Full waveform inversion in the midpoint-offset domain
US11397273B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 21, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V2210/6222
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods for full waveform inversion (FWI) in the midpoint-offset domain include using a computer system to sort seismic traces into common midpoint-offset bins (XYO bins). For each XYO bin, a linear moveout correction is applied to a collection of seismic traces within the XYO bin. The collection of seismic traces is stacked to form a pilot trace. The computer system determines a surface-consistent residual static correction for each seismic trace. The computer system determines that the surface-consistent residual static correction for each seismic trace is less than a threshold. Responsive to the determining that the surface-consistent residual static correction is less than the threshold, the computer system stacks the collection of seismic traces to provide the pilot trace. The computer system groups the pilot traces for the XYO bins into a set of virtual shot gathers. The computer system performs one-dimensional FWI based on each virtual shot gather.
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