A method for seismic data processing can include obtaining seismic data acquired based upon trigger times and not based upon positions of triggered source elements. The seismic data can include near-continuously recorded seismic data in split records. The split records can be spliced together into a single near-continuous record to produce a trace with seismic data from a single acquired line. The seismic data can be processed by performing a spatial shift for each of a number of time samples to correct for motion of a number of seismic receivers.

The method processes, for each of a plurality of shots at respective source locations, seismic traces recorded at a plurality of receiver locations. Common-mid-point-modulated data are also computed by multiplying the seismic data in each seismic trace by a horizontal mid-point. A depth migration process is applied to the seismic data to obtain a first set of migrated data, and to the mid-point-modulated data to obtain a second set of migrated data. For each shot, aperture values are estimated and associated with respective subsurface positions. A migrated value for a depth and an aperture in a surface aperture common image gather at a horizontal position is a migrated value of the first set of migrated data for a shot such that the estimated aperture value associated with that subsurface position is the aperture.

A method for inverting a formation wave impedance using DAS borehole seismic data, including: acquiring an initial magnitude at a time window after the initial arrival time of seismic wavefield data in a well; mapping the initial magnitude to a relative wave impedance; and correcting the relative wave impedance to obtain an inverted wave impedance. Also provided are an apparatus for inverting a formation wave impedance using DAS borehole seismic data, a device, and a computer-readable storage medium.

A method and marine seismic processing system including an interface for receiving recorded data, wherein the recorded data includes seismic data and bio-acoustic data; a seismic data processor for estimating a source signature from the recorded data, wherein the source signature is associated with a seismic source that emits seismic waves in water during a seismic survey; and a bio-acoustic processor that estimates a presence of a mammal generating the bio-acoustic data, based on a processed signal obtained by removing the source signature from the recorded data.

A method is described for seismic imaging that may include receiving a partially flattened seismic image representative of a subsurface volume of interest; detecting moire patterns in the partially flattened seismic image; quantitatively characterizing the moire patterns; calculating flattening corrections based on the quantitatively characterized moire patterns; applying the flattening corrections to the partially flattened seismic image to generated a new flattened seismic image; and identifying geologic features based on the new flattened seismic image. The method may be executed by a computer system.

A method for seismic data acquisition can include near-continuously recording seismic data received from a number of seismic receivers and triggering a plurality of source elements, based upon time and not based upon position, at a predefined sequence of times relative to a start of a near-continuous recording.

A method for seismic data processing can include obtaining seismic data acquired based upon trigger times and not based upon positions of triggered source elements. The seismic data can include near-continuously recorded seismic data in split records. The split records can be spliced together into a single near-continuous record to produce a trace with seismic data from a single acquired line. The seismic data can be processed by performing a spatial shift for each of a number of time samples to correct for motion of a number of seismic receivers.

Methods and apparatuses for directional designature in shot domain are provided. Azimuth and take-off angles are calculated for each record in the seismic data. Directional designature is then applied to the seismic data using a source signature dependent on the azimuth and take-off angles.

This invention relates to a method of correcting eccentricity of ultrasonic image profiles, measured along a section of rock, including the steps of measuring emitted amplitude values (A.sub.0) and measuring transit time values (t.sub.) of ultrasonic acoustic pulses emitted at a range of default angles (), where the amplitude measured at each angle (A.sub.) is determined by an amplitude decay model in relation to the transit time (t.sub.) defined by A .sub.=A.sub..Math.e.sup.t.sup..sup./.Math.I.sub., where is the decay correction factor; and I.sub. is the reflection coefficient of the rock wall.

A computer-implemented method includes: accessing a set of seismic data comprising a plurality of data traces received at the receivers in response to an acoustic wave being launched into a subterranean region of interest at the geophysical exploration site; estimating local traveltime operators, each associated with a sample point on the plurality of data traces; correcting at least one local traveltime operator based on, at least in part, statistical features of other local traveltime operators associated with sample points that are adjacent to the sample point associated with the at least one local traveltime operator; reconstructing a stack of wavefronts described by the at least one corrected local traveltime operator; and performing a weighted sum of the reconstructed stack of wavefronts so that an image of a wavefield in the subterranean region of interest is formed and visualized with sufficient clarity to facilitate decision making at the geophysical exploration site.