# US 11,307,317 B2 · Systems and methods for data acquisition design of source and receiver locations > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,307,317 B2 - Document ID: US11307317B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/460,582 - Filed: 2019-07-02 - Published: 2021-01-07 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-02 - Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company - Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company - Inventors: Yimin Sun - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307317B2 ## CPC - G01V 1/003: {Seismic data acquisition in general, e.g. survey design (G01V1/3808, G01V1/42 take precedence)} - G01V 1/282: {Application of seismic models, synthetic seismograms} - G06F 30/20: Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30) - G01V 2200/14: Quality control - G01V: GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS (means for indicating the location of accidentally buried, e.g. snow-buried, persons A63B29/02) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Systems and methods, including computer-implemented systems and methods, for determining an optimized geometry of seismic sources and receivers in order to generate a desired dense wavefield. The systems and methods may include generating a simulated dense wavefield using a representative subsurface model; generating a set of preliminary acquisition plans according to constraints and the representative subsurface model, each preliminary acquisition plan defining a plurality of surface receivers operable to receive seismic signals; subsampling the target dense wavefield using the set of preliminary acquisition plans to produce a set of subsampled wavefields; reconstructing the set of subsampled wavefields according to a reconstruction scheme to produce a set of reconstructed dense wavefields; determining a degree of fidelity for each of the reconstructed dense wavefields; and selecting a preliminary acquisition plan having a degree of fidelity that satisfies a preselected criterion as an optimized acquisition plan. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer program product encoded on a non-transitory medium, the product comprising computer readable instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising: obtaining a subsurface model that represents a portion of a subsurface; generating a simulated dense wavefield by performing a forward modeling on the subsurface model, the simulated dense wavefield representing a target wavefield; generating a set of preliminary acquisition plans according to acquisition plan constraints and the representative subsurface model, each preliminary acquisition plan defining a plurality of surface receivers operable to receive seismic signals; subsampling the target dense wavefield using the set of preliminary acquisition plans to produce a set of subsampled wavefields, each of the subsampled wavefields being associated with a particular preliminary acquisition plan; reconstructing the set of subsampled wavefields according to a reconstruction scheme to produce a set of reconstructed dense wavefields; determining a degree of fidelity for each of the reconstructed dense wavefields by, for each reconstructed wavefield: comparing the reconstructed dense wavefield to the target wavefield; determining, based on comparing, an energy of a mismatch dataset representing a different between the reconstructed dense wavefield and the target wavefield; comparing the energy of the mismatch dataset to a particular percentage of an energy of the target wavefield; and determining, based on comparing the energy of the mismatch dataset to the particular percentage, whether the reconstructed wavefield satisfies a preselected criterion specifying an optimized acquisition plan; and selecting a preliminary acquisition plan having a degree of fidelity that satisfies the preselected criterion as the optimized acquisition plan. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computer program product of claim 1, wherein selecting an optimized acquisition plan from the set of preliminary acquisition plans that has a degree of fidelity that best satisfies a preselected criterion comprises selecting one of the preliminary acquisition plans having a degree of fidelity that meets a user-selected criterion as the optimized acquisition plan. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The computer program product of claim 2, wherein selecting one of the preliminary acquisition plans having a degree of fidelity that meets a user-selected criterion as the optimized acquisition plan comprises selecting a preliminary acquisition plan having a degree of fidelity that is equal to a preselected value, is less than a preselected value, is greater than a preselected value, or is within a range of preselected values. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising: performing an iterative step comprising: applying a global optimization scheme to the set of preliminary acquisition plans to generate a new set of preliminary acquisition plans when none of the preliminary acquisition plans has a degree of fidelity that satisfies the preselected criterion; subsampling the target dense wavefield using the new set of preliminary acquisition plans to produce a new set of subsampled wavefields, each of the subsampled wavefields being associated with a particular new preliminary acquisition plan; reconstructing the set of new subsampled wavefields according to a reconstruction scheme to produce a set of reconstructed dense wavefields; determining a degree of fidelity for each of the newly reconstructed dense wavefields; and selecting a new preliminary acquisition plan having a degree of fidelity that satisfies the preselected criterion as the optimized acquisition plan. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The computer program product of claim 4, further comprising repeating the iterative step for a selected number of cycles when none of the new preliminary acquisition plans of a particular iterative step has a degree of fidelity that satisfies the preselected criterion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The computer program product of claim 5, further comprising selecting a preliminary acquisition plan from a combination of all of the preliminary acquisition plans and new preliminary acquisition plans that has a degree of fidelity that most closely matches the preselected criterion to be the optimized acquisition plan when none of the combination of all of the preliminary acquisition plans and new preliminary acquisition plans has a degree of fidelity that satisfies the preselected criterion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising receiving the representative subsurface model. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The computer program product of claim 7, wherein receiving the representative subsurface model comprises generating the representative subsurface model. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising receiving the acquisition plan constraints. ### Claim 10 A computer-implemented method performed by one or more processors for automatically selecting an optimized acquisition plan, the method comprising the following operations: obtaining a subsurface model that represents a portion of a subsurface; generating a simulated dense wavefield by performing a forward modeling on the subsurface model, the simulated dense wavefield representing a target wavefield; generating a set of preliminary acquisition plans according to acquisition plan constraints and the representative subsurface model, each preliminary acquisition plan defining a plurality of surface receivers operable to receive seismic signals; subsampling the target dense wavefield using the set of preliminary acquisition plans to produce a set of subsampled wavefields, each of the subsampled wavefields being associated with a particular preliminary acquisition plan; reconstructing the set of subsampled wavefields according to a reconstruction scheme to produce a set of reconstructed dense wavefields; determining a degree of fidelity for each of the reconstructed dense wavefields by, for each reconstructed wavefield: comparing the reconstructed dense wavefield to the target wavefield; determining, based on comparing, an energy of a mismatch dataset representing a different between the reconstructed dense wavefield and the target wavefield; comparing the energy of the mismatch dataset to a particular percentage of an energy of the target wavefield; and determining, based on comparing the energy of the mismatch dataset to the particular percentage, whether the reconstructed wavefield satisfies a preselected criterion specifying an optimized acquisition plan; and selecting a preliminary acquisition plan having a degree of fidelity that satisfies the preselected criterion as the optimized acquisition plan. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein selecting an optimized acquisition plan from the set of preliminary acquisition plans that has a degree of fidelity that best satisfies a preselected criterion comprises selecting one of the preliminary acquisition plans having a degree of fidelity that meets a user-selected criterion as the optimized acquisition plan. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein selecting one of the preliminary acquisition plans having a degree of fidelity that meets a user-selected criterion as the optimized acquisition plan comprises selecting a preliminary acquisition plan having a degree of fidelity that is equal to a preselected value, is less than a preselected value, is greater than a preselected value, or is within a range of preselected values. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising: performing an iterative step comprising: applying a global optimization scheme to the set of preliminary acquisition plans to generate a new set of preliminary acquisition plans when none of the preliminary acquisition plans has a degree of fidelity that satisfies the preselected criterion; subsampling the target dense wavefield using the new set of preliminary acquisition plans to produce a new set of subsampled wavefields, each of the subsampled wavefields being associated with a particular new preliminary acquisition plan; reconstructing the set of new subsampled wavefields according to a reconstruction scheme to produce a set of reconstructed dense wavefields; determining a degree of fidelity for each of the newly reconstructed dense wavefields; and selecting a new preliminary acquisition plan having a degree of fidelity that satisfies the preselected criterion as the optimized acquisition plan. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The computer-implemented method of claim 13, further comprising repeating the iterative step for a selected number of cycles when none of the new preliminary acquisition plans of a particular iterative step has a degree of fidelity that satisfies the preselected criterion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The computer-implemented method of claim 14, further comprising selecting a preliminary acquisition plan from a combination of all of the preliminary acquisition plans and new preliminary acquisition plans that has a degree of fidelity that most closely matches the preselected criterion to be the optimized acquisition plan when none of the combination of all of the preliminary acquisition plans and new preliminary acquisition plans has a degree of fidelity that satisfies the preselected criterion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising receiving the representative subsurface model. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein receiving the representative subsurface model comprises generating the representative subsurface model. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising receiving the acquisition plan constraints. ### Claim 19 An apparatus for selecting an optimized distribution of seismic sources, seismic receivers, or both based on an optimized acquisition plan, the apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors and storing programming instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the programming instructions instructing the one or more processors to: obtain a subsurface model that represents a portion of a subsurface; generate a simulated dense wavefield by performing a forward modeling on the subsurface model, the simulated dense wavefield representing a target wavefield; generate a set of preliminary acquisition plans according to acquisition plan constraints and the representative subsurface model, each preliminary acquisition plan defining a plurality of surface receivers operable to receive seismic signals; subsample the target dense wavefield using the set of preliminary acquisition plans to produce a set of subsampled wavefields, each of the subsampled wavefields being associated with a particular preliminary acquisition plan; reconstruct the set of subsampled wavefields according to a reconstruction scheme to produce a set of reconstructed dense wavefields; determine a degree of fidelity for each of the reconstructed dense wavefields by, for each reconstructed wavefield: comparing the reconstructed dense wavefield to the target wavefield; determining, based on comparing, an energy of a mismatch dataset representing a different between the reconstructed dense wavefield and the target wavefield; comparing the energy of the mismatch dataset to a particular percentage of an energy of the target wavefield; and determining, based on comparing the energy of the mismatch dataset to the particular percentage, whether the reconstructed wavefield satisfies a preselected criterion specifying an optimized acquisition plan; and select a preliminary acquisition plan having a degree of fidelity that satisfies the preselected criterion as the optimized acquisition plan. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the programming instructions are operable to instruct the one or more processors to: perform an iterative step comprising: applying a global optimization scheme to the set of preliminary acquisition plans to generate a new set of preliminary acquisition plans when none of the preliminary acquisition plans has a degree of fidelity that satisfies the preselected criterion; subsampling the target dense wavefield using the new set of preliminary acquisition plans to produce a new set of subsampled wavefields, each of the subsampled wavefields being associated with a particular new preliminary acquisition plan; reconstructing the set of new subsampled wavefields according to a reconstruction scheme to produce a set of reconstructed dense wavefields; determining a degree of fidelity for each of the new reconstructed dense wavefields; and selecting a new preliminary acquisition plan having a degree of fidelity that satisfies the preselected criterion as the optimized acquisition plan. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the programming instructions are operable to instruct the one or more processors to repeat the iterative step for a selected number of cycles when none of the new preliminary acquisition plans of a particular iterative step has a degree of fidelity that satisfies the preselected criterion. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the programming instructions are operable to instruct the one or more processors to select a preliminary acquisition plan from a combination of all of the preliminary acquisition plans and new preliminary acquisition plans that has a degree of fidelity that most closely matches the preselected criterion to be the optimized acquisition plan when none of the combination of all of the preliminary acquisition plans and new preliminary acquisition plans has a degree of fidelity that satisfies the preselected criterion. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the programming instructions are operable to instruct the one or more processors to select one of the preliminary acquisition plans having a degree of fidelity that meets a user-selected criterion as the optimized acquisition plan comprises programming instructions operable to instruct the one or more processors to select a preliminary acquisition plan having a degree of fidelity that is equal to a preselected value, is less than a preselected value, is greater than a preselected value, or is within a range of preselected values.