A method may include receiving, via a processor, a first set of seismic data acquired via a Wide Azimuth (WAZ) survey. The method may also include receiving a second set of seismic data acquired via an Ocean Bottom Survey (OBS) simultaneously during a time period in which the first set of seismic data is acquired. The method may then involve processing the second set of data to obtain a velocity model of seismic waves for an area that corresponds to the WAZ survey and OBS and generating one or more seismic images of the area based on the velocity model and the first set of data.

A method for enhancing properties of geophysical data with deep learning networks. Geophysical data may be acquired by positioning a source of sound waves at a chosen shot location, and measuring back-scattered energy generated by the source using receivers placed at selected locations. For example, seismic data may be collected using towed streamer acquisition in order to derive subsurface properties or to form images of the subsurface. However, towed streamer data may be deficient in one or more properties (e.g., at low frequencies). To compensate for the deficiencies, another survey (such as an Ocean Bottom Nodes (OBN) survey) may be sparsely acquired in order to train a neural network. The trained neural network may then be used to compensate for the towed streamer deficient properties, such as by using the trained neural network to extend the towed streamer data to the low frequencies.

A method and device determine seismic wave information, and a computer readable storage medium implements a method for determining seismic wave information. According to the solution, the method includes determining shallow and deep geophones from top to bottom in a vertical depth direction; determining, according to horizontal component signals acquired by each of the shallow geophones and a preset function, a polarization direction of the horizontal component signal acquired to obtain an azimuth of the shallow geophone; determining, according to an event inclination angle of a scalar signal in horizontal component signals acquired by each of the deep geophones, and a correlation between the deep geophone and a forward adjacent geophone in horizontal component signal based on the event inclination angle, an azimuth of the deep geophone; and determining, according to the horizontal component signals and the azimuth of each of geophones, a radial and a tangential component of the target seismic wave.

A method for seismic surveying comprises deploying a plurality of seismic receivers proximate an area of subsurface to be surveyed. At least one seismic energy source moves in a path that circumscribes a center, wherein positions of the plurality of seismic receivers remain fixed. At least one of a distance between the path and the center changes monotonically as seismic energy source traverses the path, or the center moves in a selected direction as the seismic energy source traverses the path. The source is actuated at selected times as the at least one seismic energy source traverses the path, such that a spacing between positions of the source along the source path and transverse to the source path varies between successive actuations of the source. Seismic energy is detected at the plurality of seismic receivers resulting from actuating the at least one seismic energy source.

Marine survey source route configuration can include towing, via a first marine survey vessel, streamers at a first average speed and at an average velocity along a first survey route. A second marine survey vessel can tow a source at a second average speed that is greater than the first average speed along a second survey route that periodically passes over the first survey route and at the average velocity in a direction of the first survey route.

Systems and methods for acquiring blended and unblended seismic data during a single seismic survey. The blended and unblended seismic data is generated with a plurality of sources that are fired in a dedicated sequence. The sequence involves firing all the sources at a first time, advancing the sources along a given path, firing only a first source at a second time, later than the first time, advancing the sources, firing again all the sources at a third time, later than the second time, advancing the sources, firing only a second source at a fourth time, later than the third time, and so on until a desired subsurface is fully surveyed.

Presented are methods and a system for efficiently acquiring seismic data based on a virtual seismic spread. A streamer vessel and a source vessel are used in combination and in a specific spatial arrangement collect seismic data. The source arrays can be fired simultaneously, creating blended seismic data that is separated with a deblending algorithm or sequentially to collect seismic data directly. The virtual seismic spread can be configured to reduce survey time or decrease capital costs and health safety and environment exposure based on the size of the streamer array towed by the streamer vessel.

System and method for enriching a bandwidth of seismic data related to a subsurface of a body of water. The system includes streamers and sources that are towed at alternating depths during consecutive and/or adjacent line of sails or during the same line of sail.

There is a method for acquiring seismic data over a survey area. The method includes deploying streamer and source vessels to acquire seismic data along a survey line; performing one pass with the streamer and source vessels along the survey line for collecting wide azimuth (WAZ) data; and performing another pass with the streamer and source vessels along the survey line for collecting narrow azimuth (NAZ) data.

A data visualization method for visualizing data acquired along a non-linear acquisition path or sail line. The data consists of CMP lines that follow the non-linear acquisition path. The data is arranged such that the in-lines in the binning grid follow the acquisition path and the cross-lines are perpendicular, or near perpendicular, to the in-lines, the method comprising the steps of: creating a binning grid covering the CMP lines of the acquired data, the binning grid comprising a straight portion and a curved portion; calculating bins for each portion; loading the seismic data into the a visualization software; and creating a set of linked windows, wherein a field of view of the different set of linked windows is synchronized, and wherein a marker is provided to visualize the field of view of data in at least two of the linked windows.