Common-reflection-surface (CRS) stack for common offset

We provide a data-driven macro-model-independent stacking technique that migrates 2D prestack multicoverage data into a common-offset (CO) section. We call this new process the CO common-reflection-surface (CRS) stack. It can be viewed as the generalization of the zero-offset (ZO) CRS stack, by which 2D multicoverage data are stacked into a well-simulated ZO section. The CO CRS stack formula can be tailored to stack P-P, S-S reflections as well as P-S or S-P converted reflections. We point out some potential applications of the five kinematic data-derived attributes obtained by the CO CRS stack for each stack value. These include (i) the determination of the geometrical spreading factor for reflections, which plays an important role in the construction of the true-amplitude CO section, and (ii) the separation of the diffractions from reflection events. As a by-product of formulating the CO CRS stack formula, we have also derived a formula to perform a data-driven prestack time migration.     

克希霍夫法VSP多波联合成像

VSP 转换波跟VSP 纵波或常规地面转换波相比,具有较高的分辨率和信噪比,但传统的VSP成像方法只利用了反射P波信息,而把转换波（反射S波、透射S波）以及透射P波当作影响成像质量的噪音.本文给出了一种VSP共炮点道集多分量地震资料克希霍夫法偏移成像的方法.本方法充分利用了多波（反射P波、反射S波、透射P波、透射S波）信息,根据转换点处四种波同时起跳,能量叠加最大的原理,从接收点分别用向绕射点延拓它们的能量,并将其叠加起来,求得的和最大的一点即反射点.通过模型试算和实际资料处理表明,此法成像精度高,信噪比高,且有利于改善剖面的频率特性.     

Seismic imaging of complex structures with the CO-CDS stack method

Various seismic imaging methods are introduced to resolve some of the possible ambiguities of seismic interpretation in complex structures. Reducing dependency of imaging techniques on velocity or using diffraction energy for imaging more structural details are the main topics of the imaging research. In this study, we try to improve the seismic image quality in semi-complex structures by combining the common reflection surface (CRS) method with a diffraction based scheme in the common-offset domain. Previously introduced partial CRS and common offset CRS methods exhibited reliable performance in imaging complex media. Here, we were looking for stable and efficient solutions, preserving advantages of the previous methods. Herewith, the proposed operator fits better to diffractions than to reflections. Therefore, we call it the commonoffset common diffraction surface stack (CO CDS). In a previous study, improvement of the quality of seismic image by the CRS method was achieved by combination of the CDS method with the partial CRS. This resulted in the introduction of the partial CDS. Initially, in this study, the common-offset CRS traveltime equation was modified to the common-offset CDS. The hypothetical shot reflector experiment in the CRS method was changed to shot diffraction point experiment. In the introduced operator, two wavefront curvatures, observed at receivers positions, are set equal in order to satisfy the diffraction condition. In the proposed method, we search for accurate attribute sets for each considered offset individually, and then form a new operator by four coherent attributes. Application of the common- offset CDS method on synthetic and field data shows more details of the geological structures with higher quality, while preserving continuity of reflection events. The proposed method is, however, more expensive than the partial and common offset CRS for large dataset.     

Directional statics in common reflection surface stack for rugged surface topography

Seismic data acquired along rugged topographic surfaces present well‐known problems in seismic imaging. In conventional seismic data processing, datum statics are approximated by the surface consistence assumption, which states that all seismic rays travel vertically in the top layer. Hence, the datum static for each single trace is constant. In case this assumption does not apply, non‐constant statics are required. The common reflection surface (CRS) stack for rugged surface topography provides the capability to deal with this non‐vertical static issue. It handles the surface elevation as a coordinate component and treats the elevation variation in the sense of directional datuming. In this paper I apply the CRS stack method to a synthetic data set that simulates the acquisition along an irregular surface topography. After the CRS stack, by means of the wavefield attributes, a simple algorithm for redatuming the CRS stack section to an arbitrarily chosen planar surface is performed. The redatumed section simulates a stack section whose acquisition surface is the chosen planar surface.     

倾角分解共反射面元叠加方法

共反射面元（Common Reflection Surface）叠加是一种独立于宏观速度模型的零偏移距剖面成像方法,传统的CRS叠加实现是以数据驱动的方式对属性参数进行自动搜索并对其进行优化合成相应的CRS叠加算子,通过该算子进行叠加能够得到信噪比和连续性更高的零偏移距剖面.但是数据驱动的实现方式带来了不可避免的“倾角歧视现象”,它造成了弱有效反射信号损失和运动学特征失真的问题.本文提出的倾角分解CRS叠加方法成功解决了上述问题,使CRS叠加方法更具实用价值.     

Handling dip discrimination phenomenon in common‐reflection‐surface stack via combination of output‐imaging‐scheme and migration/demigration

In the application of a conventional common‐reflection‐surface (CRS) stack, it is well‐known that only one optimum stacking operator is determined for each zero‐offset sample to be simulated. As a result, the conflicting dip situations are not taken into account and only the most prominent event contributes to any a particular stack sample. In this paper, we name this phenomenon caused by conflicting dip problems as ‘dip discrimination phenomenon’. This phenomenon is not welcome because it not only leads to the loss of weak reflections and tips of diffractions in the final zero‐offset‐CRS stacked section but also to a deteriorated quality in subsequent migration. The common‐reflection‐surface stack with the output imaging scheme (CRS‐OIS) is a novel technique to implement a CRS stack based on a unified Kirchhoff imaging approach. As far as dealing with conflicting dip problems is concerned, the CRS‐OIS is a better option than a conventional CRS stack. However, we think the CRS‐OIS can do more in this aspect. In this paper, we propose a workflow to handle the dip discrimination phenomenon based on a cascaded implementation of prestack time migration, CRS‐OIS and prestack time demigration. Firstly, a common offset prestack time migration is implemented. Then, a CRS‐OIS is applied to the time‐migrated common offset gather. Afterwards, a prestack time demigration is performed to reconstruct each unmigrated common offset gather with its reflections being greatly enhanced and diffractions being well preserved. Compared with existing techniques dealing with conflicting dip problems, the technique presented in this paper preserves most of the diffractions and accounts for reflections from all possible dips properly. More importantly, both the post‐stacked data set and prestacked data set can be of much better quality after the implementation of the presented scheme. It serves as a promising alternative to other techniques except that it cannot provide the typical CRS wavefield attributes. The numerical tests on a synthetic Marmousi data set and a real 2D marine data set demonstrated its effectiveness and robustness.     

Study on attribute characterization for reservoir dynamic monitoring by seismic

Study on characterizing reservoir parameters dynamic variations by time-lapse seismic attributes is the theoretical basis for effectively distinguishing reservoir parameters variations and conducting time-lapse seismic interpretation,and it is also a key step for time-lapse seismic application in real oil fields. Based on the rock physical model of unconsolidated sandstone,the different effects of oil saturation and effective pressure variations on seismic P-wave and S-wave velocities are calculated and analyzed. Using numerical simulation on decoupled wave equations,the responses of seismic amplitude with different offsets to reservoir oil saturation variations are analyzed,pre-stack time-lapse seismic attributes differences for oil saturation and effective pressure variations of P-P wave and P-S converted wave are calculated,and time-lapse seismic AVO (Amplitude Versus Offset) response rules of P-P wave and P-S converted wave to effective pressure and oil saturation variations are compared. The theoretical modeling study shows that it is feasible to distinguish different reservoir parameters dynamic variations by pre-stack time-lapse seismic information,including pre-stack time-lapse seismic attributes and AVO information,which has great potential in improving time-lapse seismic interpreta-tion precision. It also shows that the time-lapse seismic response mechanism study on objective oil fields is especially important in establishing effective time-lapse seismic data process and interpreta-tion scheme.     

Model-independent Travel-time Attributes for 2-D, Finite-offset Multicoverage Reflections

— In this paper, we provide a 5-parameter stacking formula to transform 2-D prestack data into a particular common-offset section. This requires the knowledge of the near-surface velocity only and it is expected that ray theory holds to describe primary reflections. The earth model can be arbitrarily inhomogeneous. The new stacking approach can be viewed as a generalization of the 3-parameter common-reflection-surface (CRS) stack, by which 2-D multicoverage data are stacked into a simulated zero-offset section. The new 5-parameter formula can handle P-P, P-S and S-S reflections.     

关于共反射面元叠加方法在实际应用中的一些思考

共反射面元（Common Reflection Surface=CRS）叠加是一种特殊的零偏移距成像方法,实践中它具有独立于宏观速度模型和完全数据驱动实现的鲜明特色,CRS叠加理论认为在得到高质量的零偏移距剖面的同时,还可以得到三个有用的波场属性参数剖面反演宏观速度模型,CRS叠加剖面之后的叠后深度偏移质量将超过叠前深度偏移.虽然CRS叠加倡导的成像方式和承诺的上述理想境界带来了全新的启示,但是实践中这些特色同样带来了令人困扰的问题,为此我们提出了倾角分解CRS叠加方法解决这些问题.本文即是作者通过上述实践之后对CRS叠加方法形成的一些思考和总结.     

Ground-roll attenuation using modified common-offset–common-reflection-surface stacking

We modified the common-offset–common-reflection-surface (COCRS) method to attenuate ground roll, the coherent noise typically generated by a low-velocity, low-frequency, and high-amplitude Rayleigh wave. The COCRS operator is based on hyperbolas, thus it fits events with hyperbolic traveltimes such as reflection events in prestack data. Conversely, ground roll is linear in the common-midpoint (CMP) and common-shot gathers and can be distinguished and attenuated by the COCRS operator. Thus, we search for the dip and curvature of the reflections in the common-shot gathers prior to the common-offset section. Because it is desirable to minimize the damage to the reflection amplitudes, we only stack the multicoverage data in the ground-roll areas. Searching the CS gathers before the CO section is another modification of the conventional COCRS stacking. We tested the proposed method using synthetic and real data sets from western Iran. The results of the ground-roll attenuation with the proposed method were compared with results of the f–k filtering and conventional COCRS stacking after f–k filtering. The results show that the proposed method attenuates the aliased and nonaliased ground roll better than the f–k filtering and conventional CRS stacking. However, the computation time was higher than other common methods such as f–k filtering.     

MULTICOMPONENT COMMON-RECEIVER GATHER MIGRATION OF SINGLE-LEVEL WALK-AWAY SEISMIC PROFILES1

Seismic data are usually separated into P-waves and S-waves before being put through a scalar (acoustic) migration. The relationship between polarization and moveout is exploited to design filters that extract the desired wavetype. While these filters can always be applied to shot records, they can only be applied to a triaxial common-receiver gather in special cases since the moveout of scattered energy on the receiver gather relates to path differences between the surface shots and the scatterer while the polarization is determined by the path from scatterer to downhole geophone. Without the ability to separate wavefields before migration, a ‘vector scalar’ or an elastic migration becomes a necessity. Here the propagation of the elastic wavefield for a given mode (e.g. P-S) is approximated by two scalar (acoustic) propagation steps in a ‘vector scalar’ migration. ‘Vector’ in that multicomponent data is migrated and 'scalar’ in that each propagation step is based on a scalar wave equation for the appropriate mode. It is assumed that interaction between the wavefields occurs only once in the far-field of both the source and receiver. Extraction of the P, SV and SH wavefields can be achieved within the depth migration (if one assumes isotropy in the neighbourhood of the downhole receiver) by a projection onto the polarization for the desired mode. Since the polarization of scattered energy is only a function of scatterer position and receiver position (and not source position), the projection may be taken outside the migration integral in the special case of the depth migration of a common-receiver gather. The extraction of the desired mode is then performed for each depth migration bin after the separate scalar migration of each receiver gather component. This multicomponent migration of triaxial receiver gathers is conveniently implemented with a hybrid split-step Fourier-excitation-time imaging condition depth migration. The raytracing to get the excitation-time imaging condition also provides the expected polarization for the post-migration projection. The same downward extrapolated wavefield can be used for both the P-P and P-S migrations, providing a flexible and efficient route to the migration of multicomponent data. The technique is illustrated on a synthetic example and a single-level Walk-away Seismic Profile (WSP) from the southern North Sea. The field data produced images showing a P-P reflector below the geophone and localized P-P and P-S scatterers at the level of the geo-phone. These scatterers, which lie outside the zone of specular illumination, are interpreted as faults in the base Zechstein/top Rotliegendes interface.     

平面波在粘滞性界面上的反射特征研究

当介质中存在按照一定方向排列的裂隙时,会在该区域形成接触程度不好的界面.当有地震波传播时,界面两侧的质点不再满足位移连续的条件,位移差与该点的应力有关.从而引起质点间的滑动,形成粘滞性界面.界面的这种特性可以用切向柔量和法向柔量来表示,柔量值越大,界面的接触程度和质点位移的连续性都越差.文中详细推导了平面波在粘滞性界面上的反射和透射系数公式,通过数值算例证明了粘滞性界面上的反射系数与入射波频率有关的性质.并说明了界面的粘滞性会在一定程度上影响到反射波的AVO特性.且当平面P波入射时,法向柔量对反射P波和转换波的影响均大于切向柔量的影响.     

Modelling and migration with orthogonal isochron rays

For increasing time values, isochrons can be regarded as expanding wavefronts and their perpendicular lines as the associated orthogonal isochron rays. The speed of the isochron movement depends on the medium velocity and the source-receiver position. We introduce the term equivalent-velocity to refer to the speed of isochron movement. In the particular case of zero-offset data, the equivalent velocity is half of the medium velocity. We use the concepts of orthogonal isochron-rays and equivalent velocity to extend the application of the exploding reflector model to non-zero offset imaging problems. In particular, we employ these concepts to extend the use of zero-offset wave-equation algorithms for modelling and imaging common-offset sections. In our imaging approach, the common-offset migration is implemented as a trace-by-trace algorithm in three steps: equivalent velocity computation, data conditioning for zero-offset migration and zero-offset wave-equation migration. We apply this methodology for modelling and imaging synthetic common-offset sections using two kinds of algorithms: finite-difference and split-step wavefield extrapolation. We also illustrate the isochron-ray imaging methodology with a field-data example and compare the results with conventional common-offset Kirchhoff migration. This methodology is attractive because it permits depth migration of common-offset sections or just pieces of that by using wave-equation algorithms, it extends the use of robust zero-offset algorithms, it presents favourable features for parallel processing, it permits the creation of hybrid migration algorithms and it is appropriate for migration velocity analysis.     

共炮检距二维弹性波地震剖面的偏移方法

在均匀各向同性介质的分界面上入射纵波时，除产生纵波反射Ｐ－Ｐ波外，还会产生转换横波的反射Ｐ－ＳＶ波。同样，当入射波为ＳＶ横波时，在分界面上会同时产生ＳＶ－ＳＶ反射波和ＳＶ－Ｐ反射转换波，对这种二维弹性波地震记录如何进行偏移是正在探讨的问题。为了能够处理实际地震数据，本文提出在共炮检距剖面上进行二维弹性波记录的偏移方法。具体做法是，首先用弹性波方程将两分量的地震记录分解为Ｐ－Ｐ（或ＳＶ－ＳＶ）波和Ｐ－ＳＶ（或ＳＶ－Ｐ）波，然后用我们已导出的适合于处理共炮检距剖面的叠前偏移方法对它们进行处理。用模拟数据进行的试验说明方法正确，效果良好。     

Common reflection surface stack using dip decomposition for rugged surface topography

We present an extension of the Common Reflection Surface （CRS） stack that provides support for an arbitrary top surface topography. CRS stacking can be applied to the original prestack data without the need for any elevation statics. The CRS-stacked zero- offset section can be corrected （redatumed） to a given planar level by kinematic wave field attributes. The seismic processing results indicate that the CRS stacked section for rugged surface topography is better than the conventional stacked section for S/N ratio and better continuity of reflection events. Considering the multiple paths of zero-offset rays, the method deals with reflection information coming from different dips and performs the stack using the method of dip decomposition, which improves the kinematic and dynamic character of CRS stacked sections.     

Diffraction separation by plane-wave prediction filtering

Seismic data processing typically deals with seismic wave reflections and neglects wave diffraction that affect the resolution. As a general rule, wave diffractions are treated as noise in seismic data processing. However, wave diffractions generally originate from geological structures, such as fractures, karst caves, and faults. The wave diffraction energy is much weaker than that of the reflections. Therefore, even if wave diffractions can be traced back to their origin, their energy is masked by that of the reflections. Separating and imaging diffractions and reflections can improve the imaging accuracy of diffractive targets. Based on the geometrical differences between reflections and diffractions on the plane-wave record; that is, reflections are quasi-linear and diffractions are quasi-hyperbolic, we use plane-wave prediction filtering to separate the wave diffractions. First, we estimate the local slope of the seismic event using planewave destruction filtering and, then, we predict and extract the wave reflections based on the local slope. Thus, we obtain the diffracted wavefield by directly subtracting the reflected wavefield from the entire wavefield. Finally, we image the diffracted wavefield and obtain high-resolution diffractive target results. 2D SEG salt model data suggest that the plane-wave prediction filtering eliminates the phase reversal in the plane-wave destruction filtering and maintains the original wavefield phase, improving the accuracy of imaging heterogeneous objects.     

二维菲涅耳带共反射面元叠加方法研究

大量研究证明CRS叠加能提高地震勘探的信噪比,但是能否提高分辨率的关键在于如何确定CRS叠加孔径.本文详细探讨了地震波反射过程中菲涅耳带的特征,认为起伏地形下菲涅耳带可以采用椭圆予以近似,在此基础上提出了一种通过菲涅耳带来确定CRS叠加孔径的方法,并应用于泌阳凹陷陡坡带的地震剖面.结果表明,由于菲涅耳带确定的叠加范围使地震信号的能量达到最佳,相对于CMP叠加,菲涅耳带CRS叠加同时提高了地震资料的信噪比和分辨率,特别显示了中深部较弱的地震信息,而常规的CRS叠加则只在于提高资料的信噪比和改善浅部的地震信息.     

Time-domain hyperbolic Radon transform for separation of P-P and P-SV wavefields

A time-domain hyperbolic Radon transform based method for separating multicomponent seismic data into P-P and P-SV wavefields is presented. This wavefield separation method isolates P-P and P-SV wavefields in the Radon panel due to their differences in slowness, and an inverse transform of only part of the data leads to separated wavefields. A problem of hyperbolic Radon transform is that it works in the time domain entailing the inversion of large operators which is prohibitively time-consuming. By applying the conjugate gradient algorithm during the inversion of hyperbolic Radon transform, the computational cost can be kept reasonably low for practical application. Synthetic data examples prove that P-P and P-SV wavefield separation by hyperbolic Radon transform produces more accurate separated wavefields compared with separation by high-resolution parabolic Radon transform, and the feasibility of the proposed separation scheme is also verified by a real field data example.     

胜利探区基于最优孔径的共反射面元(CRS)叠加的成功应用(英文)

由于CRS叠加考虑了反射层的局部特征和第一菲涅耳带内的全部反射,从而更充分地利用了多次覆盖反射数据的信息。就目前的地震资料处理技术而言,它是最佳的零偏移距成像方式。本论文利用改进型的参数优化技术,得到高质量的CRS运动学参数剖面,并利用参数剖面计算出叠加孔径,实现了基于最优孔径的CRS叠加,使CRS参数的用途得到了充分利用。模型数据和实际资料的试算表明,基于最优孔径的CRS叠加的成像剖面与传统CRS叠加剖面相比,有着较高的信噪比和同相轴的连续性。