G01V2210/1423

Method, system, and device for full-waveform inversion deghosting of marine variable depth streamer data acquisition

A method, a system, and a device for full-waveform inversion deghosting for a marine variable depth streamer data acquisition are provided for solving existing problems that deghosted seismic data has low accuracy and is accompanied by artifacts due to a large error in ghost prediction. The provided method includes: acquiring seismic data, jointly solving Lippmann-Schwinger equations to obtain normal derivatives of an incident wave field and a wave field of a receiver surface, performing a wave field extrapolation by a Kirchhoff equation that includes only an integral on the receiver surface to obtain a wave field of a sea surface recorded by a horizontal streamer, calculating a ghost operator, and subjecting the ghosted wave field of the sea surface recorded by the horizontal streamer to full-waveform inversion deghosting to obtain deghosted seismic data. The provided method improves the accuracy and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of deghosted seismic data.

Deep water high resolution object detection
11703609 · 2023-07-18 · ·

A seabed object detection system is provided. The system can include a receiver array including streamers. The system can include a plurality of receivers coupled with the streamers. The system can include a receiver array cross-cable to couple with the first streamer and to couple with the second streamer. The receiver array cross-cable can be disposed at a first depth of a body of water. The system can include a first diverter and a second diverter coupled with the receiver array cross-cable. The system can include a source array including a first source and a second source. The source array can be coplanar to the receiver array. The system can include a source array cross-cable to couple with the first source and to couple with the second source, the source array cross-cable disposed at a second depth of the body of water.

COHERENT NOISE-BASED SEISMIC DATA VERTICALIZATION CORRECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM
20230221454 · 2023-07-13 ·

A method for verticalizing recorded seismic data, the method including recording first data with a particle motion sensor, wherein the particle motion sensor is located on a streamer, and the particle motion sensor is configured to be insensitive to a direct current, recording second data with a gravity motion sensor, wherein the gravity motion sensor is also located on the stream, and the gravity motion sensor is configured to be sensitive to the direct current and temporally synchronous to the particle motion sensor, selecting a cost function that associates corresponding values of the first data and the second data, determining a misalignment angle from maximizing the cost function, wherein the misalignment angle describes a misalignment between corresponding axes of the particle motion sensor and the gravity motion sensor, and correcting seismic data recorded by the particle motion sensor based on the misalignment angle so that the corrected seismic data is verticalized with regard to gravity.

Deep water high resolution object detection
11541976 · 2023-01-03 · ·

A seabed object detection system is provided. The system can include a receiver array including streamers. The system can include a plurality of receivers coupled with the streamers. The system can include a receiver array cross-cable to couple with the first streamer and to couple with the second streamer. The receiver array cross-cable can be disposed at a first depth of a body of water. The system can include a first diverter and a second diverter coupled with the receiver array cross-cable. The system can include a source array including a first source and a second source. The source array can be coplanar to the receiver array. The system can include a source array cross-cable to couple with the first source and to couple with the second source, the source array cross-cable disposed at a second depth of the body of water.

ENHANCED PROJECTION ON CONVEX SETS FOR INTERPOLATION AND DEBLENDING
20220413175 · 2022-12-29 · ·

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 interpolate or deblend data utilizing a projection on convex sets (POCS) interpolation algorithm. The utilized POCS interpolation algorithm operates in parallel for frequency of a set of frequencies of a seismic frequency spectrum.

Seismic Pressure and Acceleration Measurement

A plurality of sensors and a controller are disposed in a marine seismic streamer. Each of the sensors comprises an enclosure having two opposing interior walls, first and second piezoelectric elements disposed on the opposing interior walls, a third piezoelectric element disposed on a flexible substrate within the enclosure between the opposing interior walls, a pressure signal output node and an acceleration signal output node disposed on the exterior surface of the enclosure. A combined pressure signal derived from the pressure signal output nodes of the plural sensors is coupled to a pressure signal input of the controller. A combined acceleration signal derived from the acceleration signal output nodes of the plural sensors is coupled to an acceleration signal input of the controller. The streamer may be towed, and the combined pressure and acceleration signals may be recorded in a computer-readable medium.

Reconstruction of multi-shot, multi-channel seismic wavefields

A method for seismic imaging includes receiving a multi-shot seismic data set that was collected using one or more streamers having recorders configured to detect seismic waves that propagate through a subterranean domain. The method also includes partitioning the multi-shot seismic data set into windows including a source dimension. The method also includes defining one or more first basis functions that describe the windows of the multi-shot seismic data set. The method also includes generating a model that describes a decomposition of the multi-shot seismic data set using the one or more first basis functions. The method also includes defining one or more second basis functions that describe a selected output data. The method also includes combining the one or more second basis functions with the model to produce a result for a source side wavefield and a receiver side wavefield.

Methods providing RACH occasion indication for random access procedure initiated by PDCCH order and related wireless terminals and base stations

A method may be provided to operate a wireless terminal in communication with a network node. The method may include receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, order from the network node. The PDCCH order may include an identification for a Random Access CHannel RACH occasion to be used for a RACH message 1 preamble transmission. Moreover, the identification may include a first index that indicates a set of RACH occasions and a second index that indicates the RACH occasion associated with the set. The method may also include transmitting a Message 1 preamble to the network node using the RACH occasion responsive to the PDCCH order.

SPARSE OCEAN BOTTOM NODES AND MINI-STREAMER ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING SUBSURFACE IMAGING
20220373705 · 2022-11-24 ·

A correlated sparse nodes and mini-streamers system for collecting seismic data includes plural nodes distributed on the ocean bottom, and a mini-streamer spread that includes plural mini-streamers. The plural nodes and the mini-streamer spread are configured to simultaneously collect seismic data from a surveyed subsurface, and wherein a length of the mini-streamers is equal to or less than three times an inline distance between adjacent nodes of the plural nodes.

METHODS PROVIDING RACH OCCASION INDICATION FOR RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE INITIATED BY PDCCH ORDER AND RELATED WIRELESS TERMINALS AND BASE STATIONS

A method may be provided to operate a wireless terminal in communication with a network node. The method may include receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, order from the network node. The PDCCH order may include an identification for a Random Access CHannel RACH occasion to be used for a RACH message 1 preamble transmission. Moreover, the identification may include a first index that indicates a set of RACH occasions and a second index that indicates the RACH occasion associated with the set. The method may also include transmitting a Message 1 preamble to the network node using the RACH occasion responsive to the PDCCH order.