Analogue facilitated seismic data interpretation system
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsPierre Le Guern, Marie Etchebes, Aicha Bounaim
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Abstract
A method can include acquiring imagery of an exposed surface of the Earth; generating a multi-dimensional model based at least in part on the imagery; generating synthetic seismic data utilizing the multi-dimensional model; acquiring seismic data of a subsurface region of the Earth; performing a search that matches a portion of the acquired seismic data and a portion of the synthetic seismic data; and characterizing the subsurface region of the Earth based at least in part on the portion of the synthetic seismic data.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- acquiring imagery of an exposed surface of the Earth that comprises an exposed geological feature;
- generating a multi-dimensional model based at least in part on the imagery;
- generating synthetic seismic data utilizing the multi-dimensional model;
- acquiring seismic data of a subsurface region of the Earth that comprises a subsurface geological feature;
- performing a search that matches a portion of the acquired seismic data and a portion of the synthetic seismic data;
- and
- characterizing the subsurface region of the Earth based at least in part on the portion of the synthetic seismic data.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- memory operatively coupled to the processor;
- and
- processor-executable instructions stored in the memory to instruct the system to:
- acquire imagery of an exposed surface of the Earth that comprises an exposed geological feature;
- generate a multi-dimensional model based at least in part on the imagery;
- generate synthetic seismic data utilizing the multi-dimensional model;
- acquire seismic data of a subsurface region of the Earth that comprises a subsurface geological feature;
- perform a search that matches a portion of the acquired seismic data and a portion of the synthetic seismic data;
- and
- characterize the subsurface region of the Earth based at least in part on the portion of the synthetic seismic data.
One or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions executable to instruct a computing system to:
- acquire imagery of an exposed surface of the Earth that comprises an exposed geological feature;
- generate a multi-dimensional model based at least in part on the imagery;
- generate synthetic seismic data utilizing the multi-dimensional model;
- acquire seismic data of a subsurface region of the Earth that comprises a subsurface geological feature;
- perform a search that matches a portion of the acquired seismic data and a portion of the synthetic seismic data;
- and
- characterize the subsurface region of the Earth based at least in part on the portion of the synthetic seismic data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.