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7th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition
Manama, Bahrain
March 27-29, 2006
Waves
and Multiples in VSP Data
1 Geophsics, Technology Department, Saudi Aramco,
Saudi Aramco Box 8417, Dhahran, 31311, Saudi Arabia, phone: 96638738520, fax: 9663 873 1020, [email protected]
2 WesternGeco, Dhahran, 31311, Saudi Arabia
3 Saudi Aramco
The paper presents two new methods for imaging VSP data. For the first method, we demonstrate that mode -converted
transmitted
waves
observed in VSP data can be used to image areas above
horizontal
wells which traditional VSP cannot
due to lack of recorded reflections. We verify with real data examples that transmitted-wave migration coupled with the
reduced-time theory can indeed image geologic horizons above a
horizontal
well in an offset VSP survey. As reflections can
be used to image areas below geophones, transmissions can do the same for the areas above. Therefore, incorporation of
mode-converted transmitted
waves
significantly expands the area illuminated by seismic data. For the second method, we
will illustrate, with real and synthetic VSP data that multiples can be used to enlarge the imaged areas based on the newly
developed interferometry theory.