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We demonstrate a novel workflow using reflections, refractions and multiples for building highly accurate PSDM velocity models for a complex geological setting. By combining wavelet shift tomography, full waveform inversion and separated wavefield imaging, we are able to produce high-resolution velocity models that are ideally suited for imaging of broadband data. Leveraging dual sensor streamer technology and the wavefield separation that comes with it, we are using up- and down-going wavefields in imaging and tomography to improve resolution and illumination. Further, we utilize the refracted, low-frequency energy for FWI. As the streamer is towed deep, we preserve the low frequencies that are so important for the success of FWI, but without sacrificing a broadband signal that is key for producing high-resolution reflection images of the shallow overburden and deep reservoir sections.

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2014-06-16
2024-03-28
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