Method for generating an image of a subsurface of an area of interest from seismic data

US11378704B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TOTAL SE · FR

Inventors

• Raphaël Valensi · Billère, FR
• Reda Baina · Pau, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 8, 2018
• Grant date: Jul 5, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01V2210/675
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for generating an image of a subsurface of an area of interest from seismic data. The method comprises providing seismic wavefields, providing a zero-offset seismic wavefield dataset, determining a seismic velocity parameter model w(x) comprising an initial model w0(x), a low frequency perturbation term δmb(x) and a high frequency perturbation term δmr(x), determining an optimal seismic velocity parameter model wopt(x) by computing a plurality of iterations, each iteration comprising calculating and optimizing a cost function, said cost function being dependent on the zero-offset seismic wavefield and on the low frequency perturbation term δmb(x) as a parameter in the optimization of the cost function, the high frequency perturbation term δmr(x) being related to the velocity parameter model w(x) to keep the provided zero-offset seismic wavefield data invariant with respect to the low frequency perturbation term δmb(x).