Generally, seismic data may provide valuable information with regard to the description such as the location and/or change of hydrocarbon deposits within a subsurface region of the Earth. The present disclosure generally discusses techniques that may be used by a computing system to analyze a data set including weak-coherence signals (e.g., non-coherent blending noise). In particular, a computing system may detect portion of the weak-coherence signals of a gather due to the overlap of selected seismic source excitations and use a mask to isolate coherent signals and the other weak-coherence signals from the masked portion of weak-coherence signals. The coherent signals and other weak-coherence signals may be iteratively processed and used to predict values of the masked weak-coherence signals.

Methods to estimate formation shear wave slowness from multi-firings of different types of acoustic sources and multi-mode dispersion estimation systems are presented. The method includes obtaining waveform data of waves traversing through a downhole formation, where the waves are generated from multi-firings of different types of acoustic sources. The method also includes performing a multimode dispersion analysis of the waveform data for each firing of the multi-firings, and removing one or more tool waves generated from the multi-firings. The method further includes determining a formation type of the formation the waves traverse based properties of the waves and determining an initial shear wave slowness estimate of the waves. The method further includes generating a modeling of the waves, and reducing a mismatch between the modeling of the waves and a slowness dispersion of the waves to improve the modeling of the waves.

There is a method for correcting seismic wave propagation paths through the earth. The method includes determining a first fixed shooting sequence for a first bandlimited seismic source; determining a second shooting sequence for a second bandlimited seismic source, wherein the second shooting sequence includes second shooting positions that correspond to second energy emissions, and the second energy emissions differ from the first energy emissions in at least one of an emission time, phase and amplitude; receiving raw seismic data recorded with seismic receivers and generated as a result of the first and second energy emissions, wherein the raw seismic data is indicative of seismic wave paths from the first and second bandlimited seismic sources to the seismic receivers; separating the raw seismic data into a first bandlimited set corresponding to the first bandlimited seismic source and a second bandlimited set corresponding to the second bandlimited seismic source; and correcting the seismic wave paths, from the first and second bandlimited seismic sources to the seismic receivers, based on at least one of the first and second bandlimited sets.

The present disclosure discloses a seismic vibrator, a vibration device and a driving apparatus for the same. The seismic vibrator comprises: a base; a mounting plate; a first spring configured to connect the base and the mounting plate, so that the mounting plate reciprocates relative to the base; a coil fixed with the base; a magnet having one end fixed with the mounting plate, and the other end stretched into the coil; a magnetic steel fixed with the magnet, wherein a gap for accommodating the coil is provided between the magnetic steel and the magnet; and a counterweight fixed with the mounting plate. The vibration device comprises the above seismic vibrator and an adjustable base. Compared with the traditional electromagnetic controllable seismic vibrator, the structure of the seismic vibrator provided by the present disclosure is simpler.

So-called “Popcorn shooting”, and especially continuous Popcorn shooting, combined with simultaneous source shooting allows considerable flexibility in producing high-resolution data and in creating source arrays. Using a combination of simultaneous source de-blending and Popcorn reconstruction it is possible to construct using post acquisition processing arrays of any desired length by constructing a popcorn pattern that takes into account the vessel speed and physical arrangement of guns behind the towing vessel.

A vehicle with a LIDAR system, the LIDAR system having an emitter, receivers and a controller. The emitter emitting a Fourier series sum signal with each frequency given a substantially randomized phase. The receivers include a first receiver receiving a portion of the signal proximate to the LIDAR system; and a second receiver receiving a portion of a reflected signal, the reflected signal being a portion of the series sum signal after being reflected off of an object. The controller is coupled to the emitter and the receivers. The controller being configured to de-convolve the portion of the reflected signal received by the second receiver with the portion of the series sum signal received by the first receiver, and to estimate a distance to the object dependent upon an identified time delay between the portion of the reflected signal and the portion of the series sum signal.

Methods and systems for separating seismic data acquired using a plurality of substantially simultaneously fired sources are described. The sources use sweep sequences having low cross correlation levels to generate seismic waves, and their source signatures are determined. Using the source signatures, the wave fields associated with each of the sources are extracted from the seismic data by, for example, performing a time domain deconvolution.

Disclosed are devices and methods for marine geophysical surveying. An example device may comprise a shell, a base plate, wherein the base plate is coupled to the shell, a driver disposed within the shell, an inner spring element disposed within the shell, wherein the inner spring element is coupled to the driver, wherein outer ends of the inner spring element are coupled to outer ends of the inner spring element at spring element junctions, an outer spring element disposed within the shell, wherein outer ends of the outer spring element are coupled to the spring element junctions, and a back mass disposed on the outer spring element.

Disclosed are control systems for marine vibrators. An example method may comprise recording a signal at a seismic sensor; running an iterative learning control characterization for a marine vibrator on the signal from the seismic sensor; measuring movement of an outer shell of the marine vibrator using a motion sensor to obtain a motion sensor signal; and controlling the marine vibrator using the motion sensor signal as a reference signal.

Methods for seismic exploration of a subsurface formation increase productivity by simultaneously actuating closely located vibratory sources. Individual vibrations generated by different sources actuated simultaneously are encoded to enable separation of seismic data corresponding to each of the individual vibrations.