and Zhengsheng Yao, GEDCO (SPNA 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... Seismic data decomposition into spectral components using regularized nonstationary autoregression—Sergey Fomel, The U of Texas at Austin (SPNA 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Noise suppression and data interpolation with 3D CRS-OIS—Yao Ni*, Kai Yang, and Yu-Xiang Wang, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji U (SPNA 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 4)

SS 1 Recent Advances and the Road AheadSession Chairmen: Cengiz Esmersoy, Wafi k B. Beydoun, and Richard GibsonRoom: Ballroom A ......................................................................... (Monday, 5 November)

1:30 PM ..... Simultaneous sources: The inaugural full-fi eld, marine seismic case history—Craig Beasley* and Ian Moore, WesternGeco; David Monk and Laurence Hansen, Apache Energy Ltd. (SS 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 2)

1:55 PM ..... First fi eld data examples of inverse scattering series direct depth imaging without the velocity model—Arthur B. Weglein, Fang Liu, Xu Li, Paolo Terenghi, James D. Mayhan, Zhiqiang Wang, Hong Liang, Lin Tang, and Shih-Ying Hsu, M-OSRP/Physics Dept./UH; Joachim Mispel and Lasse Amundsen, Statoil ASA; Ed Kragh, SCR/Schlumberger (SS 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:20 PM ..... Experience from using 3D CSEM in the Mexican deepwater exploration program—José Antonio Escalera Alcocer*, Marco Vázquez García, and Humberto Salazar Soto, PEMEX Subdirección de Exploración; Friedrich Roth, Daniel Baltar, Pål T. Gabrielsen, and Valente Ricoy Paramo, EMGS (SS 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:45 PM ..... Microseismic: Where’s the value?—Peter Duncan, MicroSeismic Inc. (SS 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 2)

3:10 PM ..... Cableless seismic or just less cable?—Henri Houllevigue and Jean-Marc Mougenot, Total (SS 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 2)

3:35 PM ..... Theta data: Introduction to rotational seismology and its potential uses—Robert Brune*, Consultant; Everhard Muyzert, Schlumberger; David F. Aldridge, Sandia National Laboratories; James Gaiser, Geokinetics; Mirko van der Baan, U of Alberta (SS 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 2)

4 PM .......... Seismic diff raction: Where’s the value?—Evgeny Landa, OPERA (SS 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 2)

4:25 PM ..... Developments in seismic interferometry: Time-lapse monitoring and autofocusing of internal multiples—Roel Snieder*, Nori Nakata, Filippo Broggini, and Jyoti Behura, Colorado School of Mines; Kees Wapenaar, Delft U of Technology (SS 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 2)

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EM 2 Inversion DevelopmentsSession Chairmen: Alexander V. Gribenko and Colin G. FarquharsonRoom: Breakers J ........................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

8:30 AM ..... Bayesian inversion of TIV anisotropic CSEM data—Anandaroop Ray* and Kerry Key, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (EM 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... A 2.5D inversion of airborne electromagnetic data—Wing Wa Yu* and Eldad Haber, U of British Columbia (EM 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Marine EM inversion using unstructured grids: A 2D parallel adaptive fi nite element algorithm—Kerry Key*, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (EM 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... An adaptive mesh method for electromagnetic inverse problems—E. Haber, D. Oldenburg, C. Schwarzbach, and R. Shekhtman, U of British Columbia; E. Holtham*, J. Granek, and D. Marchant, Computational Geosciences Inc. (EM 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Large-scale Gauss-Newton inversion of transient controlled-source electromagnetic data using the model reduction framework—Mikhail Zaslavsky*, Vladimir Druskin, Aria Abubakar, and Tarek Habashy, Schlumberger-Doll Research (EM 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 4)

10:35 AM ... 3D lithological inversion of geophysical data—Leif H. Cox* and Glenn A. Wilson, TechnoImaging; Michael S. Zhdanov, U of Utah and TechnoImaging; Julian Vrbancich, Defense Science and Technology Organization (EM 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ 3D constrained inversion of CSEM data with acoustic velocity using full waveform inversion—Nuno Vieira da Silva, Joanna Morgan, Mike Warner, Adrian Umpleby, and Ivan Stek, CGGVeritas R&D, UK (EM 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Three-dimensional joint petrophysical inversion of electromagnetic and seismic data—G. Gao*, A. Abubakar, T. M. Habashy, and G. Pan, Schlumberger-Doll Research (EM 2.8) (INT. AUD.: 4)

INT 2 Stratigraphy and Depositional FaciesSession Chairmen: Tim B. Berge and Yuefeng SunRoom: Ballroom B ......................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

8:30 AM ..... A method for generating a seismic Wheeler volume via a relative geologic time volume—Xinming Wu* and Guangfa Zhong, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji U (INT 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... All-refl ector-tracking-based 3D seismic sequence analysis for shale gas reservoir prediction: Case study from the lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation, southern Sichuan Basin, southwest China—Mengjie Wu and Guangfa Zhong*, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji U; Yalin Li and Xiao Yang, Geophysical Prospecting Co. of Chuanqing Drilling Engineering Co. Ltd., CNPC (INT 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 4)

9:20 AM ..... Resolution improvement and stratigraphic interpretation for the thin turbiditic sands in off shore Sabah, Malaysia: A pilot study—Gary Yu*, Neeraj Shah, and Mark Robinson, Geotrace; Nguyen Huu Nghi, Achmad Aprayoga Nurhono, and Goh Sing Thu, Petroleum Resource Development/Petroleum Management Unit/PETRONAS (INT 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Stratigraphic features within the Ratawi shale member of the Lower Cretaceous Ratawi Formation and their hydrocarbon prospectivity in Sudaira: Abdali area, North Kuwait—Raju T. Arasu*, Prabir K. Nath, Badruzzaman Khan, Maitham Ebrahim, Mafi zar Rahaman, Sara Bader, and Ali Faleh Naser Abu-Ghneej, Kuwait Oil Company (INT 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 4)

10:10 AM ... Seismic interpretation of tectono-sedimentary framework of a continental rift basin: A case study of Ed3 Member, Dongying Formation, Paleogenge, in QHD29-2 block, Bohai Bay, China—Hongtao Zhu* and Hongliu Zeng, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The U of Texas at Austin; Yawen He, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The U of Texas at Austin (INT 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Seismic sedimentology of nonclinoformal deltaic systems in lacustrine Qijia Depression, Songliao Basin, China—Hongliu Zeng*, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The U of Texas at Austin; Xiaomin Zhu, China U of Petroleum (Beijing); Rukai Zhu, RIPED, PetroChina; Qingshi Zhang, Research Institute, Daqing Oilfi eld Company (INT 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Improving reservoir geometry by integrating continuous wavelet transform seismic attributes—Marcilio Castro de Matos, Sismo Research and Consulting and AASPI/OU; Oswaldo Davogustto*, Carlos Cabarcas, and Kurt Marfurt, The U of Oklahoma (INT 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Using an HSV color map to visualize spectral phase and magnitude information for an incised valley system in the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma, USA—Bradley C. Wallet*, Schlumberger Information Solutions, Stavanger, Norway and U of Oklahoma; Oswaldo Davogustto and Kurt J. Marfurt, U of Oklahoma; Ralph Daber, Schlumberger Information Solutions, Stavanger (INT 2.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

NS 2 Geohazards and Risk AssessmentSession Chairmen: Louise Pellerin and Seth S. HainesRoom: Breakers H ......................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

8:30 AM ..... Landslide investigation at a hydroelectric dam project site—Oz Yilmaz*, Anatolian Geophysical (NS 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 2)

8:55 AM ..... Time-lapse change in near-surface shear-wave velocities caused by rainfall and large earthquakes detected by applying seismic interferometry to earthquake data—Nori Nakata* and Roel Snieder, Colorado School of Mines (NS 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 2)

9:20 AM ..... Fracture zones or mafi c sills? Seismic waveform tomography at the Forsmark spent nuclear fuel repository, eastern central Sweden—Fengjiao Zhang* and Christopher Juhlin, Uppsala U (NS 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Nonintrusive seismic monitoring of high-level radioactive waste repositories—Hansruedi Maurer*, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Stefano Marelli, U of Lausanne, Switzerland; Edgar Manukyan, Fugro-Jason Netherlands BV, The Netherlands; Alan G. Green and Stewart A. Greenhalgh, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (NS 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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10:10 AM ... Tunnel detection using near-surface seismic methods—Steven D. Sloan*, Jason R. McKenna, Seth W. Broadfoot, and Owen M. Metheny, U. S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center; Shelby L. Peterie, Richard D. Miller, and Julian Ivanov, Kansas Geological Survey (NS 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Utilizing short off set data from a 3D exploration survey for regional seabed morphology and geohazard mapping in Makassar straits, Indonesia—Mazin Farouki*, PGS; Francesco Paone and Andrea Marceglia, Eni; Francesca Felappi, Claudia Monti, and Davide Della Moretta, Eni E&P; Nikolay Nenov, PT Geomahakarsa (NS 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Free gas mapping with a new marine DC resistivity technique—Pascal Tarits*, Agathe Hussher, Jean-François D’Eu, and Kevin Balem, IUEM/UBO; Sophie Hautot, IMAGIR sarl; Robert Girault, IXSurvey (NS 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 2)

11:25 AM ... Imaging internal erosion using electrical resistivity tomography—Brent Putman* and Yaoguo Li, Center for Gravity, Electrical, and Magnetic Studies, Colorado School of Mines; Ryan North, U. S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center (NS 2.8) (INT. AUD.: 2)

PSC 1 Source Mechanisms and DetectionSession Chairmen: John O’Brien and Stephen WilsonRoom: Lagoon F ............................................................................ (Tuesday, 6 November)

8:30 AM ..... Full waveform based microseismic source mechanism studies in the Barnett shale using dual array data—Fuxian Song* and M. Nafi Toksöz, Earth Resources Laboratory, MIT (PSC 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Improving the source characterization of seismicity associated with underground wastewater disposal: A case study from the 2008 Dallas-Fort Worth earthquake sequence—Delaine Reiter*, Mark Leidig, Kevin Mayeda, and Seung-Hoon Yoo, Weston Geophysical Corp. (PSC 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Stability of source mechanisms inverted from P-wave amplitude microseismic monitoring data acquired at surface—František Stanek* and Leo Eisner, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Tijmen Jan Moser, Moser Geophysical Services (PSC 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Simultaneous microseismic event localization and source mechanism determination—O. Zhebel*, U of H; L. Eisner, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics ASCR, Microseismic Inc. (PSC 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Detection of perforation shots in surface monitoring: The attenuation eff ect—David Einspigel* and Leo Eisner; Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Czech Academy of Science (PSC 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Modeling detection thresholds of microseismic monitoring networks—Alex Goertz, Nima Riahi, and Toni Kraft, ETH Zurich; Marc Lambert, Spectraseis (PSC 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Novel hybrid ANN autopicker for hydrofrac data: A comparative study—Debotyam Maity* and Fred Aminzadeh, Department of Petroleum Engineering, U of Southern California; Martin Karrenbach, SR2020 Inc. (PSC 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 4)

11:25 AM ... An automatic method for microseismic events detection based on earthquake phase pickers—Juan I. Sabbione* and Danilo R. Velis, Facultad de Ciencias Astronomicas y Geofi sicas, U Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, Argentina (PSC 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

RC 1 Property Prediction and MonitoringSession Chairmen: Mark A. Fortuna and Satinder ChopraRoom: Lagoon L ............................................................................ (Tuesday, 6 November)

8:30 AM ..... Characterizing a Mississippian tripolitic chert reservoir using 3D unsupervised seismic facies analysis and well logs: An example from Osage County, Oklahoma—Atish Roy*, Benjamin L. Dowell, and Kurt J. Marfurt, The U of Oklahoma (RC 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Seismic analysis of very thin beds: Which attribute to use?—Hongliu Zeng*, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The U of Texas at Austin; Xiaomin Zhu, China U of Petroleum, Beijing; Rukai Zhu, RIPED, PetroChina; Qingshi Zhang, Research Institute, Daqing Oilfi eld Company (RC 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 4)

9:20 AM ..... Seismic reservoir characterization of distributary channel sandstones in the Lower Cretaceous Paluxy reservoir, Delhi Field, Louisiana—Holly Robinson* and Tom Davis, Colorado School of Mines (RC 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

9:45 AM ..... Integrated refl ection seismic monitoring and reservoir modeling for geologic CO2 sequestration—Raul Cabrera, Alan R. Huff man, John D. Rogers, Alberto Villarreal, Jeff Meyer, Walter Kessinger, Todd Hibbits, and Freddy Obregon, SIGMA3 Integrated Reservoir Solutions, Inc.; Mark Sparlin, ConocoPhillips (RC 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Seismic quality monitoring during processing: What should we measure?—Alexandre Araman* and Benoit Paternoster, Total E&P; Dmitry Isakov and Natalia Shchukina, Total E&P Russia (RC 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Reservoir property prediction and fault mapping using multiattributes from seismic—Ram Kumar Thakur* and Kalyan Chakraborty, Joint Operations, Chevron & KGOC, Wafra, Kuwait (RC 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 6)

11 AM ........ Lithology prediction using a nondeterministic, statistical approach: Method of last resort, or preferred workfl ow, a case study from the Greater Burgan Field, Kuwait—Keith Edwards*, Lin Ye, Yousef Al-Zuabi, Mohamed Hafez Abdul Razak, Aishah Al-Ghareeb, and Sethu Madhavan, Kuwait Oil Company (RC 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Incorporating 3C seismic data for enhanced detail in an oil sands reservoir and fl uid characterization—Laurie M. Weston Bellman, Sound QI Inc. (RC 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 2)

RP 2 Rock Property EstimatesSession Chairmen: Alex Martinez and Kyle T. SpikesRoom: Breakers L .......................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

8:30 AM ..... Bounding electrical-elastic data: Example application in calcareous claystone—Wendy Wempe* and Manika Prasad, Colorado School of Mines, Petroleum Engineering Department (RP 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Relationship among porosity, permeability, electrical, and elastic properties—Zakir Hossain and Alan J. Cohen, RSI (RP 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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9:20 AM ..... An electrical rock physics model for partially interconnected fl uid inclusions/cracks—Michelle Ellis and Lucy MacGregor, RSI (RP 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Computational rock physics: Wave propagation velocities in partially saturated rocks—James Deeks*, David Lumley, and Jeff rey Shragge, CPGCO2, The U of Western Australia (RP 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Velocity anisotropy in experimentally compacted clay-silt and clay-clay mixtures—Nazmul Haque Mondol*, Department of Geosciences, U of Oslo and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (RP 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Eff ect of contact line motion on Qp and Qs for partially saturated rocks—Michael K. Broadhead, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran (RP 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 4)

11 AM ........ Experimental confi rmation of “Refl ections on Q”—Larry Lines*, Kris Innanen, Fereidoon Vasheghani, and Joe Wong, U of Calgary; Carl Sondergeld, U of Oklahoma; Sven Treitel, Tridekon, Inc.; Tadeusz Ulrych, U of British Columbia (RP 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Laboratory measurement of P-wave anisotropy in shales with laser ultrasonics—Thomas E. Blum*, Ludmila Adam, and Kasper van Wijk, Boise State U; Carl H. Sondergeld, U of Oklahoma (RP 2.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SI 2 High ResolutionSession Chairmen: Xuri Huang and John P. CastagnaRoom: Ballroom C ......................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

8:30 AM ..... Bandwidth enhancement by inverse-Q fi ltering or time-varying Wiener deconvolution?—Mirko van der Baan, U of Alberta (SI 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Decon in the log domain with variable gain—Jon Claerbout, Qiang Fu, and Antoine Guitton (SI 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Seismic source wavelet estimation and sparse spike deconvolution—Zhengsheng Yao* and Mike Galbraith, GEDCO (SI 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Robust one-step (deconvolution + integration) seismic inversion in the frequency domain—Ivan Priezzhev* and Aaron Scollard, Schlumberger (SI 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 4)

10:10 AM ... Gabor deconvolution using regularized smoothing—Zengbao Chen*, National Engineering Laboratory for Off shore Oil Exploration, China U of Petroleum, Beijing and Centre for Reservoir Geophysics, Imperial College London; Yanghua Wang, Centre for Reservoir Geophysics, Imperial College London; Xiaohong Chen, National Engineering Laboratory for Off shore Oil Exploration, China U of Petroleum, Beijing (SI 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Guided seismic-to-well tying based on dynamic time warping—Roberto Henry Herrera* and Mirko van der Baan, Department of Physics, U of Alberta (SI 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 2)

11 AM ........ The reliability of the kurtosis-based wavelet estimation—Yungui Xu*, Pierre Thore, and Sebastien Duchenne, TOTAL E&P UK (SI 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 2)

11:25 AM ... Stochastic sparse-layer inversion using partial spectrum—Jingbo Wang*, Shangxu Wang, and Mengxiong Xiao, State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resource and Prospecting, China U of Petroleum (SI 2.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SI 3 FWI Effi ciency and ReliabilitySession Chairmen: Tony Huang and Fuhao QinRoom: Ballroom D ........................................................................ (Tuesday, 6 November)

8:30 AM ..... 3D frequency domain full waveform inversion via a massively parallel structured multifrontal solver—Shen Wang*, Maarten V. De Hoop, and Jianlin Xia, Purdue U (SI 3.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Multiscale full waveform inversion using GPU—Jian Mao* and Ru-Shan Wu, U of California at Santa Cruz; Baoli Wang, Xian Jiaotong U (SI 3.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Waveform inversion via nonlinear diff erential semblance optimization—Dong Sun* and William W. Symes, Rice U (SI 3.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Effi cient full waveform inversion using a cyclic shot sampling method—Wansoo Ha* and Changsoo Shin, Seoul National U (SI 3.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Quality assured full-waveform inversion: Ensuring starting model adequacy—Nikhil Shah*, Mike Warner, Tenice Nangoo, Adrian Umpleby, Ivan Stekl, Jo Morgan, and Lluís Guasch, Imperial College London (SI 3.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Tomographic full waveform inversion: Practical and computationally feasible approach—Ali Almomin and Biondo Biondi, Stanford U (SI 3.6) (INT. AUD.: 4)

11 AM ........ Full waveform inversion by deconvolution gradient method—Fuchun Gao*, Paul Williamson, and Henri Houllevigue, Total (SI 3.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Initial velocity models for full waveform inversion—W. Weibull, B. Arntsen*, and E. Nilsen, Norwegian U of Science and Technology (SI 3.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SPMI 1 Anisotropy and ElasticitySession Chairmen: James Sun and Paul WilliamsonRoom: Breakers F .......................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

8:30 AM ..... Improving subsalt images using tilted-orthorhombic RTM in Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico—Monica Thomas*, Sabaresan Mothi, and Patrick McGill, CGGVeritas (SPMI 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 2)

8:55 AM ..... Generalized pseudospectral methods for orthorhombic modeling and reverse-time migration—Paul J. Fowler* and Cintia Lapilli, WesternGeco (SPMI 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 4)

9:20 AM ..... Compensating viscoacoustic eff ects in anisotropic reverse-time migration—Sang Suh*, Kwangjin Yoon, James Cai, and Bin Wang, TGS (SPMI 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

9:45 AM ..... 3D elastic migration with topography based on spectral-element and adjoint methods—Yang Luo and Jeroen Tromp, Princeton U; Bertrand Denel and Henri Calandra, TOTAL (SPMI 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Reverse time migration of marine models with elastic wave equation and amplitude preservation—Suhas Phadke and Santosh Dhubia, Computational Research Laboratories Ltd. (SPMI 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Elastic migration for improving salt and subsalt imaging and inversion—Kun Jiao, Wei Huang, Denes Vigh, Jerry Kapoor, Richard Coates, E. William Starr, and Xin Cheng, WesternGeco (SPMI 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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11 AM ........ Elastic reverse-time migration using the Helmholtz decomposition in the time domain—Wookeen Chung and Sungryul Shin, Korea Maritime U; Jungkyun Shin* and Changsoo Shin, Seoul National U (SPMI 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 4)

11:25 AM ... Pyramid-shaped grid for elastic wave propagation—Feng Chen* and Sheng Xu, CGGVeritas (SPMI 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SPNA 2 Stacking and Multidimensional DeconvolutionSession Chairmen: Dennis Yanchak and Osareni C. OgiesobaRoom: Breakers D ......................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

8:30 AM ..... Optimal stacking—Madhav Vyas and Arvind Sharma, BP America Inc. (SPNA 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 2)

8:55 AM ..... 3D nonlinear stack enhancement: Correlation-based stacking—Stefan Compton* and Christof Stork, Landmark Graphics (SPNA 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 2)

9:20 AM ..... Edge-preserving smoothing for segmentation of seismic images—Adam D. Halpert*, Stanford U (SPNA 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Multidimensional deconvolution of seismic-interferometry Arctic data—Flavio Poletto* and Cinzia Bellezza, OGS (SPNA 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Characterizing and suppressing a very low frequency OBC noise—John F. Parrish*, PeriSeis; M. Lee Bell and Richard W. Verm, Geokinetics Inc. (SPNA 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Eff ective seismic interference elimination enabled by multicomponent data from marine acquisitions—Massimiliano Vassallo*, Kurt Eggenberger, Dirk-Jan van Manen, Susanne Rentsch, and Wouter Brouwer, WesternGeco; Ali Özbek, Schlumberger (SPNA 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Noise suppression in surface microseismic data by t-p transform—Farnoush Forghani-Arani*, Mike Batzle, and Jyoti Behura, Colorado School of Mines; Mark Willis, Halliburton; Seth Haines, U. S. Geological Survey; Michael Davidson, ConocoPhillips (SPNA 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Seismic event parameterization in the fractional Fourier transform domain—Khalid H. Miah* and David K. Potter, U of Alberta (SPNA 2.8) (INT. AUD.: 4)

SS 2 Broadband Full AzimuthSession Chairmen: Peter I. Pecholcs and Peter M. EickRoom: Ballroom A ......................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

8:30 AM ..... The feasibility and value of low-frequency data collected using co-located 2 Hz and 10 Hz geophones—Stephen K. Chiu*, Peter Eick, Michael Davidson, Jeff Malloy, and Jack Howell, ConocoPhillips (SS 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... How long should the sweep be?—Julien Meunier* and Thomas Bianchi, CGGVeritas (SS 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Extending the vibroseis bandwidth to low frequencies—Zhouhong Wei and Thomas F. Phillips*, INOVA Geophysical Equipment Limited (SS 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

9:45 AM ..... A low-frequency seismic fi eld experiment—G. F. Margrave*, M. B. Bertram, K. L. Bertram, K. W. Hall, K. A. H. Innanen, and D. C. Lawton, CREWES Project, The U of Calgary; L. E. Mewhort, Husky Energy; T. M. Phillips, INOVA; M. Hall, Geokinetics (SS 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 2)

10:10 AM ... Land seismic low frequencies: Acquisition, processing and full wave inversion of 1.5 - 86 Hz—S. Mahrooqi*, S. Rawahi, S. Yarubi, S. Abri, A. Yahyai, M. Jahdhami, K. Hunt, and J. Shorter, Petroleum Development Oman (SS 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... A broadband full-azimuth land seismic case study from Saudi Arabia using a 100,000 channel recording system at 6 terabytes per day: Acquisition and processing lessons learned—Peter I. Pecholcs*, Riyadh Al-Saad, and Muneer Al-Sannaa, Saudi Aramco; John Quigley, Claudio Bagaini, Alexander Zarkhidze, Roger May, Mohamed Guellili, Sokol Sinanaj, and Mohamed Membrouk, WesternGeco (SS 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ A broadband full-azimuth land seismic case study from Saudi Arabia: Interpretation and inversion lessons learned—Brian P. Wallick*, Luis Giroldi, and Husam Mustafa, Saudi Aramco; Ayman Suleiman, Dominic Lowden, Karim Elsadany, Mukarram Ahmed, and Roberto Fainstein, WesternGeco (SS 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Toward broader bandwidth and higher channel counts—Guido Baeten*, Jay Hwang, and Wim Walk, Shell International E&P (SS 2.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SVE 1 MiscellaneousSession Chairmen: Jerry Kapoor and Matthew H. KarazincirRoom: Breakers B .......................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

8:30 AM ..... Velocity evaluation using least squares prestack migration—Abdolnaser Yousefzadeh* and John C. Bancroft, CREWES, U of Calgary (SVE 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Time-lapse image-domain velocity analysis using adjoint-state methods—Jeff rey Shragge*, CPGCO2, The U of Western Australia; Tongning Yang and Paul Sava, Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines (SVE 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Estimating lateral variations in seabed velocity using normal modes—Martin Landrø*, NTNU; Paul Hatchell, Shell; Ole Eiesland, NTNU (SVE 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Velocity estimation using internal multiples—X. R. Staal* and D. J. Verschuur, Delft U of Technology (SVE 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... A new waveform inversion workfl ow: Application to near-surface velocity estimation in Saudi Arabia—Xukai Shen*, Stanford U; Thierry Tonellot, Yi Luo, Tim Keho, and Robert Ley, EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco (SVE 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 4)

10:35 AM ... Pore-pressure estimation ahead of the bit while drilling by seismic and well data integration—Cengiz Esmersoy*, Yi Yang, Chirag Parekh, Marta Woodward, Konstantin Osypov, Sherman Yang, and Yangjun (Kevin) Liu, WesternGeco; Colin M. Sayers, Schlumberger (SVE 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Simultaneous determination of anisotropic parameters in PSTM—Kevin Hellman*, Scott Boyer, and Jaime A. Stein, Geotrace (SVE 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Interactive velocity model validation (IVMV)—Imtiaz Ahmed, Ryan Faerber*, Chandan Kumar, and Frederic Billette, BP America Inc. (SVE 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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1:30 PM ..... Imaging below shallow gas with full-azimuth acquisition: A case study—Mike Branston* and Michelle Tham, WesternGeco; Paul Baltensperger, Marty Wysocki, and Matthew Choo, Newfi eld (ACQ 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 2)

1:55 PM ..... Optimal survey design for marine borehole seismics—Darrell Coles*, Hugues Djikpesse, and Michael Prange, Schlumberger-Doll Research; Yi Yang and Konstantin Osypov, WesternGeco (ACQ 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:20 PM ..... Seismic acquisition design using 3D target-oriented visibility analysis—Jun Cao*, Chuck Mosher, and Joel Brewer, ConocoPhillips (ACQ 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:45 PM ..... Advanced modeling and imaging for seismic acquisition: A GOM subsalt example—Xianhuai Zhu*, Jun Cao, Don Ashabranner, Sanjay Sood, Joel Brewer, and Chuck Mosher, ConocoPhillips (ACQ 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Seismic acquisition tests in Cook Inlet, Alaska—Mike Yates*, Steve Adiletta, and Dennis Yanchak, Apache Corporation (ACQ 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... Multivessel coil shooting acquisition with simultaneous sources—Nick Moldoveanu and Craig Beasley, WesternGeco; Ying Ji, Schlumberger Cambridge Research (ACQ 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... Finite diff erence wave-equation illumination: A deepwater case study—Jason Gardner*, Cintia Lapilli, Chuyuan Xu, and Alfonso González, WesternGeco (ACQ 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Spatial sampling, coherent noise, and subsurface resolution: Conclusions from fi eld experiments—David C. Henley, Malcolm B. Bertram, and Kevin W. Hall, CREWES, U of Calgary, Department of Geoscience (ACQ 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

EM 3 Data Processing and Case HistoriesSession Chairmen: Kerry Key and Mark RosenquistRoom: Breakers J ........................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

1:30 PM ..... Noise reduction and error analysis for a towed EM system—Johan Mattsson*, Peter Lindqvist, Robert Juhasz, and Erik Björnemo, PGS (EM 3.1) (INT. AUD.: 4)

1:55 PM ..... CSEM uncertainties and inversion—David Myer*, Steven Constable, and Kerry Key, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (EM 3.2) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:20 PM ..... Background resistivity model from seismic velocities—Dieter Werthmüller*, Anton M. Ziolkowski, and David A. Wright, U of Edinburgh (EM 3.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... Mapping shallow geological structure with towed marine CSEM receivers—Steven Constable* and Peter Kannberg, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Kelly Callaway, Fugro EM; David Ramirez Mejia, Shell International E&P (EM 3.4) (INT. AUD.: 2)

3:10 PM ..... The fi rst practical 3D inversion of towed streamer EM data from the Troll fi eld trial—Michael S. Zhdanov and Martin Cuma, U of Utah and TechnoImaging; Masashi Endo*, Leif H. Cox, and Glenn A. Wilson, TechnoImaging; Johnathan Linfoot, PGS (EM 3.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... Anisotropic inversion of CSEM data from off shore Malaysia—Liam Ó Súilleabháin*, Mark Rosenquist, Jeff Johnson, René-Édouard Plessix, Pieter Van Rensbergen, and Deddy Sebayang, Shell International E&P (EM 3.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... Integrated analysis of well log, seismic, and CSEM data for prospect appraisal: A case study from West Africa—Slim Bouchrara*, Lucy MacGregor, James Tomlinson, and Uwe Strecker, RSI; Jianping Fan, CNODC; Xuefeng Ran and Gang Yu, BGP (EM 3.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Integrated interpretation of a CSEM anomaly on the Nordland Ridge, Norwegian Continental Shelf—Stein Fanavoll* and Pål T. Gabrielsen, EMGS ASA (EM 3.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

INT 3 Faults and FracturesSession Chairmen: Friso Brouwer and Bruce Z. ShangRoom: Ballroom B ......................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

1:30 PM ..... An automatic fault tracking approach based on ant colony algorithm—Yan Zhe* and Gu Hanming, China U of Geosciences, Institute of Geophysics and Geomatics (INT 3.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Fault surfaces and fault throws from 3D seismic images—Dave Hale, Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines (INT 3.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... A faults identifi cation method using dip guided facet model edge detector—Jianguo Song*, Zhe Li, and Yongzhuang Sun, China U of Petroleum (East China); Xing Mu and Changjiang Wang, Geology Science and Technology Institude of ShengLi Oil Field, Sinopec, China (INT 3.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... Niobrara fracture prospecting through integrated structural and azimuthal seismic interpretation, Silo Field area, Wyoming—Galen Treadgold, Gloria Eisenstadt, John Maher, Joe Fuller, and Bruce Campbell, Global Geophysical Services (INT 3.4) (INT. AUD.: 2)

3:10 PM ..... Fault characterization using volumetric curvature from continuous phase spectrum—Hussain Syed Kazmi*, Sohaib Ahmad, and Arsalan Shafi q, LMKR, Islamabad; Aftab Alam, Prime Geoscience Houston (INT 3.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... Enhancement of large faults with a windowed 3D Radon transform fi lter—Trond Hellem Boe, Schlumberger Stavanger Research, Norway (INT 3.6) (INT. AUD.: 2)

4 PM .......... Unfaulting and unfolding 3D seismic images—Simon Luo and Dave Hale, Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines (INT 3.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Imaging faults in 3D seismic volumes—Geoff rey A. Dorn, Benjamin Kadlec, and Patty Murtha, TerraSpark Geosciences LLC (INT 3.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

PSC 2 Imaging, Interferometry, and NoiseSession Chairmen: Brad Artman and Anca RoscaRoom: Lagoon F ............................................................................ (Tuesday, 6 November)

1:30 PM ..... Microseismic imaging with combined surface and downhole arrays—Michael Thornton* and Peter Duncan, MicroSeismic (PSC 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 4)

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1:55 PM ..... Comparison of microearthquake locations using seismic interferometry principles—Gabriela Melo*, Alison Malcolm, and Michael Fehler, Earth Resources Laboratory, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Department, MIT (PSC 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Seismic imaging of hydraulically stimulated fractures: A numerical study of the eff ect of the source mechanism—Andrey H. Shabelansky*, Alison Malcolm, Mike Fehler, and Sudhish K. Bakku, Earth Resources Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PSC 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... Alignment intensity for discriminating good, bad, and ugly microseismic hypocenters—Peter C. Luh*, Charles Sicking, Stu Nelan, and Ivan Rabak, Global Microseismic Services, a division of Global Geophysical Services, Inc. (PSC 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Microseismic monitoring fi eld test using surface, shallow grid, and downhole arrays—Julian Drew*, Paolo Primiero, Keith Brook, Daniel Raymer, Tony Probert, Ahyi Kim, and David Leslie, Schlumberger (PSC 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 4)

3:35 PM ..... Statistically optimal technique of simultaneous event location and focal mechanism determination of weak microseismicity using surface arrays—Ilya Dricker* and Paul Friberg, Earth Imaging Inc.; Alexey Epiphansky, Alexander Kushnir, Mikhail Rozhkov, and Alexander Varypaev, SYNAPSE Science Center (PSC 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 2)

4 PM .......... Shear-wave arrivals in surface microseismic data—Ben Witten*, Summer Montgomery, and Brad Artman, Spectraseis (PSC 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 2)

4:25 PM ..... Microseismic detectability from stacking signals on near-surface arrays—Adam M. Baig* and Ted I. Urbancic, ESG Solutions (PSC 2.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

RP 3 Models and ApplicationsSession Chairmen: Youngseuk Keehm and Ezequiel F. GonzalezRoom: Breakers L .......................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

1:30 PM ..... Rock physics modeling and analysis of elastic signatures for intermediate to low porosity sandstones—Aiman Bakhorji* and Husam Mustafa, Saudi Aramco; Per Avseth, Odin Petroleum, and Tor Arne Johansen, U of Bergen (RP 3.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Rock physics diagnostics: How far can we go? An approach at the edge—Anders Dræge*, Statoil ASA (RP 3.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... A new velocity-pressure-compaction model for uncemented sediments—Matthew Saul* and David Lumley, The U of Western Australia (RP 3.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... A tentative approach based on unifi ed asperity deformation model and eff ective compliance theory to explain the pressure-dependence of anisotropic velocity in sandstones—Kai Gao*, Fatimah Al-Ismail, and Richard L. Gibson Jr., Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M U (RP 3.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Rock physics model for static Young’s modulus and compressive strength of soft sedimentary rocks—Toru Takahashi* and Soichi Tanaka, Fukada Geological Institute (RP 3.5) (INT. AUD.: 4)

3:35 PM ..... Perturbing Walton’s model for unconsolidated sands with anisotropic stresses—Jeremy Gallop, Cenovus Energy (RP 3.6) (INT. AUD.: 4)

4 PM .......... Using kernel principal component analysis to interpret seismic signatures of thin shaly-sand reservoirs—Piyapa Dejtrakulwong and Gary Mavko, Stanford Rock Physics Laboratory, Stanford U; Tapan Mukerji*, Stanford Center for Reservoir Forecasting, Stanford U (RP 3.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Study geophysical response of Middle East carbonate reservoir using computational rock physics approach—Xin Zhan*, Shawn M. Fullmer, Chih-ping Lu, Stephen E. Kaczmarek, Christopher E. Harris, and Alex Martinez, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston (RP 3.8) (INT. AUD.: 2)

SI 4 FWI Applications to Field DataSession Chairmen: Matthew A. Brzostowski and Qunshan ZhangRoom: Ballroom D ........................................................................ (Tuesday, 6 November)

1:30 PM ..... Application of image-guided full waveform inversion to a 2D ocean-bottom cable data set—Yong Ma*, Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines; Jianxin (Jerry) Yuan and Yunqing Shen, ConocoPhillips; Bin Gong, In-Depth Geophysical (SI 4.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Comparison of 3D time- and frequency-domain waveform inversion: Benefi ts and insights of a broadband, discrete-frequency strategy—Andrew J. Brenders*, Uwe Albertin, and Jim Mika, BP America, Houston (SI 4.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Crosshole waveform inversion: Quantifying anisotropy through simulated annealing—Michael Afanasiev*, R. Gerhard Pratt, and Rie Kamei, Western U; Glenn McDowell, Vale (SI 4.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:45 PM ..... 3D time-domain full waveform inversion of a Valhall OBC data set—Faqi Liu*, Scott A. Morton, Stuart Fairhead, and Steve Checkles, Hess Corporation; Lluis Guasch, Mike Warner, and Adrian Umpleby, Imperial College, London; Zhaobo Meng, In-Depth Geophysical Inc, Houston (SI 4.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Nonlinear full waveform inversion for high-resolution quantitative property estimation—Peter Haffi nger*, Dries Gisolf, and Peter van den Berg, Delft U of Technology (SI 4.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... VTI waveform inversion with practical strategies: Application to 3D real data—Chao Wang*, David Yingst, Robert Bloor, and Jacques Leveille, ION Geophysical (SI 4.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... Inversion on refl ected seismic wave—Sheng Xu*, Feng Chen, Gilles Lambaré, and Yu Zhang, CGGVeritas; Daoliu Wang, Statoil (SI 4.7) (INT. AUD.: 4)

4:25 PM ..... Application of full waveform inversion to variable-depth streamer data—Richard Jupp*, Andrew Ratcliff e, and Richard Wombell, CGGVeritas (SI 4.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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1:30 PM ..... Reverse time migration surface off set gathers, part 1: A new method to produce ‘classical’ common—Matteo Giboli* and Reda Baina, Opera; Laurence Nicoletis Ifpen and Bertrand Duquet, Total SA (SPMI 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Rapid estimates of converted-wave velocities using prestack migration—Thais Guirigay*, John C. Bancroft, and Helen Isaac, CREWES, U of Calgary (SPMI 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Reverse time migration surface off set gathers, part 2: Using the full power of wide-azimuth information—Laurent Lemaistre*, Raphael Lencrerot, and Philippe-David Prat, TOTAL SA; Pierre Jousselin, TOTAL E&P Norge; Celso Gomes, TOTAL E&P Angola (SPMI 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 4)

2:45 PM ..... Improving RTM images with angle gathers—Sean Crawley, N. D. Whitmore, Armando Sosa, and Mike Jones, PGS (SPMI 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Angle-domain migration velocity analysis using wave-equation refl ection traveltime inversion—Sanzong Zhang* and Gerard Schuster, King Abdullah U of Science and Technology; Yi Luo, Saudi Aramco (SPMI 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... Anisotropy signature in extended images from reverse-time migration—Paul Sava, Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines; Tariq Alkhalifah, King Abdullah U of Science and Technology (SPMI 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 4)

4 PM .......... Optimal migration aperture for confl icting dips—Alexander Klokov* and Sergey Fomel, The U of Texas at Austin (SPMI 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Understanding the reverse time migration backscattering: Noise or signal?—Esteban Diaz and Paul Sava, Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines (SPMI 2.8) (INT. AUD.: 4)

SPMUL 1 Prediction and SubtractionSession Chairmen: Ken H. Matson and Anatoly BaumsteinRoom: Ballroom C ......................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

1:30 PM ..... Shallow water demultiple with seafl oor refl ection modeling using multichannel prediction operator—Kunlun Yang* and Barry Hung, CGGVeritas (SPMUL 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Predicting multiples using a reverse time demigration—Yu Zhang* and Lian Duan, CGGVeritas (SPMUL 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Internal demultiple methodology without identifying the multiple generators—Barry Hung* and Min Wang, CGGVeritas (SPMUL 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:45 PM ..... Imaging with multiples using linearized full-wave inversion—Mandy Wong*, Biondo Biondi, and Shuki Ronen, Stanford U (SPMUL 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 2)

3:10 PM ..... Integrated migration and internal multiple elimination—Kees Wapenaar*, Jan Thorbecke, Joost van der Neut, and Evert Slob, Delft U of Technology; Filippo Broggini, Jyoti Behura, and Roel Snieder, Colorado School of Mines (SPMUL 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... A practical approach to prediction of internal multiples and ghosts—Jyoti Behura, Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines; Farnoush Forghani, Center for Rock Abuse, Colorado School of Mines (SPMUL 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... Multiples prediction from migrated section—Carlo Fortini* and Vincenzo Lipari, Politecnico di Milano; Nicola Bienati, Eni e&p (SPMUL 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM .... Focusing inside an unknown medium using refl ection data with internal multiples: Numerical examples for a laterally varying velocity model, spatially extended virtual source, and inaccurate direct arrivals—Filippo Broggini* and Roel Snieder, Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines; Kees Wapenaar, Delft U of Technology (SPMUL 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SPNA 3 Deblending and Migration MethodsSession Chairmen: Rodney G. Johnston and Todd M. MojeskyRoom: Breakers D ......................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

1:30 PM ..... Fast and robust deblending using apex shifted Radon transform—Daniel Trad*, Risto Siliqi, and Gordon Poole, CGGVeritas; Jean-Luc Boelle, Total (SPNA 3.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Integration of deblending and surface-related multiple elimination: Application to marine data—Panagiotis Doulgeris*, Gerrit Blacquiere, and Eric Verschuur, Delft U of Technology (SPNA 3.2) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:20 PM ..... Green’s theorem derived deghosting: Fundamental analysis, numerical test results, and impact on ISS free-surface multiple elimination—Zhiqiang Wang, Arthur B. Weglein, James D. Mayhan, and Paolo Terenghi, M-OSRP, Physics Dept., U of Houston; Christian Rivera, TOTAL (SPNA 3.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:45 PM ..... Noise suppression using preconditioned least-squares prestack time migration: Application to the Mississippian Limestone—Shiguang Guo*, Bo Zhang, and Kurt J. Marfurt, U of Oklahoma; Alejandro Cabrales-Vargas, Pemex E&P (SPNA 3.4) (INT. AUD.: 4)

3:10 PM ..... Prestack deghosting for variable-depth streamer data—Robert Soubaras*, CGGVeritas (SPNA 3.5) (INT. AUD.: 4)

3:35 PM ..... Beam forming by least-square inversion with Radon spectrum constraints—Jiangtao Hu*, Xiongwen Wang, and Huazhong Wang, Wave Phenomena and Inversion Imaging Group, School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji U (SPNA 3.6) (INT. AUD.: 4)

4 PM .......... Subsalt illumination analysis using RTM 3D dip gathers—Zhengxue Li*, Bing Tang, and Shuo Ji, CGGVeritas (SPNA 3.7) (INT. AUD.: 2)

4:25 PM ..... Successful imaging of land hydrophone and dual sensor data in a dry desert environment—Roy Burnstad*, Andrey Bakulin, and Mike Jervis, EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco; Dmitry Alexandrov, St. Petersburg State U (SPNA 3.8) (INT. AUD.: 2)

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SS 3 AGU-SEG HydrogeophysicsSession Chairmen: Kamini Singha and James IrvingRoom: Breakers H ......................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

1:30 PM ..... Electrical resistivity imaging and fl uid modeling of free convection in a coastal sabkha—Remke L. Van Dam*, Brian P. Eustice, Warren W. Wood, and David W. Hyndman, Michigan State U, Department of Geological Sciences; Craig T. Simmons, Flinders U, National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (SS 3.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Comparison of time-lapse GPR data collected under natural and forced infi ltration conditions to estimate vadose zone hydraulic parameters—M. Scholer, J. Irving*, and K. Holliger, U of Lausanne; M. Looms and L. Nielsen, U of Copenhagen (SS 3.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Monitoring infi ltration in 3D using multichannel ground-penetrating radar—Adam R. Mangel*, Stephen M. J. Moysey, and Andrea Creighton, Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Science, Clemson U; Alex Smolka, Department of Biological Science, Clemson U; Matthew Finley, Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Environmental Science, Clemson U (SS 3.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... A pseudo-spectral method for simulating poroelastic seismic wave propagation in complex borehole environments—Rolf Sidler* and Klaus Holliger, U of Lausanne; Jose M. Carcione, OGS Trieste (SS 3.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Monitoring tracers with time-lapse electrical methods: Issues with reactions and surface conductance—Kamini Singha* and Li Li, The Pennsylvania State U; Frederick D. Day-Lewis, USGS; Aaron B. Regberg, ExxonMobil (SS 3.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... Improved imaging of electrically conductive solute plume using a new strategy for physics-based regularization of resistivity imaging problems—Erasmus Oware* and Stephen Moysey, Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson U; Taufi quar Khan, Mathematical Sciences, Clemson U (SS 3.6) (INT. AUD.: 5)

4 PM .......... A brute-strength approach to improving the quality of seismoelectric data—Timothy Dean, WesternGeco; Christian Dupuis and Jason Valuri*, Curtin U; Rolf Herrmann, Schlumberger Water Services (SS 3.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

ST 1 Imaging and MigrationSession Chairmen: Sherif Hanafy and Deyan DraganovRoom: Lagoon L ............................................................................ (Tuesday, 6 November)

1:30 PM ..... 2D pre- and poststack diff raction separation and imaging—Endrias G. Asgedom* and Leiv J. Gelius, U of Oslo; J. H. Faccipieri and Martin Tygel, State U of Campinas (ST 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Data-driven time imaging of 2D acoustic media without a velocity model—Ernesto Bonomi, Gianluigi Caddeo, and Antonio M. Cristini, CRS4 Imaging and Numerical Geophysics; Paolo Marchetti*, Eni E&P Division (ST 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Generalized windowed transforms for seismic processing and imaging—Charles C. Mosher, ConocoPhillips (ST 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... Creating a virtual source inside a medium from refl ection data with internal multiples: A stationary-phase analysis—Filippo Broggini* and Roel Snieder, Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines; Kees Wapenaar, Delft U of Technology (ST 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Seismic scanning tunneling macroscope: Theory—Gerard T. Schuster, King Abdullah U of Science and Technology; Sherif M. Hanafy, King Abdullah U of Science and Technology and Geophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo U, Egypt; Yunsong Huang, Geophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo U, Egypt (ST 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... Comparison of diff erent scaling methods of receiver wavefi eld for wave equation migration—Yi Tao*, The U of Texas at Austin; Mrinal K. Sen, The U of Texas at Austin and National Geophysical Research Institute Hyderabad, India (ST 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 2)

4 PM .......... Quantitative comparison of simulations of seismic wave propagation in heterogeneous poroelastic media involving fl uid-solid interfaces and in equivalent viscoelastic solids—Rolf Sidler*, J. German Rubino, and Klaus Holliger, U of Lausanne (ST 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 5)

4:25 PM ..... Eikonal equation on the unstructured grids using quadratic interpolation—Anton Zaicenco*, Terrascience Systems Ltd. (ST 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 4)

SVE 2 WEMVA / FWI TheorySession Chairmen: Nizar Chemingui and Elive M. MenyoliRoom: Breakers B .......................................................................... (Tuesday, 6 November)

1:30 PM ..... Illumination compensation for subsalt image-domain wavefi eld tomography—Tongning Yang* and Paul Sava, Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines; Jeff rey Shragge, School of Earth and Environment, U of Western Australia (SVE 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... An RTM-based automatic migration velocity analysis in image domain—Peng Shen, Shell International E&P (SVE 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Residual moveout-based wave-equation migration velocity analysis—Yang Zhang* and Biondo Biondi, Stanford U; Yaxun Tang, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company (SVE 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... Automatic anisotropic migration velocity analysis for reverse-time migration—Wiktor Weibull* and Børge Arntsen, NTNU; Marianne Houbiers and Joachim Mispel, Statoil ASA (SVE 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Waveform tomography based on local image correlations—Francesco Perrone* and Paul Sava, Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines (SVE 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 4)

3:35 PM ..... The diagonalator: Inverse data space full waveform inversion—Peyman Poor Moghaddam*, Delft U of Technology, Netherlands; Wim A. Mulder, Shell Global Solutions International BV and Delft U of Technology, Netherlands (SVE 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 4)

4 PM .......... Polarization-based wave-equation migration velocity analysis in acoustic media—Qunshan Zhang* and George A. McMechan, The U of Texas at Dallas (SVE 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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ACQ 2 Land AcquisitionSession Chairmen: Stuart Wright and Malcolm LansleyRoom: Ballroom A ..................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

8:30 AM ..... An extra 10%: Improving the productivity of vibroseis surveys through advanced fl eet management—Timothy Dean*, WesternGeco (ACQ 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Establishing the limits of vibrator performance: Experiments with pseudorandom sweeps—Timothy Dean*, WesternGeco (ACQ 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Improving S/N ratio on vibroseis source signature at low frequencies—Zhouhong Wei* and Thomas F. Phillips, INOVA Geophysical Equipment Limited (ACQ 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

9:45 AM ..... Vibroseis as an impulsive seismic source: 3D fi eld testing Permian Basin Texas—J. W. Thomas*, Dawson Geophysical; Dana M. Jurick, Devon Energy; Dwight Osten, retired Texaco (ACQ 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 4)

10:10 AM ... Survey design for high-density, high-productivity, broadband vibroseis point-source and receiver acquisition: A case study—Peter van Baaren, Roger May, Alexander Zarkhidze, David Morrison, and John Quigley, WesternGeco; Abdulla Al Qadi, Crescent Petroleum, Sharjah (ACQ 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 2)

10:35 AM ... Receiver comparison for a nonrepeatable earthquake source on a low-frequency seismic refl ection experiment—Kevin W. Hall*, Gary F. Margrave, and Malcolm B. Bertram, CREWES, Department of Geoscience, U of Calgary (ACQ 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 2)

11 AM ........ Wireless versus wireline land 3D seismic in north Italy—M. Pellegrino*, N. Pajola, G. Tortini, A. Esposito, and P. Follino, ENI E&P; A. Di Lecce, Geotec SpA (ACQ 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 4)

11:25 AM ... Seismic acquisition and processing of onshore dual fi elds by a reciprocal experiment—Flavio Poletto*, Lorenzo Petronio, Fabio Meneghini, and Andrea Schleifer, OGS (ACQ 2.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

GM 1 Applications in Potential FieldsSession Chairmen: Corine Prieto and Alex G. BlacqueRoom: Breakers H ..................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

8:30 AM ..... Curvature analysis for geological mapping and mineral resource assessment—Madeline Dana Lee* and Bill Morris, McMaster U; George Leblanc, National Research Council; Jeff Harris, Natural Resources Canada (GM 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 4)

8:55 AM ..... Forgotten truths, myths, and sacred cows of potential fi elds geophysics II—Alan Reid*, U of Leeds and Reid Geophysics (GM 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Project scale exploration using GRACE satellite gravity data: Two case studies—Clark Jorgensen*, Big Sky Geophysics (GM 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Nonseismic methods for tar sands evaluation, Bemolanga, Madagascar—An Price and C. Legorjus, Total E & P; M. Lajarthe, Semm Logging, A. Colla, and R. Miller, Fugro (GM 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Polynomial equivalent layer—Vanderlei C. Oliveira Jr.* and Valéria C. F. Barbosa, Observatório Nacional (GM 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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10:35 AM ... Local homogeneity of potential fi elds and fractional homogeneous functions: A new theory for improved source parameter estimation—Maurizio Fedi*, Giovanni Florio, and Valeria Paoletti, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, U di Napoli Federico II, Italy (GM 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Feasibility analysis of time-lapse gravity gradiometry for reservoir monitoring—Anya Reitz*, Richard A. Krahenbuhl, and Yaoguo Li, Center for Gravity, Electrical & Magnetic Studies (CGEM), Colorado School of Mines; Dan DiFrancesco, Lockheed Martin Corporation (GM 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... The benefi t of borehole gravity in horizontal monitoring wells for time-lapse applications—Richard A. Krahenbuhl* and Yaoguo Li, Center for Gravity, Electrical & Magnetic Studies, Colorado School of Mines; Chris Nind, LaCoste & Romberg - Scintrex, Inc. (GM 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

INT 4 Fluid and Play EvaluationSession Chairmen: Matthias G. Imhof and Hongliu ZengRoom: Ballroom B ..................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

8:30 AM ..... Fluid discrimination using a new fl uid-identifying factor—Miao Liu* and Tongju Gong, BGP, CNPC (INT 4.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Seismic detection of fault zone hydrocarbon conduit-seal potential using Q analysis: La Concepcion fi eld, Lake Maracaibo Venezuela example—Ahmed Alahdal, PetroTel, Inc. (INT 4.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Quantitative correlation of fl uid fl ow to curvature lineaments—Guo Yanxia* and Zhang Kui, BGP, CNPC; Kurt J. Marfurt, U of Oklahoma (INT 4.3) (INT. AUD.: 4)

9:45 AM ..... Hydrocarbon detection for cavern carbonate reservoir using low- and high-frequency anomalies in spectral decomposition—Li Fangyu* and Lu Wenkai, Tsinghua U; Li Yandong, Zhang Yan, and Zheng Xiaodong, Research Institute of Petroleum E&D, PetroChina (INT 4.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Seismic applications for better horizontal drain hole selection to successful well placement—Srinivasa Rao Narhari*, Vijaya Kumar Kidambi, Samar Al-Ashwak, Bashar Al-Qadeeri, Areej Al-Darmi, and Neema Al-Ajmi, Kuwait Oil Company (INT 4.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... New prospective plays off shore Ukraine as result of 3D geomodeling and geophysical inversion—Oleksandr Petrovskyy*, STF BIPEKS LTD; Tetyana Fedchenko, Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical Oil and Gas U; Oleksandr Kitchka, CASRE NASU (INT 4.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11AM ......... Seismic interpretation uplift of anisotropic prestack time migration in the Big Horn Basin, Wyoming—Jonathan P. Parker*, Marathon Oil Company; Christopher L. Liner, U of Houston, AGL (INT 4.7) (INT. AUD.: 2)

11:25 AM ... Interpretation of multipath-analysis localizations of microseismic data: An Alberta Montney shale example—Brad Culver* and Rainer Augsten, Birchcliff Energy Ltd.; Sean Coffi n, Yoomi Hur, and Jonathan S. Abel, Octave Reservoir Technologies; Adam Westlake, Devon Canada Corp. (INT 4.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

MG 1 New Methods and DevelopmentsSession Chairmen: Bob Lo and Glenn A. WilsonRoom: Breakers J ....................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

8:30 AM ..... Ten years of passive airborne AFMAG EM development for mineral exploration—Jean M. Legault, Geotech Ltd. (MG 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... The modeling of ZTEM data with 2D and 3D algorithms—Daniel Sattel*, EM Solutions LLC; Ken Witherly, Condor Consulting, Inc. (MG 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Integrating geological constraints in geophysical models—W. A. Morris*, B. Spicer, P. Tschirhart, V. Tschirhart, and M. D. Lee, MAGGIC, SGES, McMaster U; H. Ugalde, Paterson, Grant & Watson Limited (MG 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 5)

9:45 AM ..... Constrained geophysical inversion on unstructured meshes—Peter G. Lelievre*, Cassandra J. Tycholiz, and Colin G. Farquharson, Memorial U of Newfoundland (MG 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Detectability of 3D sulphide targets with AFMAG—Randall Mackie*, Fugro EM; M. Donald Watts, Consultant (MG 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Lithology diff erentiation based on inversion of full waveform induced polarization data from Newmont Distributed IP Data Acquisition System (NEWDAS)—Jiajia Sun*, Yaoguo Li, and Misac Nabighian, Center for Gravity, Electrical and Magnetic Studies, Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines (MG 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Laboratory-based GEMTIP analysis of spectral IP data for mineral discrimination—Michael S. Zhdanov and Vladimir Burtman*, U of Utah and TechnoImaging; Masashi Endo and Glenn A. Wilson, TechnoImaging (MG 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... New electromagnetic sensors for magnetotelluric and induced polarization geophysical surveys—Andrew Hibbs*, Todor Petrov, Joseph Pendleton, Steven Milberger, and George Eiskamp, GroundMetrics, Inc.; Glenn A. Wilson, TechnoImaging, LLC (MG 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 4)

PSC 3 Case Studies and Beyond the DotsSession Chairmen: Anupama Venkataraman and Robert KidneyRoom: Lagoon F ........................................................................ (Wednesday, 7 November)

8:30 AM ..... Cardium formation hydraulic “frac” microseismic: Observations and conclusions—John L. J. Duhault, PetroBakken Energy (PSC 3.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Permeability fi eld imaging using microseismic—Charles Sicking*, Jan Vermilye, Peter Geiser, Alfred Lacazette, and Laird Thompson, Global Microseismic Services (PSC 3.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Integration of passive seismic and 3D refl ection seismic in an unconventional shale gas play: Relationship between rock fabric and seismic moment of microseismic events—Martin Haege*, Shawn Maxwell, and Lars Sonneland, Schlumberger; Mark Norton, Progress Energy Resources (PSC 3.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Interaction of hydraulic and natural fracture networks inferred by integrating microseismic and geomechanical techniques—Andreas Wuestefeld* and Ted Urbancic, ESG Solutions; J-Michael Kendall, U of Bristol (PSC 3.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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10:10 AM ... Microearthquakes associated with long period, long duration seismic events during stimulation of a shale gas reservoir—Indrajit Das* and Mark D. Zoback, Stanford U (PSC 3.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Infl uence of elastic heterogeneity on fracture strength distribution in rocks—Cornelius Langenbruch* and Serge A. Shapiro, Freie U Berlin (PSC 3.6) (INT. AUD.: 2)

11 AM ........ Ongoing seismicity in the Dallas-Fort Worth area—Eva Janská*, Seismik SRO; Leo Eisner, Seismik SRO and Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics (PSC 3.7) (INT. AUD.: 2)

11:25 AM ... Multisource multireceiver microseismic refl ection imaging: Case study Basel—A. Reshetnikov*, J. Kummerow, and S. A. Shapiro, FU Berlin; H. Asanuma, Tohoku U; M. Haring, Geothermal Explorers International Ltd. (PSC 3.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

RC 2 Fracture Characterization and InversionSession Chairmen: Rajive Kumar and Kurt J. MarfurtRoom: Lagoon L ........................................................................ (Wednesday, 7 November)

8:30 AM ..... An integrated approach of fractured reservoir modeling based on seismic interpretations and discrete fracture characterization—Bin Gong*, Ying Shan, Jinbiao Tang, Qiangqiang Wang, and Lin Deng, LandOcean Energy Services; Junchao Li, Peking U (RC 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 4)

8:55 AM ..... Using automated fault extraction as an aid to characterizing fractured reservoirs: A case study—Simon Emsley*, Ikon Science Ltd.; Clare Slightam and Robert Trice, Hurricane Exploration PLC (RC 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... A Bayesian framework for fracture characterization from surface seismic data—S. Ahmad Zamanian*, Michael Fehler, and Daniel Burns, MIT Earth Resources Laboratory (RC 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Seismic characterization of fractured reservoirs using 3D double beams—Yingcai Zheng*, Xinding Fang, Michael C. Fehler, and Daniel R. Burns, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (RC 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Use of seismic-derived elastic properties for predicting reservoir quality in an unconventional play—Gorka Garcia Leiceaga*, Schlumberger; Mark Norton, Progress Energy; Innocent Kalu, Jean-Baptiste Connault, Irina Nizkous, James Johnson, and Freia Henery, Schlumberger (RC 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Estimation of uncertainties associated to porosity prediction from inversion—Sandrine Ortet*, Olivier Vidal, and Frédérique Fournier, Beicip-Franlab; Daniel Guillemot, Michel Hayet, and Béatrice Yven, Andra (RC 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Adaptive spatial resampling as a Markov chain Monte Carlo method for stochastic seismic reservoir characterization—Cheolkyun Jeong*, Tapan Mukerji, and Gregoire Mariethoz, Stanford U (RC 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Sequential Bayesian Gaussian mixture linear inversion of seismic data for elastic and reservoir properties estimation—Dario Grana* and Tapan Mukerji, Stanford U (RC 2.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SI 5 Case StudiesSession Chairmen: Arcangelo Sena and Yaping ZhuRoom: Ballroom C ..................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

8:30 AM ..... PSO nonlinear prestack inversion method and the application in reservoir prediction—Sam Zandong Sun*, Lei Chen, and Yingzhe Bai, Lab for Integration of Geology and Geophysics, China U of Petroleum, Beijing; Liguo Hu, Liaohe Oilfi eld Co., CNPC (SI 5.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Assessment of porosity uncertainty of Mauddud formation, within the “fl anks & saddle” parts of Raudhatain-Sabiriyah of North Kuwait using geostatistical inversion technique—Mohammed Hameed*, Yousef Al-Zuabi, Osman Al-Khaled, and Ismail Sayed Mohammed, Kuwait Oil Company; Denny Sulistiono, Fugro-Jason (SI 5.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Joint inversion of multiple geophysical data: A petrophysical approach using guided fuzzy c-means clustering—Jiajia Sun* and Yaoguo Li, Center for Gravity, Electrical and Magnetic Studies, Colorado School of Mines (SI 5.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

9:45 AM ..... Integrated seismic inversion to predict thin fan dalta sandstone and fl uid: A feasibility study case in Junggar Basin, China—Wanlong Zhang* and Zandong Sun, Laboratory for Integration of Geology and Geophysics Research, China U of Petroleum; Zhongchun Sun, PetroChina; Xin Jiang, Research Institute of Exploration and Production; Feng Zhao, Zhiliang Ming, and Haihong Wang, Fugro Geoscience Beijing, Ltd. (SI 5.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Solving the multimodal problem of 4D seismic to well tying, a comparison of three diff erent stochastic algorithms—Pierre Thore*, Total E&P UK (SI 5.5) (INT. AUD.: 4)

10:35 AM ... Seismic methods to detect biogenic gas accumulations, example from the Qaidam Basin, China—Yexin Liu*, SoftMirrors Ltd.; Liqun Wang, Yongshu Zhang, and Zhiqiang Liu, PetroChina Qinghai Oilfi eld Company; Yanhua Shuai, PetroChina RIPED; Zhuoheng Chen, Geology Survey of Canada (SI 5.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Study of the presalt dolomite reservoir prediction in the East Margin of Pre-Caspian Basin—Zhang Jing*, Hao Tao, Zhang Yajun, Li Guobin, Liu Wenqing, and Yang Qinlin, PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development-Northwest (SI 5.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Petrophysical-properties stochastic inversion combining geostatistics and statistical rock-physics: Applications to seismic data near ODP1144—Wen-long Jiang* and Kai Yang, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji U (SI 5.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SI 6 FWI Elastic and QSession Chairmen: Yunqing Shen and Turgut OzdenvarRoom: Ballroom D .................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

8:30 AM ..... Imaging elastic media by corrections to acoustic propagation—Ben Veitch*, James Rickett, and James Hobro, Schlumberger Cambridge Research (SI 6.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Viscoacoustic imaging: Tomographic Q estimation and migration compensation—A. A. Valenciano, and N. Chemingui, PGS (SI 6.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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9:20 AM ..... Q tomography toward true amplitude image and improve subkarst image—Yang He and Jun Cai, TGS (SI 6.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

9:45 AM ..... Frequency-domain elastic full waveform inversion using a denoise function—Ju-Won Oh* and Dong-Joo Min, Seoul National U (SI 6.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Elastic full-waveform inversion using 4C data acquisition—Denes Vigh*, Kun Jiao, and Dave Watts, WesternGeco (SI 6.5) (INT. AUD.: 2)

10:35 AM ... Q estimation by a match-fi lter method—Peng Cheng* and Gary F. Margrave, CREWES, U of Calgary (SI 6.6) (INT. AUD.: 2)

11 AM ........ Waveform inversion with attenuation—Jianyong Bai*, David Yingst, Robert Bloor, and Jacques Leveille, ION Geophysical (SI 6.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Elastic 3D full-waveform inversion—Lluís Guasch, Mike Warner*, Tenice Nangoo, Jo Morgan, Adrian Umpleby, Ivan Stekl, and Nikhil Shah, Imperial College London (SI 6.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SM 1 Case StudiesSession Chairmen: Johan O. Robertsson and Alexander V. GoertzRoom: Breakers D ..................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

8:30 AM ..... Using rock physics and full elastic modeling to seismically model complex lithologies—John B. Sinton and Mosab Nasser, Maersk Oil Houston Inc.; Luanxiao Zhao, The U of Houston (SM 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Finite-diff erence modeling for acquisition design of an ocean-bottom seismic survey—Elizabeth L’Heureux*, Subsurface Technology, BP; Art Lombard and Thomas Lyon, BP Trinidad & Tobago (SM 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 2)

9:20 AM ..... Geologic-to-seismic modeling for Eldfi sk SOA reservoir characterization: An integrated study—Xianhuai Zhu, Chuck Mosher, Joel Brewer, Arild Gundersen, Claude Scheepens, and Jun Cao, ConocoPhillips (SM 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Redatuming of synthetic land data with shallow buried receivers using the virtual source method—Dmitry Alexandrov*, Saint Petersburg State U; Andrey Bakulin and Roy Burnstad, EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco (SM 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Eff ectiveness of seismic detection modeling for CO2 migration scenarios near the Aquistore CO2 injection site, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada—Ryan Nader and Claire Samson*, Carleton U; Donald White, Geological Survey of Canada (SM 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Mapping of sediments and crust off shore Kenya, east Africa: A wide aperture refraction/refl ection survey—Jannis Makris*, GeoPro GmbH; Joanna Papoulia, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research; Sean McPherson and Lloyd Warner, Anadarko Houston (SM 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 4)

11 AM ........ The near surface modeling based on the chaotic particle swarm optimization algorithm—Mei Shengquan*, Li Peiming, and Shi Xiaobo, BGP, CNPC (SM 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 1)

11:25 AM ... Improving land seismic repeatability with virtual source redatuming: Synthetic case study—Dmitry Alexandrov* and Boris Kashtan, Saint Petersburg State U; Andrey Bakulin and Roy Burnstad, EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco (SM 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SPMI 3 Advanced Imaging AlgorithmsSession Chairmen: Dave Hale and Charles C. MosherRoom: Breakers F ...................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

8:30 AM ..... 3D wave equation Kirchhoff migration—John T. Etgen*, BP (SPMI 3.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Least-squares reverse time migration: Toward true amplitude imaging and improving the resolution—S. Dong*, J. Cai, M. Guo, S. Suh, Z. Zhang, B. Wang, and Z. Li, TGS (SPMI 3.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Nonlinear least-squares reverse-time migration—Gang Yao* and Helmut Jakubowicz, Imperial College London (SPMI 3.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Least-squares reverse-time migration—Gang Yao* and Helmut Jakubowicz, Imperial College London (SPMI 3.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Compensating for source and receiver ghost eff ects in reverse time migration—Yu Zhang, Graham Roberts, and Adel Khalil, CGGVeritas (SPMI 3.5) (INT. AUD.: 2)

10:35 AM ... Sparsity-promoting migration accelerated by message passing—Xiang Li and Felix J. Herrmann, EOS-UBC (SPMI 3.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Critical refl ection illumination analysis—Jun Cao* and Joel Brewer, ConocoPhillips (SPMI 3.7) (INT. AUD.: 2)

11:25 AM ... Enhancing a seismic image after migration using deconvolution—John C. Bancroft*, Thais Guirigay, and Helen Isaac, CREWES, U of Calgary (SPMI 3.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SVE 3 TomographySession Chairmen: Paul C. Sava and Weihong FeiRoom: Breakers B ...................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

8:30 AM ..... Multilayer tomography and its application for improved depth imaging—Patrice Guillaume, Steve Hollingworth*, Xiaoming Zhang, Anthony Prescott, Richard Jupp, Gilles Lambaré, and Owen Pape, CGGVeritas (SVE 3.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Prestack fi rst-break traveltime tomography using the double-square-root eikonal equation—Siwei Li* and Sergey Fomel, The U of Texas at Austin; Alexander Vladimirsky, Cornell U (SVE 3.2) (INT. AUD.: 2)

9:20 AM ..... A sensitivity controllable target-oriented tomography algorithm—Wenyi Hu* and Carey Marcinkovich, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company (SVE 3.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Effi cient refl ection tomography with ray take-off directions collected from beam migration—Qie Zhang*, Petr Jilek, John Etgen, Uwe Albertin, Richard Clarke, and Bertram Nolte, BP (SVE 3.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... High defi nition tomography brings velocities to light—Saverio Sioni, Patrice Guillaume*, Gilles Lambaré, Anthony Prescott, Xiaoming Zhang, Gregory Culianez, and Jean-Philippe Montel, CGGVeritas (SVE 3.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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10:35 AM ... Null space of joint refl ection and diving ray tomography in TI media—Jacopo Panizzardi* and Nicola Bienati, Eni E&P (SVE 3.6) (INT. AUD.: 4)

11 AM ........ Improved imaging and resolution of overburden heterogeneity by combining amplitude inversion with tomography—J. C. Mathewson*, D. Evans, C. Leone, and M. Leathard, WesternGeco; J. Dangerfi eld, Dangerfi eld A/S; S. A. Tonning, Statoil ASA (SVE 3.7) (INT. AUD.: 4)

11:25 AM ... Velocity model building for tilted orthorhombic depth imaging—Yunfeng Li*, Weishan Han, Chuen-song Chen, and Tony Huang, CGGVeritas (SVE 3.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

TL 1 Case StudiesSession Chairmen: Paulo Johann and Dan EbromRoom: Breakers L ...................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

8:30 AM ..... Closing the loop via scenario modeling in a time-lapse study of an EOR target in Oman—Tania Mukherjee* and Robert R. Stewart, U of Houston; Kurang Mehta and Jorge Lopez, Shell International E&P (TL 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Time lapse pressure-saturation discrimination for CO2 storage at the Snøhvit fi eld—Sissel Grude* and Martin Landrø, NTNU; Bård Osdal, Statoil (TL 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Monitoring a water fl ood of moderate saturation changes with crosswell electromagnetics (EM): A case study from Dom Joao, Brazil—Michael Wilt, Ping Zhang, and Jorge Maeki, Schlumberger; Paulo Netto, Jorge L. S. Queiroz, Jaciara B. Santos, and Valterlene Oliveira, Petrobras (TL 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Time-lapse (4D) seismic: Reservoir sensitivity to stress and water saturation—Sunday O. Amoyedo*, Kurt J. Marfurt, and Roger M. Slatt, The U of Oklahoma (TL 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... WATS on NATS time-lapse: Gulf of Mexico case study, King and Horn Mountain Fields—Jean-Paul van Gestel*, Samarjit Chakraborty, Pierre O. Ariston, Gary Murphy, Kurt Tollestrup, and Bunmi Elebiju, BP (TL 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... On the prediction of repeatability noise in marine time-lapse surveys—Juan Cantillo*, Total E&P (TL 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Innovative QCs for more eff ective 4D processing—Cyril Saint Andre*, Benoit Blanco, Christian Hubans, and Benoit Paternoster, Total E&P (TL 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Time-lapse seismic imaging by linearized joint inversion: A Valhall Field case study—Gboyega Ayeni*, ExxonMobil Exploration Company; Biondo Biondi, Stanford U (TL 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

ACQ 3 Blending, Separation, and Novel TechniquesSession Chairmen: Per Eivind Dhelie and Kenneth P. BubeRoom: Ballroom A ..................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

1:30 PM ..... A new simultaneous source separation algorithm using frequency-diverse fi ltering—Ying Ji*, Ed Kragh, and Phil Christie, Schlumberger Cambridge Research (ACQ 3.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... An iterative SVD method for deblending: Theory and examples—Margherita Maraschini*, Richard Dyer, Kent Stevens, Dave Bird, and Simon King (ACQ 3.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Utilizing dispersed source arrays in blended acquisition—A. J. Berkhout* and G. Blacquière, Delft U of Technology (ACQ 3.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:45 PM ..... Deblending of dispersed source array data—G. Blacquière* and A. Mahdad, Delft U of Technology (ACQ 3.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Marine simultaneous source OBS survey suitability for 4D analysis—Tadas Krupovnickas*, Ken Matson, and Chris Corcoran, Shell International E&P; Ruben Pascual, Shell E&P (ACQ 3.5) (INT. AUD.: 4)

3:35 PM ..... An overview of BP’s marine independent simultaneous source fi eld trials—Ray Abma*, Qie Zhang, Adeyemi Arogunmati, and Gerard Beaudoin (ACQ 3.6) (INT. AUD.: 2)

4 PM .......... Compressive seismic imaging—Charles C. Mosher*, Erik Keskula, Sam T. Kaplan, Robert G. Keys, Chengbo Li, Elias Z. Ata, Larry C. Morley, Joel D. Brewer, Frank D. Janiszewski, Peter M. Eick, Robert A. Olson, and Sanjay Sood, ConocoPhillips (ACQ 3.7) (INT. AUD.: 2)

4:25 PM ..... Attempts of singular value decomposition in the separation of the simultaneous vibroseis sweep data—Ni Yudong*, Lei Yunshan, Wang Jingfu, Li Yangsheng, Lv Zhejian, and Ma Weining, BGP, CNPC (ACQ 3.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

EM 4 Acquisition and Resolution Modeling StudiesSession Chairmen: Randall Mackie and Nigel EdwardsRoom: Breakers J ....................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

1:30 PM ..... Inductive source induced polarization—David Marchant*, Eldad Haber, and Douglas W. Oldenburg, U of British Columbia (EM 4.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Airborne induced polarization—Terence Kratzer* and James Macnae, RMIT U (EM 4.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Mutual coupling of conductive, permeable targets and its eff ects on the CSEM response—Souvik Mukherjee*, Shell Exploration and Production Company; Mark E. Everett, Alfonso I. Benavides, and Roland Fernandes, Marathon Oil Company (EM 4.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... Surface towing versus deep towing in marine CSEM—D. V. Shantsev*, F. Roth, and H. Ramsfjell, EMGS (EM 4.4) (INT. AUD.: 2)

3:10 PM ..... Resolution of shallow-water marine CSEM data to deep thin resistors, inferred from 3D inversion—Yutaka Sasaki*, Kyushu U (EM 4.5) (INT. AUD.: 2)

3:35 PM ..... Feasibility of electromagnetic methods for subbasalt exploration—Jostein Herredsvela, Arnout Colpaert, Stig-Kyrre Foss, Anh Kiet Nguyen, and Ketil Hokstad, Statoil; Jan Petter Morten, Claudia Twarz, Stein Fanavoll, and Frida Mrope, EMGS (EM 4.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... mCSEM inversion for CO2 sequestration monitoring at a deep brine aquifer in a shallow sea—Seogi Kang*, Soon Jee Seol, and Joongmoo Byun, Natural Resources and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Hanyang U (EM 4.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Salt fl ank exploration: 3D CSEM imaging in the SEAM model—Jan Petter Morten and Krishna Kumar*, EMGS ASA (EM 4.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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1:30 PM ..... 3D inversion of gravity data for large regions in spherical coordinates: Early results for the Australian region—Qing Liang, Chao Chen*, and Jinsong Du, China U of Geosciences, Wuhan; Richard Lane, Geoscience Australia; Yaoguo Li, Colorado School of Mines (GM 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Full tensor interpolation: Evaluation of the eff ect of line spacing and noise—James Brewster*, Bell Geospace Inc. (GM 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 4)

2:20 PM ..... The structural index in gravity and magnetic interpretation: Errors, uses, and abuses—Alan Reid*, U of Leeds and Reid Geophysics; Jeff rey Thurston, VerEquitas (GM 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... Adaptive sampling of potential-fi eld data: A direct approach to compressive inversion—Leon Foks*, Richard Krahenbuhl, and Yaoguo Li, Center for Gravity, Electrical, and Magnetics, Colorado School of Mines (GM 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... On the estimation of structural index from low-pass fi ltered magnetic data—Giovanni Florio* and Maurizio Fedi, U of Naples ‘Federico II,’ Italy; Roman Pašteka, Comenius U, Bratislava, Slovakia (GM 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 2)

3:35 PM ..... Quantitative estimation of error level in amplitude inversion—Camriel Coleman and Yaoguo Li, Center for Gravity, Electrical, and Magnetic Studies, Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines (GM 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... Recent advances in 3D generalized inversion of potential-fi eld data—Yaoguo Li*, Center for Gravity, Electrical & Magnetic Studies, Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines (GM 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... A robust approach to estimation of magnetization direction from interpretation of magnetic fi eld data—Clive Foss* and Dean Hillan, CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering; K. Blair McKenzie, Tensor Research (GM 2.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

INT 5 AttributesSession Chairmen: R. Masters and Bradley C. WalletRoom: Ballroom B ..................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

1:30 PM ..... 3D seismic attribute-assisted fracture detection in the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale, southwestern PA, Central Appalachian Basin—Albert Babarsky* and Dengliang Gao, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia U (INT 5.1) (INT. AUD.: 4)

1:55 PM ..... Seismic geometric attributes and information integration techniques for interpretation of small faults—Wanhui Liu*, BGP, CNPC; Yawen He, U of Texas at Austin (INT 5.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Directional guided seismic attributes and their use in assisting structural, stratigraphic, and lithological interpretation—Ahmed A. Aqrawi*, Wolfgang Weinzierl, and Ralph Daber, SIS Norway Technology Center; Trond H. Boe, Schlumberger Stavanger Research (INT 5.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... Seismic attribute expression of diff erential compaction—Satinder Chopra, Arcis Seismic Solutions, Calgary; Kurt J. Marfurt, The U of Oklahoma (INT 5.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Power of seismic attributes: Decoding fault framework and fracture potential in deeper zone of Kuwait—Nikhil C. Banik, Heyam Al-Ammar*, Manowar Ahmed, Al-Owihan Hanan, Subrata Kumar Bhukta, and Ahmad Homoud Al-Otaibi, Kuwait Oil Co. (INT 5.5) (INT. AUD.: 4)

3:35 PM ..... Shale gas reservoir characterization workfl ows—Satinder Chopra*, Ritesh K. Sharma, and James Keay, Arcis Seismic Solutions, Calgary; Kurt J. Marfurt, The U of Oklahoma (INT 5.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... Horizon indicator attributes and applications—Pedro Mário Silva*, Leonardo Martins, and Marcelo Gattass, Tecgraf/PUC-Rio (INT 5.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Identifying coal mine collapse columns and gobs utilizing 3D seismic interpretation—Liu Xiaobo*, Cui Jingbin, Liu Jianhong, Li Yanli, Li Quanhu, and Lei Na, BGP, CNPC (INT 5.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

PSC 4 Location and UncertaintySession Chairmen: Werner M. Heigl and James RutledgeRoom: Lagoon F ........................................................................ (Wednesday, 7 November)

1:30 PM ..... Beyond fi rst arrivals: Improved microseismic event localization using both direct-path and head-wave arrivals—Sean Coffi n*, Yoomi Hur, and Jonathan S. Abel, Octave Reservoir Technologies; Brad Culver and Rainer Augsten, Birchcliff Energy Ltd.; Adam Westlake, Devon Canada Corp. (PSC 4.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... High-accuracy relative event locations using a combined multiplet analysis and the double-diff erence inversion—Fernando Castellanos* and Mirko van der Baan, U of Alberta (PSC 4.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Locating microseismic events using migration-based deconvolution—J. B. U. Haldorsen*, M. B. Farmani, and M. Milenkovic, READ ASA; N. Brooks and C. Crowell, READ US (PSC 4.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... Microseismic location uncertainty during fl uid injection—Valeri Korneev and Thomas Daley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (PSC 4.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Microseismicity location and simultaneous anisotropic tomography with diff erential traveltimes and diff erential back azimuths—Junlun Li*, William Rodi, and M. Nafi Toksöz, Earth Resources Laboratory, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Haijiang Zhang, Department of Geophysics, U of Science and Technology of China (PSC 4.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... Spectral analysis for earthquake cluster detection—Deborah Fagan and Kasper van Wijk, Physical Acoustics Laboratory, Boise State U; James Rutledge, MEQ Geo, CO (PSC 4.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... Double diff erence tomography: Method and implementation—Akash Adwani* and Deepanshu Melana, Indian School of Mines; Jean Virieux, U Joseph Fourier (PSC 4.7) (INT. AUD.: 2)

4:25 PM ..... Evaluating the quality of microseismic event location—Chang Li*, Ted Dohmen, Scott Morton, Keith Katahara, Kristin Hayles, Steve Checkles, and J. P. Blangy, Hess Corporation (PSC 4.8) (INT. AUD.: 2)

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1:30 PM ..... The value of production logging combined with 3D surface seismic in unconventional plays characterization—John Henry Alzate*, Roderick Perez, Deepak Devegowda, and Kurt J. Marfurt, The U of Oklahoma (RC 3.1) (INT. AUD.: 2)

1:55 PM ..... Stress estimation through seismic analysis—Marco Perez*, Bill Goodway, and Greg Purdue, Apache Canada Ltd. (RC 3.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Monitoring CO2 movement by interpreting time-lapse seismic data using rock physics modeling in the Tuscaloosa formation, Cranfi eld, MS Valley—Ranjana Ghosh* and Mrinal K. Sen, Institute for Geophysics, The U of Texas at Austin and National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India; Rui Zhang and Sanjay Srinivasan, Institute for Geophysics, The U of Texas at Austin (RC 3.3) (INT. AUD.: 4)

2:45 PM ..... Sensitivity study of rock physics parameters for modeling time-lapse seismic signature of Norne Field—Amit Suman* and Tapan Mukerji, Stanford U (RC 3.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... On the fl uid dependence of the parameters of anisotropy—Leon Thomsen*, Delta Geophysics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and U of Houston (RC 3.5) (INT. AUD.: 4)

3:35 PM ..... Estimation of the porosity and pore aspect ratio of the Haynesville Shale using the self-consistent model and a grid search method—Meijuan Jiang* and Kyle Spikes, U Texas at Austin (RC 3.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... Constrained least-squares spectral analysis: Application to seismic data—Charles I. Puryear* and John P. Castagna, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, U of Houston; Oleg Portniaguine, Computational Geophysics, LLC, Houston; Carlos Cobos, Repsol, Houston (RC 3.7) (INT. AUD.: 4)

4:25 PM ..... Full elastic inversion of synthetic seismic data based on an outcrop model (Book Cliff s)—A. Gisolf*, D. Tetyukhina, and S. M. Luthi, Delft U of Technology, The Netherlands (RC 3.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SI 7 FWI Simultaneous Sources and Near SurfaceSession Chairmen: Chuck Diggins and Larry C. MorleyRoom: Ballroom D .................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

1:30 PM ..... Simultaneous source full waveform inversion using robust objective function—Woohyun Son*, Woodon Jeong, and Dong-Joo Min, Seoul National U; Sukjoon Pyun, Inha U (SI 7.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... A new algorithm adapting encoded simultaneous-source full waveform inversion to the marine-streamer data—Woohyun Son* and Changsoo Shin, Seoul National U; Sukjoon Pyun, Donghyuk Jang, and Yunhui Park, Inha U (SI 7.2) (INT. AUD.: 4)

2:20 PM ..... Multisource least-squares migration of marine data—Xin Wang, King Abdullah U of Science and Technology and U of Utah; Gerard T. Schuster, King Abdullah U of Science and Technology (SI 7.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... Crosstalk noise analysis of simultaneous-source full wavefi eld inversion—Sunwoong Lee*, Dave Hinkley, Jerry R. Krebs, and John E. Anderson, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company (SI 7.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Full waveform inversion with simultaneous sources using the full Newton method—Amsalu Y. Anagaw* and Mauricio D. Sacchi, U of Alberta (SI 7.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... Full moment tensor and source location inversion based on full waveform adjoint inversion: Application at the Geysers geothermal fi eld—Christina Morency* and Robert J. Mellors, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (SI 7.6) (INT. AUD.: 2)

4 PM .......... Unwrapped phase inversion for near-surface seismic data—Yunseok Choi* and Tariq Alkhalifah, King Abdullah U of Science and Technology (SI 7.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Early-arrival waveform inversion for near-surface velocity and anisotropic parameter: Parameterization study—Xukai Shen*, Stanford U (SI 7.8) (INT. AUD.: 5)

SM 2 TheorySession Chairmen: Chong Zeng and Dirk J. GajewskiRoom: Breakers D ..................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

1:30 PM ..... A parallel sweeping preconditioner for frequency-domain seismic wave propagation—Jack Poulson*, Bjorn Engquist, Siwei Li, and Lexing Ying, The U of Texas at Austin (SM 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Effi cient Laplace-domain modeling using an axis transformation technique—Wansoo Ha* and Changsoo Shin, Seoul National U; Taeyoung Ha, National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (SM 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Effi cient surface-aware ray tracing based on implicit model representation—Jigang Li* Xianhai Meng, and Qin Yang, State Key Laboratory of Software Development Environment, Beijing, China and School of Computer Science and Engineering, Beihang U, Beijing; Ru-Shan Wu, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, U of California, Santa Cruz (SM 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:45 PM ..... Prestack wavefi eld approximations—Tariq Alkhalifah, KAUST (SM 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... A linearized dispersion relation for orthorhombic pseudo-acoustic modeling—Xiaolei Song, The U of Texas at Austin; Tariq Alkhalifah, King Abdullah U of Science and Technology (SM 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... Seismic modeling in acoustic variable-density media by Fourier fi nite diff erences—Xiaolei Song, The U of Texas at Austin; Kurt Nihei and Joseph Stefani, Chevron Energy Technology Company (SM 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... Prestack traveltimes for dip-constrained TI media—Pavel Golikov* and Alexey Stovas, Norwegian U of Science and Technology; Tariq Alkhalifah, King Abdullah U of Science and Technology (SM 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 4)

4:25 PM ..... A comparison of imaging conditions using the concept of blended seismic data—Karen Carrilho da Silva* and Josias José da Silva, Lab2M-COPPE-Federal U of Rio de Janeiro; André Bulcão, Petrobras Research Center; Luiz Landau, LAMCE-COPPE-Federal U of Rio de Janeiro (SM 2.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)


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1:30 PM ..... Wave-equation angle-based illumination weighting study: Thunder Horse, Gulf of Mexico—Mariana Gherasim*, Uwe Albertin, Bertram Nolte, John Etgen, Phuong Vu, and Petr Jilek, EPT BP; Matt Trout and Ken Hartman, GOM BP (SPMI 4.1) (INT. AUD.: 4)

1:55 PM ..... Directional imaging stack (DIS) for shot based prestack depth migrations—Wilfred Whiteside*, Alex Yeh, and Bin Wang (SPMI 4.2) (INT. AUD.: 2)

2:20 PM ..... Signal enhancement using diversity shot stacking for reverse time migration (DeSSeRT)—Ken H. Matson, Shell International E&P; Jim Clippard and Paul Cattermole, Shell E&P (SPMI 4.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... RTM guided migration velocity analysis: A West Africa case history—Marco Andreolli*, Clara Andreoletti, Nicola Bienati, Riccardo Brajucha, and Tania Ciaccio, eni E&P (SPMI 4.4) (INT. AUD.: 4)

3:10 PM ..... Imaging three-way closures by combining a deconvolution imaging condition with vector off set output RTM—Nicolas Chazalnoel*, Beng Ong, and Wei Zhao, CGGVeritas (SPMI 4.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... Remove RTM artifacts using delayed imaging time gathers—Jing Xie*, Wilfred Whiteside, and Bin Wang, TGS (SPMI 4.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... Improving presalt imaging with variable-depth streamer data—Thomas Rebert*, Ronan Sablon, Nicolas Vidal, Pierre Charrier, and Robert Soubaras, CGGVeritas (SPMI 4.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Applications of RTM inverse scattering imaging conditions—N. D. Whitmore and Sean Crawley, PGS (SPMI 4.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SS 4 Unconventional Shale ReservoirsSession Chairmen: Wafi k Beydoun and Azra N. TutuncuRoom: Lagoon L ........................................................................ (Wednesday, 7 November)

1:30 PM ..... Characterization of shale gas reservoirs using seismic and well data at Horn River, Canada—Matthew Davie and Yaping Zhu, ExxonMobil Exploration Co., Houston; Olga Rehkopf*, Imperial Oil Limited, Calgary; Kaushik Bandyopadhyay, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co., Houston (SS 4.1) (INT. AUD.: 1)

1:55 PM ..... Rock physics of organic shale and its applications—Lev Vernik, Shihong Chi, and Julia Khadeeva, Marathon Oil (SS 4.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Rock property inversion in organic-rich shales: Uncertainties, ambiguities, and pitfalls—Kaushik Bandyopadhyay*, Ratnanabha Sain, Enru Liu, Chris Harris, Alex Martinez, and Michael Payne, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co., Houston; Yaping Zhu, ExxonMobil Exploration Co., Houston (SS 4.3) (INT. AUD.: 1)

2:45 PM ..... Integrated study of an Eagle Ford shale play using a variety of seismic attributes—Joanne Wang and Duane Dopkin, Paradigm Geophysical; Richard Kelvin, Seitel (SS 4.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Seismic inversion in the Barnett Shale successfully pinpoints sweet spots to optimize well-bore placement and reduce drilling risks—Roxana Varga*, Alex Pachos, Ted Holden, and John Pendrel, FugroJason Inc.; Roberto Lotti, Iunio Marini, and Elena Spadafora, Eni E&P, San Donato Milanese (SS 4.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... Incorporating stress anisotropy in determining time-dependent rock properties during production optimization and environmental monitoring in shale reservoirs—Azra N. Tutuncu, Colorado School of Mines (SS 4.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... PSDM for unconventional reservoirs? A Niobrara Shale case study—Morgan P. Brown, Joseph H. Higginbotham, Cosmin M. Macesanu, and Oscar E. Ramirez, Wave Imaging Technology Inc.; Dave List and Chris Lang, Fidelity E&P Company (SS 4.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4:25 PM ..... Induced seismicity: Monitoring to mitigation—Peter M. Duncan, MicroSeismic, Inc. (SS 4.8) (INT. AUD.: 2)

SVE 4 Case HistoriesSession Chairmen: Clive Gerrard and David J. MonkRoom: Breakers B ...................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

1:30 PM ..... Application of full-waveform inversion for salt sediment inclusion inversion—Wei Huang*, Kun Jiao, Denes Vigh, Jerry Kapoor, David Watts, Hongyan Li, David Derharoutian, and Xin Cheng, WesternGeco (SVE 4.1) (INT. AUD.: 2)

1:55 PM ..... Improvements in the subsurface imaging of a deepwater off shore Angola prospect: A review of the various depth imaging projects from isotropic to TTI prestack depth migration—Jinming Zhu*, Mark Greenwood, Richard Perkins, Pranab Sen, and Phil Christian, Maersk Oil (SVE 4.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Full-waveform inversion for near-surface heterogeneities in a shallow marine environment—Steve Kelly*, Boris Tsimelzon, Jaime Ramos-Martinez, and Zuihong Zou, Petroleum Geo-Services (SVE 4.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... Multiazimuth PSDM processing in the presence of orthorhombic anisotropy: A case history off shore North West Australia—Sergey Birdus, Jason Sun*, Wenting Sun, and Yi Xie, CGGVeritas; Marco Gazzoli and Marco Andreolli, Eni Exploration & Production; Alex Ursulic, Eni Australia Ltd. (SVE 4.4) (INT. AUD.: 4)

3:10 PM ..... Benefi ts of FWI in prestack depth imaging of onshore data: A Gulf Coast example—Sabaresan Mothi*, Hongbo Bi, and Abel Yang, CGGVeritas (SVE 4.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:35 PM ..... Improved presalt imaging in Kwanza basin by TTI model building with geological constraints—Olga Zdraveva*, Marta Woodward, Saeeda Hydal, and Rafi k Derbala, WesternGeco (SVE 4.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

4 PM .......... 3D full-waveform inversion at Mariner: A shallow North Sea reservoir—Marianne Houbiers*, Joachim Mispel, Bjørn-Egil Knudsen, and Mark Thompson, Statoil ASA; Edward Wiarda, Dmitry Nikolenko, Denes Vigh, and David Hill, WesternGeco/Schlumberger (SVE 4.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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4:25 PM ..... Presalt imaging off shore Angola: The value of including geological understanding and well constraints in complex velocity model building—Adrian Merry* and Anders Oerskov Madsen, Maersk Oil; Mark Crawley, African Petroleum; Mark Trayfoot, Svenska Petroleum (SVE 4.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

TL 2 Feasibility and Modeling StudiesSession Chairmen: Jennifer Zhang and Upendra K. TiwariRoom: Breakers L ...................................................................... (Wednesday, 7 November)

1:30 PM ..... Surface-consistent matching fi lters for time-lapse processing—Mahdi H. Almutlaq* and Gary F. Margrave, U of Calgary, CREWES (TL 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

1:55 PM ..... Monitoring CO2 injection into a saline aquifer: Otway Project feasibility study—Roman Pevzner*, Robert J. Galvin, Mahyar Madadi, and Milovan Urosevic, Curtin U and CO2CRC, Perth; Eva Caspari and Boris Gurevich, Curtin U, CSIRO and CO2CRC; David Lumley, U of Western Australia and CO2CRC; Valeriya Shulakova, CSIRO and CO2CRC; Yildiray Cinar, U of New South Wales and CO2CRC, Sydney; Vladimir Tcheverda, Trofi muk Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Novosibirsk (TL 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:20 PM ..... Estimation of 4D signal in complex media: A fast track approach—Pierre Thore* and Eoin McManus, TOTAL E&P UK; Cyril Colin de Verdiere, TOTAL E&P UK and SUPELEC Paris (TL 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

2:45 PM ..... Time-lapse wave-equation migration velocity analysis—Jeff rey Shragge* and David Lumley, CPGCO2, The U of Western Australia (TL 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

3:10 PM ..... Suitability of vibrators for time-lapse monitoring in the Middle East—Mike Jervis*, Andrey Bakulin, Roy Burnstad, EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco; Cecile Berron and Eric Forgues, CGGVeritas (TL 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 5)

3:35 PM ..... Evaluating permanent seismic monitoring with shallow buried sensors in a desert environment—Andrey Bakulin*, Roy Burnstad, Mike Jervis, and Panos Kelamis, EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco (TL 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 1)

4 PM .......... Target-oriented time-lapse waveform inversion using virtual survey—Di Yang*, Yingcai Zheng, Michael Fehler, and Alison Malcolm, MIT (TL 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 4)

4:25 PM ..... Full wavefi eld inversion of time-lapse data for improved imaging and reservoir characterization—Partha Routh*, Gopal Palacharla, Ivan Chikichev, and Spyros Lazaratos, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston (TL 2.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

ACQ 4 Marine AcquisitionSession Chairmen: Tor Haugland and Shuki RonenRoom: Ballroom A ........................................................................(Thursday, 8 November)

8:30 AM ..... Full-wavefi eld, towed-marine seismic acquisition and applications—David Halliday, Ivan Vasconcelos, and Robert Laws, Schlumberger Cambridge Research; Johan O. A. Robertsson, ETH Zürich; Dirk-Jan van Manen, Kemal Özdemir, and Halvor Grønaas, WesternGeco (ACQ 4.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... The principle of using complementary acquisition components to achieve broadband seismic—Stian Hegna* and Gregg Parkes, Petroleum Geo-Services (ACQ 4.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Combination of multicomponent streamer pressure and vertical particle velocity: Theory and application to data—Philippe Caprioli*, Kemal Özdemir, Dirk-Jan van Manen, and Shipra Mahat, WesternGeco; Ali Özbek, Ed Kragh, and Phil Christie, Schlumberger (ACQ 4.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Premigration deghosting for marine towed streamer data using a bootstrap approach—Ping Wang* and Can Peng, CGGVeritas (ACQ 4.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Is de-ghosting necessary with multicomponent data?—Joakim O. Blanch*, BHPBilliton (ACQ 4.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Multicomponent (4C) towed-streamer design for high signal fi delity recording—N. Goujon*, Ø. Teigen, K. Özdemir, B. A. Kjellesvig, and S. Rentsch, WesternGeco; J. A. Robertsson, Schlumberger (ACQ 4.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Characterization of noise modes in multicomponent (4C) towed streamers—Øyvind Teigen*, Ahmet Kemal Özdemir, Bent Kjellesvig, and Nicolas Goujon, WesternGeco; Jahir Pabon, Schlumberger (ACQ 4.7) (INT. AUD.: 4)

11:25 AM ... Monitoring the stability of airgun source array signature—Yuan Ni*, Cheikh Niang, and Risto Siliqi, CGGVeritas, France (ACQ 4.8) (INT. AUD.: 2)

GM 3 Mostly MagneticsSession Chairmen: Afi f H. Saad and E. K. BiegertRoom: Breakers H ........................................................................(Thursday, 8 November)

8:30 AM ..... Deep-pass: An aeromagnetic data fi lter to enhance deep features in marginal basins—Darcicléa F. Santos and João B. C. Silva, U Federal do Pará; Valéria C. F. Barbosa*, Observatório Nacional; Luiz F. S. Braga, Fugro Gravity & Magnetic Services (GM 3.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Normalized source strength and it application to estimate magnetic source location in the presence of remanent magnetization—Majid Beiki*, James Austin, and Clive Foss, CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering; David Clark, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering (GM 3.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Mitigating remanent magnetization eff ects in magnetic data using the normalized source strength—Mark Pilkington*, Geological Survey of Canada; Majid Beiki, CSIRO (GM 3.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... A stable downward continuation and its application for mineral exploration—Henglei Zhang* and Xiangyun Hu, Institute of Geophysics and Geomatics, China U of Geosciences (GM 3.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

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10:10 AM ... Direction to magnetic source analysis of single string of down-hole magnetic tensor data—Dean Hillan*, Clive Foss, James Austin, and Dave Clark, CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering; Phil Schmidt, Magnetic Earth (GM 3.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... On the coherence between US and Australian magnetic compilations and CHAMP satellite magnetic measurements—Stefan Maus*, Magnetic Variation Services LLC, CIRES and US National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder; Ryan Paynter, Magnetic Variation Services LLC, Boulder; Ed Biegert, Michael Burianyk, and Cara G. Schiek, Shell International Exploration, Houston (GM 3.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Geophysical inversion for contact surfaces—Peter G. Lelievre*, Polina Zheglova, Tomasz Danek, and Colin G. Farquharson, Memorial U of Newfoundland (GM 3.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Arctic marine gravity fi eld - A new era with Cryosat-2 SAR altimetry—Ole B. Andersen*, P. Knudsen, and L. Stenseng, DTU Space, Denmark; S. C. Kenyon, J. K. Factor, N. Markiel, and S. Ingalls, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, GIMG (GM 3.8) (INT. AUD.: 4)

INT 6 New Algorithms and TechniquesSession Chairmen: Reinaldo J. Michelena and Gregg ZelewskiRoom: Ballroom B ........................................................................(Thursday, 8 November)

8:30 AM ..... High-resolution semblance using continuous amplitude and phase spectra—Hussain Syed Kazmi* and Sohaib Ahmad, LMKR Islamabad; Aftab Alam, Prime Geoscience Houston (INT 6.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Seismic DNA: A novel visually guided search method using nonlocal search and multiattribute data sets—Jan Øystein Haavig Bakke*, Oddgeir Gramstad, and Lars Sønneland, Schlumberger (INT 6.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... 3D segmentation of salt using texture attributes—Angelique Berthelot* and Anne H. S. Solberg, Center for Imaging, Department of Informatics; Erlend Morisbak, Department of Geosciences, U of Oslo; Leiv-J. Gelius, Center for Imaging, Department of Informatics and Department of Geosciences, U of Oslo (INT 6.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition for seismic time-frequency analysis—Jiajun Han* and Mirko van der Baan, U of Alberta (INT 6.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Phase attributes by considering local 3D structure orientation—Anne H. S. Solberg* and Are Charles Jensen, Department of Informatics, U of Oslo; Leiv-J. Gelius and Michael Heeremans, Department of Geosciences, U of Oslo (INT 6.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Seismic surface extraction using iterative seismic DNA detection—Oddgeir Gramstad*, Jan Øystein Haavig Bakke, and Lars Sønneland, Schlumberger (INT 6.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Spectral recomposition using separable nonlinear least squares—Yihua Cai, Sergey Fomel, and Hongliu Zeng, The U of Texas at Austin (INT 6.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Enhanced interpreter-aided salt boundary extraction using shape deformation—Yang Zhang* and Adam D. Halpert, Stanford U (INT 6.8) (INT. AUD.: 2)

MG 2 Case HistoriesSession Chairmen: Barry T. Bourne and Ken WitherlyRoom: Breakers J ..........................................................................(Thursday, 8 November)

8:30 AM ..... Inversion of magnetic anomaly aff ected by strong remanent magnetization over rugged terrain: A case study from Daye, China—Shu-Ling Li*, Key Laboratory of Geo-detection, Ministry of Education, China U of Geosciences, Beijing and Center for Gravity, Electrical and Magnetic Studies, Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines; Yaoguo Li, Center for Gravity, Electrical and Magnetic Studies, Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines (MG 2.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Application of 3D magnetic amplitude inversion to Fe oxide–Cu–Au deposits at low magnetic latitudes: A case study from Carajás Mineral Province, Brazil—Marcelo Leão Santos,* VALE S.A.; Yaoguo Li, Center for Gravity, Electrical & Magnetic Studies, CSM; Roberto Moraes, U de Brasília (MG 2.2) (INT. AUD.: 4)

9:20 AM ..... Iron ore interpretation using gravity-gradient inversions in the Carajás, Brazil—Dionísio Uendro Carlos*, VALE S.A., Observatório Nacional and Colorado School of Mines; Leonardo Uieda and Valéria C. F. Barbosa, Observatório Nacional; Yaoguo Li, Colorado School of Mines; Marco A. Braga, Glauco Angeli, and Guilherme Peres, VALE S.A. (MG 2.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... A fi nite-diff erence modeling analysis of mode-converted scattering from massive sulfi de deposits, Bathurst mining camp, Canada—Gilles Bellefl eur*, Geological Survey of Canada; Alireza Malehmir, Uppsala U; Christof Müller, GNS Science (MG 2.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Assessment of Falcon airborne gravity gradiometer data from the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada—Ken Witherly*, Condor Consulting, Inc.; Peter Diorio, GeophysicsOne (MG 2.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Gravity gradiometry processing and interpretation at the Kauring test site—Cericia Martinez* and Yaoguo Li, Center for Gravity, Electrical, and Magnetic Studies, Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines (MG 2.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Three-dimensional electromagnetic and electrical inversions over the Antonio gold deposit in Peru—Michael S. G. McMillan* and Douglas W. Oldenburg, UBC-Geophysical Inversion Facility, U of British Columbia (MG 2.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Three-dimensional inversion of SQUID TEM data at Lalor Lake VMS deposit—Dikun Yang* and Douglas W. Oldenburg, Geophysical Inversion Facility, Earth and Ocean Sciences, U of British Columbia (MG 2.8) (INT. AUD.: 2)

SGS 1 Latin AmericaSession Chairmen: Sergio Chávez-Pérez, Miguel E. Bosch, and Gabriel AlvarezRoom: Breakers B .........................................................................(Thursday, 8 November)

8:30 AM ..... Case history: The evolution of full-waveform inversion – Southern Trend Trinidad—Susan LaDart,* Jyoti Behura, Jim Mika, and Uwe Albertin, BP (SGS 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 1)

8:55 AM ..... Results from geophone fi eld test comparison for 2D survey, Colombia—Rober Yibirin and Alberto Lacruz, Pacifi c Rubiales Energy; Jack Caldwell*, OYO Geospace (SGS 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 2)

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9:20 AM ..... Seismic characterization of delta front sand bodies in Lower Magdalena Valley basin and their potentiality as reservoirs in Cienaga de Oro Formation, Colombia—Emilio J. Torres and Kurt J. Marfurt, Conoco Phillips School of Geology and Geophysics, The U of Oklahoma; Carlos Molinares, Conoco Phillips School of Geology and Geophysics, The U of Oklahoma and Empresa Colombiana de Petróleos, ECOPETROL S.A. (SGS 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 5)

9:45 AM ..... Seismic interpretation in an ultramature area: Talara Basin, Peru—Paulo H. Gulelmo de Souza*, Edwar Bustamante, and Jose Antonio Castillo, Petrobras Energia Peru (SGS 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Presalt prospectivity on regional 3D seismic data, Campos Basin, Brazil—J. Berryman*, R. Borsato, L. Hawkins, M. Martin, M. Pyett, and H. Zhu, Petroleum Geo-Services (SGS 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Full-azimuth towed-streamer seismic: An exploration tool for presalt hydrocarbon exploration off shore Brazil—Alex Cooke*, Franck Le Diagon, Ricardo De Marco, Daniela Amazonas, Timothy Bunting, Nick Moldoveanu, Stephen Klug, and Elaine Mattos, WesternGeco (SGS 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ High-resolution tomography for paleo-canyons: A case study in Para-Maranhao Basin, Brazil—Guang Chen and Hao Shen, CGGVeritas (SGS 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 2)

11:25 AM ... Seismic inversion and statistical classifi cation of lithology and fl uids at Rubiales fi eld, Colombia—Miguel Bosch*, U Central de Venezuela; Adriana Justiniano, Info Geosciences Technology and Services; Gabriel Alvarez, Diego Morales, Vicmar Azuaje, Yohaney Gomez, and Thais de Souza, Pacifi c-Rubiales Energy (SGS 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SI 8 Scattering and GeostatisticsSession Chairmen: Faqi Liu and Niranjan C. BanikRoom: Ballroom C ........................................................................(Thursday, 8 November)

8:30 AM ..... Nonlinear Fréchet derivative and its De Wolf approximation—Ru-Shan Wu*, Modeling and Imaging Laboratory, U of California, Santa Cruz; Yingcai Zheng, Modeling and Imaging Laboratory, U of California, Santa Cruz and Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SI 8.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Joint seismic deconvolution and geostatistical extrapolation in a Bayesian framework using a B-spline discontinuous Galerkin method—Jonathan Kane*, Shell International E&P; William Rodi, Earth Resources Laboratory, MIT (SI 8.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Accelerated large-scale inversion with message passing—Felix J. Herrmann, The U of British Columbia, Canada (SI 8.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... On nonuniqueness of the student’s t-formulation for linear inverse problems—Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Tristan van Leeuwen, and Felix J. Herrmann, U of British Columbia, Earth and Ocean Sciences; Kenneth Bube, U of Washington, Mathematics (SI 8.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Deterministic and stochastic seismic inversion methods for gas discrimination at La Creciente Field, Colombia—Miguel Bosch*, U Central de Venezuela; Gustavo Bertorelli, Gabriel Alvarez, and Eduardo García, Pacifi c-Rubiales Energy; Adriana Moreno and Raul Colmenares, Info Geosciences Technology and Services (SI 8.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... How incoherent can we be? Phase encoded linearized inversion with random boundaries—Chris Leader* and Ali Almomin (SI 8.6) (INT. AUD.: 2)

11 AM ........ Approximate inversion of the wave-equation Hessian via randomized matrix probing—Pierre-David Letourneau, Stanford U; Laurent Demanet*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Henri Calandra, Total SA (SI 8.7) (INT. AUD.: 4)

11:25 AM ... Nonlinear seismic waveform inversion using a Born iterative T-matrix method—Morten Jakobsen, Department of Earth Science and CIPR, U of Bergen; Bjørn Ursin, Department of Petroleum Technology and Applied Geophysics, NTNU (SI 8.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SI 9 Joint Inversion and ImagingSession Chairmen: Laurence R. Lines and Charles C. MosherRoom: Ballroom D .......................................................................(Thursday, 8 November)

8:30 AM ..... Joint imaging with streamer and OBN data—Mandy Wong*, Shuki Ronen, and Biondo Biondi, Stanford U (SI 9.1) (INT. AUD.: 2)

8:55 AM ..... Joint migration inversion: Combining full wavefi eld migration with anisotropic velocity estimation—A. J. Berkhout*, Delft U of Technology (SI 9.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Integrated inversion of subsurface velocity structures using wave equation tomography and full waveform inversion—Haiyang Wang, Satish C. Singh, and Hanchao Jian, IPGP, France; Henri Calandra, TOTAL (SI 9.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Inversion after depth imaging—Robin P. Fletcher*, Stewart Archer, Dave Nichols, and Weijian Mao, WesternGeco (SI 9.4) (INT. AUD.: 4)

10:10 AM ... Tomographic full waveform inversion (TFWI) by combining full waveform inversion with wave-equation migration velocity analysis—Biondo Biondi and Ali Almomin (SI 9.5) (INT. AUD.: 4)

10:35 AM ... Bi-objective optimization for the inversion of seismic refl ection data: Combined FWI and MVA—Clement Fleury* and Francesco Perrone, Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines (SI 9.6) (INT. AUD.: 4)

11 AM ........ Amplitude and phase in angle-domain common-image gathers—Xinfa Zhu* and George McMechan, U Texas at Dallas (SI 9.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Updating velocity using hyperbolic gamma, tomography and FWI: A comprehensive in-house model building workfl ow—Hongchuan Sun*, Spyros Lazaratos, Jerry Krebs, and Partha Routh, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company (SI 9.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)






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SM 3 Finite Differences and Finite ElementsSession Chairmen: Brad Artman and Xiaolei SongRoom: Breakers D ........................................................................(Thursday, 8 November)

8:30 AM ..... The relation between fi nite diff erences in time and the Chebyshev polynomial recursion—Reynam C. Pestana*, CPGG/UFBA and INCT-GP; Paul L. Stoff a, IG/UTexas; Adriano W. G. dos Santos, INCT-GP/CNPQ (SM 3.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Approximating constant-Q seismic propagation in the time domain—Tieyuan Zhu* and Jerry M. Harris, Stanford U; José M. Carcione, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografi a e di Geofi sica Sperimentale (SM 3.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Finite-diff erence modeling with a minimal computation cost—Yang Liu, State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resource and Prospecting and CNPC Key Laboratory of Geophysical Prospecting, China U of Petroleum, Beijing (SM 3.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Harmonic coordinate fi nite element method for acoustic waves—William W. Symes and Xin Wang, Rice U (SM 3.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Implementation of the discontinuous Galerkin method for solving the seismic wave equation using the graphic processing unit (GPU)—Dawei Mu* and Po Chen, Department of Geology and Geophysics, U of Wyoming; Liqiang Wang, Department of Computer Sciences, U of Wyoming (SM 3.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Pure and pseudo-acoustic VTI wave modeling in the frequency domain using compact fi nite diff erence operators—Chunlei Chu*, ConocoPhillips; Paul L. Stoff a, Institute for Geophysics, The U of Texas at Austin (SM 3.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Grid dispersion and stability of the spectral element method with triangular elements—Tao Liu* and Xiucheng Wei, Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, SINOPEC; Jonás D. De Basabe, Seismology Department, Earth Sciences Division, CICESE; Lin Li and Tianyue Hu, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking U; Mrinal K. Sen, Institution for Geophysics, U of Texas at Austin (SM 3.7) (INT. AUD.: 4)

11:25 AM ... Stability and performance of the SIPG and IIPG fi nite-element methods for wave propagation—Elena Zhebel* and Sara Minisini, Shell Global Solutions International B.V.; Alexey Kononov, Source Contracting and Delft U of Technology; Wim Mulder, Shell Global Solutions International B.V. and Delft U of Technology (SM 3.8) (INT. AUD.: 4)

SPMI 5 New ImplementationsSession Chairmen: Scott A. Morton and Bin WangRoom: Breakers F .........................................................................(Thursday, 8 November)

8:30 AM ..... Frequency-domain reverse time migration using the logarithm and the L1-norm of a wavefi eld—Jeeeun Lee*, Youngseo Kim, and Changsoo Shin, Seoul National U (SPMI 5.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... Acceleration of the anisotropic PSPI imaging algorithm with datafl ow engines—Carlo Tomas* and Luca Cazzola, ENI E&P Division, Italy; Diego Oriato and Oliver Pell, Maxeler Technologies; Daniela Theis, Guido Satta, and Ernesto Bonomi, CRS4 Imaging and Numerical Geophysics, Italy (SPMI 5.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Iterative velocity model building using GPU based layer-stripping TTI RTM—Qien Ji*, Sang Suh, and Bin Wang, TGS (SPMI 5.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

9:45 AM ..... Imaging with multiples accelerated by message passing—Ning Tu and Felix J. Herrmann (SPMI 5.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Phase-space computation of multiarrival traveltimes, Part I: Theory and concepts—Vladimir Bashkardin and Sergey Fomel, The U of Texas at Austin; Thomas J. Browaeys, Fuchun Gao, and Paul Williamson, Total E&P; Roman Kazinnik, ConocoPhillips; Scott A. Morton and Sergey Terentyev, Hess Corporation; Alexander Vladimirsky, Cornell U (SPMI 5.5) (INT. AUD.: 4)

10:35 AM ... Phase-space computation of multiarrival traveltimes, Part II: Implementation and application to angle-domain imaging—Vladimir Bashkardin and Sergey Fomel, The U of Texas at Austin; Thomas J. Browaeys and Fuchun Gao, Total E&P; Scott A. Morton and Sergey Terentyev, Hess Corporation; Alexander Vladimirsky, Cornell U (SPMI 5.6) (INT. AUD.: 4)

11 AM ........ Newton-Marchenko-Rose imaging—Jyoti Behura and Roel Snieder, Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines; Kees Wapenaar, Delft U of Technology (SPMI 5.7)(INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... i-CRS: Application of a new multiparameter stacking approach to complex media—B. Schwarz*, C. Vanelle, and D. Gajewksi, U of Hamburg; B. Kashtan, St. Petersburg State U (SPMI 5.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

SS 5 Advances in Uncertainty Quantifi cationSession Chairmen: Tapan Mukerji and Michael J. TompkinsRoom: Lagoon L ...........................................................................(Thursday, 8 November)

8:30 AM ..... Model reduction and interpolation methods in uncertainty quantifi cation—Paul G. Constantine, Stanford U (SS 5.1) (INT. AUD.: 2)

8:55 AM ..... Relative event localization in uncertain velocity model—Oleg V. Poliannikov* and Alison Malcolm, Earth Resources Laboratory, MIT; Michael Prange and Hugues Djikpesse, Schlumberger-Doll Research (SS 5.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Sparse, accurate seismic-tomographic residual-covariance matrices using orthogonal wavelets—Aime Fournier, Yi Yang, Yu You, and Konstantin Osypov, WesternGeco (SS 5.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... Integrated uncertainty assessment: From seismic and well logs to fl ow simulation—Emmanuel Gringarten*, PARADIGM (SS 5.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Data inversion under geological scenario uncertainty—Jef Caers, Stanford U (SS 5.5) (INT. AUD.: 4)

10:35 AM ... Effi cient estimation of polynomial chaos proxies using generalized sparse quadrature—M. J. Tompkins*, Schlumberger-EMI; M. Prange, Schlumberger-Doll Research (SS 5.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)


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TL 3 4D Beyond Conventional SeismicSession Chairmen: Lars Sonneland and Henning HoeberRoom: Breakers L .........................................................................(Thursday, 8 November)

8:30 AM ..... Improved imaging and 4D comparison using a dual-sensor streamer off shore West Africa—Per Eivind Dhelie* and Chad Hintz, PGS; Surinder Sahai, Jessica Schwark, Steven Mondziel, and Steve Checkles, Hess Corporation (TL 3.1) (INT. AUD.: 3)

8:55 AM ..... The fi delity of 3D wavefi eld reconstruction from a four-component marine streamer and its implications for time-lapse seismic measurements—Kurt Eggenberger*, Philip Christie, Dirk-Jan van Manen, Massimiliano Vassallo, Ali Özbek, and Smaine Zeroug, Schlumberger (TL 3.2) (INT. AUD.: 4)

9:20 AM ..... Land seismic reservoir monitoring: Where is the steam going?—Julien Cotton and Eric Forgues*, CGGVeritas; J. C. Hornman, Shell Global Solution Int. (TL 3.3) (INT. AUD.: 2)

9:45 AM ..... Dual-depth hydrophones for ghost reduction in 4D land monitoring—Julien Cotton* and Eric Forgues, CGGVeritas (TL 3.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Eff ects of complex near surface on 4D acquisition with buried source and receiver—Cécile Berron* and Eric Forgues, CGGVeritas; Andrey Bakulin, Roy Burnstad, and Michael Jervis, EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco (TL 3.5) (INT. AUD.: 4)

10:35 AM ... Ocean bottom node seismic: Learnings from Bonga, Deepwater Off shore Nigeria—Rocco Detomo Jr.*, Edwin Quadt, Carlos Pirmez, Reginald Mbah, and Samuel Olotu, Shell Nigeria E&P Company (TL 3.6) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11 AM ........ Suppressing 4D-noise by weighted stacking of up-going and down-going migrations—Paul Hatchell*, Maria Tatanova, and Andrew Evans, Shell International E&P Inc. (TL 3.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... Time-lapse AVO on deepwater OBN seismic at the Mars fi eld—Maria Tatanova* and Paul Hatchell, Shell International E&P Inc. (TL 3.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)

VSP 1 ProcessingSession Chairmen: Kyle T. Lewallen and Peter R. McGillivrayRoom: Lagoon F ...........................................................................(Thursday, 8 November)

8:30 AM ..... Off set VSP P-wave and converted S-wave salt proximity migration study—Han Wu*, Shell International E&P; Yingping Li and Ben Hewett, Shell E&P (VSP 1.1) (INT. AUD.: 4)

8:55 AM ..... 3D anisotropic calculation of salt-face exit points for VSP salt proximity surveys—Min Lou*, Dongjie Cheng, and Fran Doherty, VSFusion, CGGVeritas (VSP 1.2) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:20 AM ..... Imaging fi rst order multiples in VSP data: A detailed fi eld study—M. Bagher Farmani*, Brian Atkinson, Juri Muzi, Nick Brooks, and Tor Hilton, READ ASA; John O’Brien, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (VSP 1.3) (INT. AUD.: 3)

9:45 AM ..... VSP imaging using all multiples: Full wavefi eld migration approach—Alok K. Soni*, Xander Staal, and Eric Verschuur, Delft U of Technology (VSP 1.4) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:10 AM ... Advances in distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) for VSP—A. Mateeva, J. Mestayer*, B. Cox, D. Kiyashchenko, P. Wills, and J. Lopez, Shell International E&P Inc.; S. Grandi, K. Hornman, P. Lumens, and A. Franzen, Shell Global Solutions International B.V.; D. Hill and J. Roy, QinetiQ OptaSense (VSP 1.5) (INT. AUD.: 3)

10:35 AM ... Development of a downhole sparker source with adjustable frequencies—Werner M. Heigl*, Apache Corporation; Robert P. Radtke, Robert H. Stokes, and David A. Glowka, Technology International, Inc. (VSP 1.6) (INT. AUD.: 2)

11 AM ........ Orientation analysis of borehole geophones: Calibration consistency—Peter Gagliardi* and Don C. Lawton, U of Calgary (VSP 1.7) (INT. AUD.: 3)

11:25 AM ... VSP extension of the generalized Fomel-Stovas approximation—Emil Blias, VSFusion (VSP 1.8) (INT. AUD.: 3)


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