Attenuation of long period multiple using F-k filter and surface-related multiple elimination methods on 2D broadband seismic data from Morowali Waters, Sulawesi

Wide range frequency bandwidth on seismic data is a necessity due to its close relation to resolution and depth of target. High-frequency seismic waves provide high-resolution imaging that defines thin bed layers in shallow sediment, while low-frequency seismic waves can penetrate into deeper target depth. As a result of broadband seismic technology, its wide range of frequency bandwidth is a suitable geophysical exploration method in the oil and gas industry. A major obstacle that is frequently found in marine seismic data acquisition is the existence of multiples. Short period multiple and reverberation are commonly attenuated by the predictive deconvolution method on prestack data. Advanced methods are needed to suppress long period multiple in marine seismic data. The 2D broadband marine seismic data from deep Morowali Waters, Sulawesi, contains both short and long period multiples. The predictive deconvolution, which is applied to the processing sequences, successfully eliminates short period multiple on prestack data. The combination of F-k filter and Surface Related Multiple Elimination (SRME) methods are successful in attenuating long period multiple of the 2D broadband marine seismic data. The Prestack Time Migration section shows fine resolution of seismic images.

LONG-PERIOD SURFACE-RELATED MULTIPLE SUPPRESSION IN 2D MARINE SEISMIC DATA USING PREDICTIVE DECONVOLUTION AND COMBINATION OF SURFACE-RELATED MULTIPLE ELIMINATION AND PARABOLIC RADON FILTERING

Some of the important petroleum reservoirs accumulate beneath the seas and oceans. Marine seismic reflection method is the most efficient method and is widely used in the petroleum industry to map and interpret the potential of petroleum reservoirs. Multiple reflections are a particular problem in marine seismic reflection investigation, as they often obscure the target reflectors in seismic profiles. Multiple reflections can be categorized by considering the shallowest interface on which the bounces take place into two types: internal multiples and surface-related multiples. Besides, the multiples can be categorized on the interfaces where the bounces take place, a difference between long-period and short-period multiples can be considered. The long-period surface-related multiples on 2D marine seismic data of the East Coast of the United States-Southern Atlantic Margin were focused on this research. The seismic profile demonstrates the effectiveness of the results from predictive deconvolution and the combination of surface-related multiple eliminations (SRME) and parabolic Radon filtering. First, predictive deconvolution applied on conventional processing is the method of multiple suppression. The other, SRME is a model-based and data-driven surface-related multiple elimination method which does not need any assumptions. And the last, parabolic Radon filtering is a moveout-based method for residual multiple reflections based on velocity discrimination between primary and multiple reflections, thus velocity model and normal-moveout correction are required for this method. The predictive deconvolution is ineffective for long-period surface-related multiple removals. However, the combination of SRME and parabolic Radon filtering can attenuate almost long-period surface-related multiple reflections and provide a high-quality seismic images of marine seismic data.

Demultiple strategies in the submarine slope of Taiwan accretionary wedge

<p>Reducing multiple contaminations in reflection seismic data remains one of the greatest challenges in seismic processing and its effectiveness is highly dependent on geologic settings. We undertook two-dimensional reflection seismic data crossing the upper and lower accretionary wedge slopes off SW Taiwan to test the efficiency of various multiple-attenuation scenarios. The area has resulted from an incipient arc-continent collision between the northern rifted margin of the South China Sea and the Luzon volcanic arcs. The wedge extends from shallow water to deep water bathymetries, hence promoting both short-period and long-period multiples within the seismic records. The multichannel seismic data were achieved under 468 hydrophones, 4-ms sampling rate, 12.5-m channel spacing, 50-m shot spacing and 15-second recording length. Preprocessing flow includes swell noise removal, direct wave mute, and missing channel and shot restoration. A subset of demultiple methods based on the periodicity nature and the spatial move-out behavior of multiples were explored to attenuate multiples energy under different geologic environments. The first step relies on the simultaneous subtraction of surface-related multiples, which combined wave-equation multiple attenuation (WEMA) and surface-related multiple elimination (SRME). WEMA is a shot domain multiple attenuations based on a combination of numerical wave extrapolation through the water layer and the water bottom reflectivity. This method was capable to partially suppress the water layer multiples. SRME was applied to attenuate the residual multiple energy at near-offset. This method assumes surface-related multiples can be kinematically predicted by convolution of prestack seismic traces at possible surface multiple reflection locations. Some primary reflections seem to be better retained after the combined subtraction process than using WEMA or SRME filtering independently. The second step lies on parabolic Radon transform to attenuate far-offset multiples by subtracting the noise energy in <em>tau-p</em> on input gathers that have been corrected for normal move-out and inverse transform the remaining primary energy back to CMP-offset domain. Predictive deconvolution in the <em>x-t</em> domain was performed to attenuate low-frequency reverberations in the upper wedge slope. A double-gap deconvolution operator was extended to predict reverberations with correct relative amplitudes, followed by time-variant bandpass filtering to reduce much of residual multiple energy. In general, WEMA and predictive deconvolution were more effective in attenuating the multiples energy at the upper wedge slope where the water depths are shallower; whereas SRME and parabolic Radon were capable of reducing the energy of multiples at the lower wedge slope. Nevertheless, multiples energy could not be fully eliminated due to several factors. The dependency of some demultiple methods (e.g. parabolic Radon, WEMA, SRME) on velocity function may perturb the forward multiple predictions before subtraction as primary velocities might not be present due to the highly tilted strata in the thrust belts domain. Furthermore, parabolic Radon may not perform well in shallow water and area with slowly increasing velocities with depth (e.g. the upper wedge slope). Since the reflection seismic dataset spans various tectonic environments and water depth, results suggest there was no single demultiple method capable to suppress multiples in all environments.</p>

ATTENUATION OF MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DIABASE SILLS FROM SOLIMÕES BASIN THROUGH THE PARABOLIC RADON TRANSFORM AND MULTICHANNEL PREDICTIVE DECONVOLUTION

ABSTRACT. The Solimões Basin Brazil will still be the subject of many discussions in the future due to the success of oil exploration in the 1970s with the discovery of oil and gas fields. The geology of this basin is characterized by significant thick igneous rocks layers, the diabase sills, which can be seen in any stacked section as reflectors with strong amplitude but low frequency. The high contrast of seismic impedance between the sedimentary rock layers and the diabase sills generate multiple reflection and reverberations that can lead to wrong seismic interpretation of stacked sections. In this work, to improve the quality of the stacked sections, we propose a seismic process flow that includes multiple filtering steps in land data, throughout the Multichannel Predictive Deconvolution and the Parabolic Radon Transform. This study was first performed on synthetic data to test the methodology, and then in real data provided by Agência Nacional de Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP). The conventional processing flowchart was applied using commercial processing software such as SeisSpace/ProMAX, and Fortran 90 codes available in the Centro de Pesquisa em Geofísica e Geologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (CPGG/UFBA). The results obtained were satisfactory with the methodology used, besides visible improvements in the quality of the stacked seismic sections after attenuation of unwanted noises. Keywords: multiple attenuation, seismic processing, seismic reflection.RESUMO. A Bacia do Solimões será ainda tema de muitas discussões no futuro, devido ao sucesso da exploração de petróleo nas décadas de 1970 com a descoberta de campos de oléo e gás. A geologia desta bacia é caracterizada por espessas camadas de rochas ígneas, as soleiras de diabásio, que podem ser vistas em toda seção empilhada como refletores com forte amplitude e baixa frequência. O alto contraste de impedância sísmica entre as rochas sedimentares e as soleiras de diabásio gera reflexões múltiplas e reverberações que podem levar a uma interpretação sísmica errada das seções empilhadas. Neste trabalho, para melhorar a qualidade das seções empilhadas, propomos um fluxograma de processamento que adicione etapas de filtragem de múltiplas, através da Deconvolução Preditiva Multicanal e da Transformada Radon parabólica. Este estudo foi realizado primeiramente em dados sintéticos para testar a metodologia, e depois em dados reais cedidos pela Agência Nacional de Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP). O fluxograma de processamento convencional foi aplicado utilizando software comercial de processamento, como o SeisSpace/ProMAX, códigos implementados em Fortran 90 disponíveis no Centro de Pesquisa em Geofísica e Geologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (CPGG/UFBA). Os resultados obtidos foram satisfatórios com a metodologia utilizada, além de visíveis melhorias na qualidade das seções sísmicas empilhadas após atenuação dos ruídos indesejados.Palavras-chave: atenuação de múltiplas, processamento sísmico, sísmica de reflexão.

Combined Multiple Attenuation Methods and Geological Interpretation : Seram Sea Case Study 2D Marine Seismic Data

Multiple often and always appear in marine seismic data due to very high acoustic impedance contrasts. These events have undergone more than one reflection. This causes the signal to arrive back at the receiver at an erroneous time, which, in turn, causes false results and can result in data misinterpretation. Several types of multiple suppression have been studied in literature. Methods that attenuate multiples can be classified into three broad categories: deconvolution methods; filtering methods and wavefield prediction subtraction methods. The study area is situated on Seram Sea in between 131°15’E – 132°45’E and 3°0’S – 4°0’S, Seram Trough which is located beneath Seram Sea at northern part of the Banda-Arc – Australian collision zone and currently the site of contraction between Bird’s Head and Seram. This research uses predictive deconvolution and FK-filter to attenuate short period multiple from their move out, then continued by SRME method to predict multiple that cannot be attenuated from previous method, then followed by Radon transform to attenuate multiple that still left and cannot be attenuated by SRME method. The result of each method then compared to each other to see how well multiple attenuated. Predictive deconvolution and F-K filter could not give satisfactory result especially complex area where multiple in dipping event is not periodic, SRME method successfully attenuate multiple especially in near offset multiple without need subsurface information, while SRME method fails to attenuate long offset multiple, combination of SRME method and Radon transform can give satisfactory result with careful selection of the Radon transform parameters because it can obscure some primary reflectors. Based on geological interpretation, Seram Trough is built by dominant structural style of deposited fold and thrust belt. The deposited fold and thrust belt has a complexly fault geometry from western zone until eastern of seismic line.