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Introductiontoseismic
exploration
XiangYangLi
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Introduction
Geophysicalexploration
Seismicexploration
Essentialprocessesofseismicexploration
Seismicdataacquisition
Seismicdataprocessing
Seismicdatainterpretation

Modernseismicmethods
Milestonesandhistoricaldevelopments
Milestonesandhistoricaldevelopments
Notes

MethodstoexploretheEarthssubsurface

Geologicalexploration
Geophysicalexploration
Geochemicalexploration
Geochemicalexploration
Drilling

Geophysicalexploration
Geophysicalexploration
Utilizingthedifferencesintherocksphysical
propertiestounderstandthesubsurface
structureandrockformation

Geophysicalmethods
GravityRocksdensitydifference
Rocksdensitydifference
MagneticRocksmagneticproperty
Rocksmagneticproperty
ElectricRockselectricalproperty
Rockselectricalproperty
SeismicRockselasticity
Rockselasticity

BasiccharacteristicsofGeophysicalmethods
BasiccharacteristicsofGeophysicalmethods
(1)Originatedfromphysics
Magneticfield,electricalfield,gravity,wavetheory,
radiation,etc
Tostudytheearthsvariationinphysicalpropertyandphysical
phenomenon
Unlikegeologicalmethods,itisanindirectmethodtostudytherock
androckformation
Canprovideinformationonboththenearsurfaceandthedeepsurface

BasiccharacteristicsofGeophysicalmethods
BasiccharacteristicsofGeophysicalmethods

(2)Thereexisttwotransformationsfortheuseof
geophysicalmethodstostudythesubsurfacegeology:
1)transformthegeologicalproblemintoageophysicalproblem,
andestablishthelinksbetweenthegeologicalfeaturesandthe
geophysicalanomalies
forwardmodelling
2)transformtheobservedgeophysicalanomaliesintogeological
featuresbasedontheestablishedlinks,andexpressedthe
anomaliesintermsofgeologicalmaps. inversesolution

BasiccharacteristicsofGeophysicalmethods
BasiccharacteristicsofGeophysicalmethods
(3)Thegeophysicalsolutionorinterpretationisnon
(3)Thegeophysicalsolutionorinterpretationisnonunique
1)differentgeologicalbodiesmayhavethesamephysicalproperties
2)thecombinationofdifferentsize,shapes,fluidtypeandgeometry
amongthegeologicalbodiesmayproducethesamephysical
phenomenon

BasiccharacteristicsofGeophysicalmethods
BasiccharacteristicsofGeophysicalmethods

(4)Applicabilityofthegeophysicalmethods
Everygeophysicalmethodhasitslimitationsandapplicability

ComparisonofGeophysicalmethods
Methodsforoilexploration
Seismic

Others
Radiation
Geothermal
Welllogging
E&M
Electric
Magnetic
Gravity

Percentage

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S01:Introduction
Geophysicalexploration
Seismicexploration
Essentialprocessesofseismicexploration
Seismicdataacquisition
Seismicdataprocessing
Seismicdatainterpretation

Modernseismicmethods
Milestonesandhistoricaldevelopments
Milestonesandhistoricaldevelopments
Notes

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Seismicexploration
Seismicprovidesthemainsourceofdataaboutthe
subsurfaceat,orapproaching,reservoirscale
Themainprincipleofseismicsistosendavibration
(elasticwave)downtoourtarget,andallowthis
energytointeractwiththattarget
Someofthisenergypropagatesbacktothesurface
andisrecorded.Unfortunatelywealsorecordmany
andisrecorded.Unfortunatelywealsorecordmany
otherinteractions.

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Seismicexploration
Wetrytoextracttherelativelysmallpartrelatingtoour
targetinteraction.Thisisacomplextask,andhas
neitheraunique,noranobjectivesolution
Dataprocessinginvolvessubjectiveinterpretation.
Dataprocessinginvolvessubjectiveinterpretation
Seismicinterpretationestimatesgeometryand
propertiestheEarth.Again,thishasahighly
nonuniquesolution,andinterpretersshouldalwaysbe
encouragedtopresentitassuch.
encouragedtopresentitassuch.

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Seismicreflectionsurvey
Seismicreflectionsurvey

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Seismicreflectionsurvey
Seismicreflectionsurvey

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Thebasicprocessofseismicexploration
Exciteaseismicwave
Producingavibrationonthesurface
Recordofseismicwave
Recordingthewavesreflectedbackfromthesubsurface
Reconstructtheprocessofthewavepropagation
Fromtherecordedwaves,reconstructingtheprocessofthe
wavepropgation,includingitsreflectionpointandraypathes,
andthegeologicalinformationcantheninferedfromthe
andthegeologicalinformationcantheninferedfromthe
reconstructedimages

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Basicprinciples
Waystoinfersubsurfacegeologicalstructure
1.usingheadwaves,orrefractedwaves
1.usingheadwaves,orrefractedwaves
2.usingreflectedwaves

Earlyseismicexplorationisbasedonrefractedwaves
19191921
Fromthe1930s,reflectedwavesstartedtousefor
s,reflectedwavesstartedtousefor
oilexploration.Modernseismicexplorationare
primarilybasedonthereflectedwaves
primarilybasedonthereflectedwaves

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Basicprinciple

Source,geophonespread
spreadand terminal.

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http://www.globalgeophysical.com/about_ggs.html

BasicprincipleMarine

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Commonmidpoint
Thenumberoftimesthesamepointona
reflectorissampledasthefoldofcoverage.

Forexample:12differentshotgeophonelocations
Forexample:12differentshotgeophonelocations

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Basicprinciples
Wavesexcitedonthesurfacepropagatedownwardsandreflect
backtothesurface

Surface
Sand

Interface1

Shale
Interface2
Limestone
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Anexample

Exampleofthereflectionseismicsection.Thexaxisdenotesthehorizontaldistance,the
Exampleofthereflectionseismicsection.Thex
yaxisdenotesthetwowayrunningtimeoftheseismicwaves.Iftheseismicpropagation
wayrunningtimeoftheseismicwaves.Iftheseismicpropagation
velocityisknown,therunningtimecanbeconvertedintodepthvalues.
http://www.bgr.bund.de/cln_101/nn_335676/EN/Themen/GG__Geophysik/Mari
ne__Geophysik/Seismik/Bilder/seism__verfahren__2__reflexionsseism__sektio
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n__p__en,templateId=neuesFenster.html
n__p__en,templateId=neuesFenster.html

Anexample

Water
sand

Uninterpretatedsection

Interpretedsections

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Gas
sand

S01:Introduction
Geophysicalexploration
Seismicexploration
Essentialprocessesofseismicexploration
Seismicdataacquisition
Seismicdataprocessing
Seismicdatainterpretation

Modernseismicmethods
Milestonesandhistoricaldevelopments
Milestonesandhistoricaldevelopments
Notes

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Essentialprocesses
Seismicdataacquisition
Seismicdataprocessing
Seismicdatainterpretation
Seismicdatainterpretation

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Essentialprocesses
1st stageseismicdataacquisition
seismicdataacquisition
fieldworklogistics:surveylayout,source,
fieldworklogistics:surveylayout,source,
recordingequipment

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SeismicDataacquisition
Dataacquisition

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Seismicdataacquisitionsystems
Thefundamentalpurposeofseismicsurveysisto
accuratelyrecordgroundmotioncausedbyknown
sourcesinaknownlocation.
Therecordofgroundmotionwithtimeconstitutesa
seismogram.
Theessentialinstrumentalrequirementsareto
1.
2.
3.

generateaseismicpulsewithasuitablesource
detecttheseismicwavesinthegroundwithasuitable
transducer.
recordanddisplayseismicwaveformsonasuitable
recordanddisplayseismicwaveformsonasuitable
seismograph.

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Seismicfieldwork
Seismicfieldwork
Detectors

Vibratortruck

Recordingtruck

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Offshorereflectionseismicdataacquisitionusingairguns
andstreamer
Source:BGR
http://www.bgr.bund.de/cln_101/nn_335676/EN/Themen/GG__Geophysik/Marine__G
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eophysik/Seismik/Erfassung/erfassung__inhalt__en.html
eophysik/Seismik/Erfassung/erfassung__inhalt__en.html

Essentialprocesses

Seismicdataacquisition
Seismicdataprocessing
Seismicdatainterpretation
Seismicdatainterpretation

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Essentialprocesses
2nd stageindoordataprocessing
indoordataprocessing
basedwavepropagationtheory,usingcomputerto
reconstructtheprocessofwavepropagationfrom
constructtheprocessofwavepropagationfrom
therecordeddata

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Seismicdataprocessing
Seismicdataprocessing

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ProcessingFlows
Demultiplexing
Traceheadergeneration<
Traceheadergeneration<observers
data
Sphericaldivergencecorrection
Noiseattenuation
Deconvolutionbeforestack
Deconvolutionbeforestack
Bandpassfilter
Tracenormalization
Staticcorrection

Processingflows(contd)
VelocityAnalysis
NormalMoveOutCorrection
Tracemute
AVOanalysis
CMPStack
Residualstaticsestimation&application
DipMoveOutCorrection
DipMoveOutCorrection
Velocityanalysis

Processingflows(contd)
Processingflows(contd)

DMOstack
Signalenhancement
Deconafterstack
TimeVariantFilter
Migration
Datadisplay

ProcessingFlows
Demultiplexing
Traceheadergeneration<
Traceheadergeneration<observers
data
Sphericaldivergencecorrection
Noiseattenuation
Deconvolutionbeforestack
Deconvolutionbeforestack
Bandpassfilter
Tracenormalization
Staticcorrection

SEISMICDATAPROCESSING

Softwarefromvariouscontractors
Softwarefromvariouscontractors

Essentialprocesses

Seismicdataacquisition
Seismicdataprocessing
Seismicdatainterpretation
Seismicdatainterpretation

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Essentialprocesses
3rd stage:Seismicdatainterpretation
basedontheestablishedlinkesbetweenwave
anomaliesandgeologicalfeatures,interpretthe
reconstructwavefieldsintermsofsubsurface
structuresandrockformationproperties
structuresandrockformationproperties

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Interpretationofseismicdata
Interpretationofseismicdata

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Interpretationofseismicdata
Interpretationofseismicdata
Asforinterpretation,fromtheprocessedseismicdatathegeological
structureandthedevelopmentoftheearth'scrustarededuced.Onthe
basisoftheseismicreflectionhorizonsageologicallayermodelis
developed.Theresultsofothermarinegeoscientificexploration
methodsarealsoconsidered.

SeismicreflectionprofileandinterpretationfromtheMentawaiforearcbasin
http://www.bgr.bund.de/cln_101/nn_335676/EN/Themen/GG__Geophysik/Marine__Geophysik/Seis
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mik/Bilder/interpretation1__p__en,templateId=neuesFenster.html

Structural interpretation

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S01:Introduction
Geophysicalexploration
Seismicexploration
Essentialprocessesofseismicexploration
Seismicdataacquisition
Seismicdataprocessing
Seismicdatainterpretation

Modernseismicmethods
Milestonesandhistoricaldevelopments
Milestonesandhistoricaldevelopments
Notes

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Modernseismicmethods
3Dseismicexploration
VerticalSeismicprofiles
Crosswellseismic
wellseismic
Multicomponentseismic
Multicomponentseismic
4Dseismic
Othermethods

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3DLayout

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OneDayofOperation
OneDayofOperation

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3DLayoutinmarineoperations
3DLayoutinmarineoperations

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Differencesbetween2Dand3Dseismic
Differencesbetween2Dand3Dseismic

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Comparisonof2Dwith3D

2Dresults

3Dresults

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Modernseismicmethods
3Dseismicexploration
VerticalSeismicprofiles
Crosswellseismic
wellseismic
Multicomponentseismic
Multicomponentseismic
4Dseismic
Othermethods

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VSP
ZeroOffsetVSP
Checkshotsurvey

ATLAS
WESTERN

WalkawayVSP

Wireline

3DVSP
ReverseVSP
Geophone

BA99212x

Recording
ATLAS
WESTERN

OffsetVSP

Source

ZeroOffsetVSP
Source

Recording
ATLAS
WESTERN

Wireline
ATLAS
WESTERN

spacing50ft.

Geophones

BA99212y

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Checkshotsurvey
Zerooffset

Source

Recording
ATLAS
WESTERN

Wireline
ATLAS
WESTERN

spacing500ft.

Geophones

BA99212z

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OffsetVSP
offset

Wireline

Recording

Source

ATLAS
WESTERN

ATLAS
WESTERN

Geophone

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Crosswell&Singlewellgeometries
Crosswell&Singlewellgeometries

BA99212ff

Fracmonitoring
Minifracmonitoring
fracmonitoringsinglewell
Hydraulicfracturingmonitoring
Hydraulicfracturingmonitoringmultiwell
Fluidflow
Fluidflow
Seismic
receiver

Minifrac
Mini
frac
survey

Packer
BA99212ii

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Crosswellseismicsurveygeometry
Crosswellseismicsurveygeometry

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Wavemodes

presentinashotgather
presentinashotgather

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Crosswellreflectionsection
(with3Dsurfaceseismictracessuperimposed)
Dsurfaceseismictracessuperimposed)

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Modernseismicmethods
3Dseismicexploration
VerticalSeismicprofiles
Crosswellseismic
wellseismic
Multicomponentseismic
Multicomponentseismic
4Dseismic
Othermethods

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Multicomponentseismic

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http://www.crewes.org/ResearchLinks/ConvertedWaves/page2.php
http://www.crewes.org/ResearchLinks/ConvertedWaves/page2.php

Detectors(Geophones)
Threecomponentgeophones

http://www.crewes.org/ResearchLinks/ConvertedWaves/page2.php
http://www.crewes.org/ResearchLinks/ConvertedWaves/page2.php
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Outlineofmarinemulticomponentacquisition

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http://www.westerngeco.com/content/services/marine/multicomponent/index.asp?
http://www.westerngeco.com/content/services/marine/multicomponent/index.asp?

Multicomponentrecords

Xcomponent

Ycomponent

Zcomponent

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Multicomponentrecords

Xcomponent

Ycomponent
component

Zcomponent
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MulticomponentVSP

Xcomponent

Ycomponent
component

Zcomponent
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Multicomponentimages
Multicomponentimages

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Modernseismicmethods
3Dseismicexploration
VerticalSeismicprofiles
Crosswellseismic
wellseismic
Multicomponentseismic
Multicomponentseismic
4Dseismic
Othermethods

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4DSeismicTechnology
4DSeismicTechnology
Analysisof4D
differences
Repeated
3DSeismic

Time1

Time 2
2

Differencing

Residualoils

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Anexampleof4DseismicfromtheGulfofMexico
Anexampleof4DseismicfromtheGulfofMexico

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Anexampleof4DseismicfromtheGulfofMexico
Anexampleof4DseismicfromtheGulfofMexico

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AnexamplefromtheGulfofMexico

Left: oil (green), water (blue) and gas (red) distribution interpreted from
boreholeloggingdata
Right:residualoil(green)andgas(red)
(red)distributioninterpretedfrom4Dseismic

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Seismicwhiledrilling(SWD)
drilling(SWD)
Onshore&offshore
TOMEXsurveys:reverseVSPprocessing
crosscorrelation
correlation
Rig
sensor

Recording
Receivers

Drillbit

BA99212ee

SpatialComputationofMicroseismicEvents

DisplayCourtesy
ESGCanadaLtd.
and
AcousticMappingConsultants

Treatment
Well
Well
ESG
Analysis

Observation
Well

FRACMAP
Model

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S01:Introduction
Geophysicalexploration
Seismicexploration
Essentialprocessesofseismicexploration
Seismicdataacquisition
Seismicdataprocessing
Seismicdatainterpretation

Modernseismicmethods
Milestonesandhistoricaldevelopments
Milestonesandhistoricaldevelopments
Notes

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Milestones
Seismicrecordinghasgonethroughthree
stages:
1Photorecordsrecordingthesurfacevibrationusingphoto
recordingthesurfacevibrationusingphoto
graphicequipment,andprocessedcompletelybyahumanbrain
2Analoguetaperecordingtaperecordingthesubsurface
taperecordingthesubsurface
vibration,similartovoicetaperecording,andprocessedby
analoguecomputers
3Digitalrecordingdigitallyrecordingthesubsurfacevibration
digitallyrecordingthesubsurfacevibration
andprocessedbyamainframedigitalcomputers
framedigitalcomputers

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Thedigitalrevolution
Thedigitalrevolution
Startedinthe1960s
Threekeytechnologies
Threekeytechnologies
1)fielddigitalrecordingsystems
2)Vibroseiscontrolledsources
controlledsources
3)multiplecoverageandstacking

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The1980s
Rapiddevelopmentofprocessingand
interpretationtechnologiesinthe1980s:
1Seismicattributesanalysis
Seismicattributesanalysis
1Amplitudeattributes(e.g.AVO
Amplitudeattributes(e.g.AVO
2Velocityrelatedattributes
relatedattributes
3Instantaneousattributes
Instantaneousattributes

2Boreholeseismictechnology
Boreholeseismictechnology
1Verticalseismicprofile(VSP
Verticalseismicprofile(VSP
2crosswellseismic

33Dseismic
4Multicomponentseismic
Multicomponentseismic
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3Dseismic
Aleapforwardfrom2Dto3D
Startedinthe1980s
Moreaccurateseismicimaging
Moreaccurateseismicimaging

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The1990s
1.Highresolutionseismic
2.4Dseismictimelapseseismic
timelapseseismic
3.Seismic3Ddepthimaging
3.Seismic3Ddepthimaging

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The21stcentury
1Integration
Geophysicalintegration:Seismic,logging,
gravity,magnetic
Explorationandproductionintegration:
geophysicswithpetroleumengineering
2.Theeraofreservoirgeophysics
2.Theeraofreservoirgeophysics

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Introduction
Geophysicalexploration
Seismicexploration
Essentialprocessesofseismicexploration
Seismicdataacquisition
Seismicdataprocessing
Seismicdatainterpretation

Modernseismicmethods
Milestonesandhistoricaldevelopments
Milestonesandhistoricaldevelopments
Notes

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Notes
1. Explorationmethods
Explorationmethods
2. Geophysicalexploration
Geophysicalexploration
3. Essentialprocessesofseismic
exploration
4. Milestone
5. Majorbreakthroughs
Majorbreakthroughs

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