Method of imaging of seismic data involving a virtual source, methods of producing a hydrocarbon fluid, and a computer readable medium

A method of producing a mineral hydrocarbon containing fluid from a reservoir in a subsurface formation, comprising imaging seismic data recorded using at least one seismic source and a set of seismic receivers j, the imaging comprising

• (a) providing a set of direction-sensitive responses, obtained with the set of seismic receivers, to a wave field in the subsurface formation that was excited by activating the at least one seismic source in a location i;
• (b) determining a virtual signal received by a selected receiver k, selected from the set of seismic receivers j, from a virtual source at the location of a selected receiver m, selected from the set of seismic receivers j and which is located at a predetermined distance from the selected receiver k, by performing processing steps comprising cross correlating at least part of the response of the selected receiver m with at least part of the response of the selected receiver k;
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• (c) removing part of the virtual signal that contains a component of the wave field at receiver m traveling in a first direction and removing part of the direction-sensitive responses or part of the virtual signal that contains a component of the wave field at the receiver k traveling in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction;
• d) identifying a reservoir in the subsurface formation based on the imaged seismic data;
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• (e) producing a mineral hydrocarbon containing fluid from the reservoir via a well that penetrates into the reservoir.