G01V1/34

Method for determining a property of a material behind a borehole casing

The disclosure relates to a method of determining at least a property of a material situated behind a casing of a borehole, wherein an image of a imaging parameter of the material, such as acoustic impedance, has been obtained. The method comprising identifying zones of the image corresponding to disturbance zones, based in particular on values of the imaging parameters or other measured parameters, deleting the data of the imaging parameter in each of the disturbance zones, reconstructing for each zone, data of the imaging parameter from the data of imaging parameter at the neighboring zones, and determining at least a property of the material based on the reconstructed image.

Identifying geologic features in a subterranean formation using angle domain gathers sampled in a spiral coordinate space
11353609 · 2022-06-07 · ·

Systems and methods for seismic imaging of a subterranean geological formation include receiving parameter data representing one or more parameters of a seismic survey, the seismic data specifying an incident angle and an azimuth angle for each trace of the seismic survey; determining a relationship between the incident angle and the azimuth angle for each trace and a location in a spiral coordinate system, and generating a weighting function for applying a weight value to each trace seismic data based on the incident angle and the azimuth angle associated with each trace; and determining a residual moveout value of the seismic data for each location in the spiral coordinate system by applying the weighting function to each; and generating a seismic image representing the residual moveout value of the seismic data for each location in the spiral coordinate system.

LONG-OFFSET ACQUISITION WITH TOWED STREAMER SPREADS
20230273334 · 2023-08-31 ·

A method and apparatus for operating a single source vessel along a survey path, the source vessel towing a source and a first plurality of streamers; operating a streamer vessel along the survey path, the streamer vessel towing a second plurality of streamers; actuating the source; acquiring near-offset data with a first plurality of receivers; and acquiring long-offset data with a second plurality of receivers. A system includes a source vessel coupled to: a source; and a near-offset survey spread; a streamer vessel coupled to a long-offset survey spread, wherein a streamer spacing density of the long-offset survey spread is no greater than a streamer spacing density of the near-offset survey spread; and a survey plan including navigation information for the source vessel and the streamer vessel, wherein the navigation information directs the source vessel and the streamer vessel along a common survey path while the source is actuated.

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FLEET ACTING AS A PHASE ARRAY FOR IMAGING AND TOMOGRAPHY
20230274642 · 2023-08-31 ·

The present disclosure is directed to collecting and processing data from computing devices of a plurality of autonomous vehicles (AVs). The data received from each of these AV computing devices may include raw sensor data or data that has been generated using data received by one or more sensors at respective AVs. Once this data is collected and associated with discrete locations and times, the data may be evaluated and used to generate mappings of various sorts. These mappings may include mappings of underground features generated based on an evaluations of vibration data. Alternatively, or additionally, these mapping may include mappings of landscape features, atmospheric features, or the locations of aircraft from data associated with certain types of sensing apparatus, for example radar apparatus or light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) apparatus.

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FLEET ACTING AS A PHASE ARRAY FOR IMAGING AND TOMOGRAPHY
20230274642 · 2023-08-31 ·

The present disclosure is directed to collecting and processing data from computing devices of a plurality of autonomous vehicles (AVs). The data received from each of these AV computing devices may include raw sensor data or data that has been generated using data received by one or more sensors at respective AVs. Once this data is collected and associated with discrete locations and times, the data may be evaluated and used to generate mappings of various sorts. These mappings may include mappings of underground features generated based on an evaluations of vibration data. Alternatively, or additionally, these mapping may include mappings of landscape features, atmospheric features, or the locations of aircraft from data associated with certain types of sensing apparatus, for example radar apparatus or light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) apparatus.

Multi-Z horizon interpretation and editing within seismic data

Systems and methods for editing multi-Z horizons interpreted from seismic data are provided. A multi-Z horizon having a plurality of surfaces is visualized within a two-dimensional (2D) representation of seismic data displayed via a graphical user interface (GUI) of an application executable at a computing device of a user. Input is received via the GUI from the user for editing one or more of the plurality of surfaces of the multi-Z horizon within a current view of the displayed 2D representation of the seismic data. A location of the received input relative to each of the plurality of surfaces within the current view is determined. The one or more surfaces of the multi-Z horizon are modified based on the location of the received input within the current view. The visualization of the multi-Z horizon within the GUI is updated, based on the modified one or more surfaces.

Multi-Z horizon interpretation and editing within seismic data

Systems and methods for editing multi-Z horizons interpreted from seismic data are provided. A multi-Z horizon having a plurality of surfaces is visualized within a two-dimensional (2D) representation of seismic data displayed via a graphical user interface (GUI) of an application executable at a computing device of a user. Input is received via the GUI from the user for editing one or more of the plurality of surfaces of the multi-Z horizon within a current view of the displayed 2D representation of the seismic data. A location of the received input relative to each of the plurality of surfaces within the current view is determined. The one or more surfaces of the multi-Z horizon are modified based on the location of the received input within the current view. The visualization of the multi-Z horizon within the GUI is updated, based on the modified one or more surfaces.

System and method for randomness measurement in sesimic image data using vectorized disorder algorithm
11740374 · 2023-08-29 · ·

Systems and methods are disclosed for hydrocarbon exploration using seismic imaging and, more specifically, measuring randomness in seismic data utilizing a vectorized disorder algorithm. The vectorized disorder algorithm is configured to measure the randomness level (e.g., noise) in seismic data to improve seismic data processing/imaging and the ability to expose subsurface geology. The vectorized disorder algorithm includes performing convolution of seismic data with a vectorized disorder operator having an extra dimension than the seismic data. A nonlinear reduction operation is performed on the vectorized output to generate a randomness distribution dataset having the same dimension as the input data. The randomness distribution dataset comprises data points representing the level of randomness for respective seismic data points. A more accurate seismic image is generated from the seismic data as a function of the measured randomness distribution.

SEISMIC DENOISING BY WEIGHTED MULTIPLANAR RECONSTRUCTION
20230266493 · 2023-08-24 · ·

A system and method for forming a denoised seismic image of a subterranean region of interest is provided. The method includes obtaining an observed seismic dataset for a subterranean region of interest and forming a plurality of common midpoint gathers having a plurality of traces, each trace having an ordinate series of sample values, a common-midpoint location and a unique value of a secondary sorting parameter. The method further includes, for each of the plurality of common midpoint gathers, selecting a set of spatially adjacent common midpoint gathers using a spatial windowing operator and determining a weighted midpoint gather based on the common midpoint gather and the set of spatially adjacent common midpoint gathers. The method still further includes forming a denoised seismic dataset by combining the weighted midpoint gathers using an inverse spatial windowing operator and forming the denoised seismic image based on the denoised seismic dataset.

Parallelization of seismic data-related modelling
11733415 · 2023-08-22 · ·

Systems and methods include a computer-implemented method includes concurrently outputting, by a computing device to a display of the computing device, a graphical time-domain interpretation of seismic data, a graphical velocity model related to the seismic data, and a graphical depth-domain interpretation of the seismic data. The method may further include identifying, by the computing device, a first alteration to one of the time-domain interpretation, the velocity model, and the depth-domain interpretation. The method may further include identifying, by the computing device based on the first alteration, a second alteration to another of the time-domain interpretation, the velocity model, and the depth-domain interpretation. The method may further include updating, by the computing device based on the first alteration and the second alteration, at least two of the graphical time-domain interpretation, the graphical velocity model, and the graphical depth-domain interpretation. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.