Seismic interferometry-by- deconvolution for controlled-source and passive data Kees Wapenaar, Joost van der Neut, Elmer Ruigrok, Deyan Draganov, Juerg Hunzicker, Evert Slob, Jan Thorbecke 70 th annual EAGE meeting June 11, 2008 Rome
Review of seismic interferometry by cross-correlation Seismic interferometry by deconvolution Introduction Theory Controlled-source data (‘virtual source’) Passive data (surface wave retrieval) Passive data (transmission-to-reflection) Theory (revisited) Conclusions Contents
Review of seismic interferometry by cross-correlation Seismic interferometry by deconvolution Introduction Theory Controlled-source data (‘virtual source’) Passive data (surface wave retrieval) Passive data (transmission-to-reflection) Theory (revisited) Conclusions Contents
Seismic interferometry by cross-correlation
Uncorrelated noise sources
target virtual source Cross-correlation Seismic interferometry by cross-correlation
Summary: The correlation function is in a specific way related to the Green’s function e.g. Seismic interferometry by cross-correlation
Properties: Requires no knowledge about sources and medium Trace-by-trace process Sources on closed surface (except on free surface) Sensitive to irregular source distribution Medium is assumed lossless
Review of seismic interferometry by cross-correlation Seismic interferometry by deconvolution Introduction Theory Controlled-source data (‘virtual source’) Passive data (surface wave retrieval) Passive data (transmission-to-reflection) Theory (revisited) Conclusions Contents
Correlation approach:
Deconvolution approach:
Correlation approach: Deconvolution approach: data
Correlation approach: Deconvolution approach: Correlation function Deconvolution function data
Wapenaar and Verschuur, 1996, Delphi Amundsen, 1999, SEG, Wapenaar et al., 2000, SEG Holvik and Amundsen, 2005, Geophysics Schuster et al., 2006, Geophysics Seismic interferometry by deconvolution target (reservoir) Reflection response R + Upgoing wavefield P - Downgoing wavefield P +
OBC example (1996) Seismic interferometry by deconvolution
Review of seismic interferometry by cross-correlation Seismic interferometry by deconvolution Introduction Theory Controlled-source data (‘virtual source’) Passive data (surface wave retrieval) Passive data (transmission-to-reflection) Theory (revisited) Conclusions Contents
Correlation approach: Deconvolution approach:
Correlation approach: Deconvolution approach:
Correlation approach: Deconvolution approach:
Correlation approach: Deconvolution approach:
Review of seismic interferometry by cross-correlation Seismic interferometry by deconvolution Introduction Theory Controlled-source data (‘virtual source’) Passive data (surface wave retrieval) Passive data (transmission-to-reflection) Theory (revisited) Conclusions Contents
van der Neut et al., Thursday 14:55 P272
black = directly modeled red = retrieved Cross-Correlation PP reflection
Deconvolution black = directly modeled red = retrieved PP reflection
Cross-Correlation directly modeled retrieved black = directly modeled red = retrieved PP reflection
directly modeled retrieved Deconvolution black = directly modeled red = retrieved PP reflection
black = directly modeled red = retrieved PS reflection Cross-Correlation
black = directly modeled red = retrieved PS reflection Deconvolution
directly modeled retrieved Cross-Correlation black = directly modeled red = retrieved PS reflection
directly modeled retrieved Deconvolution black = directly modeled red = retrieved PS reflection
Review of seismic interferometry by cross-correlation Seismic interferometry by deconvolution Introduction Theory Controlled-source data (‘virtual source’) Passive data (surface wave retrieval) Passive data (transmission-to-reflection) Theory (revisited) Conclusions Contents
USArray
Cross-correlation
Deconvolution
Review of seismic interferometry by cross-correlation Seismic interferometry by deconvolution Introduction Theory Controlled-source data (‘virtual source’) Passive data (surface wave retrieval) Passive data (transmission-to-reflection) Theory (revisited) Conclusions Contents
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Ground Truth:Cross-correlation:
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Review of seismic interferometry by cross-correlation Seismic interferometry by deconvolution Introduction Theory Controlled-source data (‘virtual source’) Passive data (surface wave retrieval) Passive data (transmission-to-reflection) Theory (revisited) Conclusions Contents
Correlation approach: Deconvolution approach: The correlation function and the deconvolution function are each in a specific way related to the Green’s function
Correlation approach: Deconvolution approach:
Correlation approach: Deconvolution approach:
Review of seismic interferometry by cross-correlation Seismic interferometry by deconvolution Introduction Theory Controlled-source data (‘virtual source’) Passive data (surface wave retrieval) Passive data (transmission-to-reflection) Theory (revisited) Conclusions Contents
Seismic interferometry by cross-correlation Requires no knowledge about sources and medium Trace-by-trace process Seismic interferometry by deconvolution Requires no knowledge about sources and medium Can deal with one-sided illumination Irregular source distribution Dissipation allowed (e.g. CSEM)
59 CSEM by deconvolution (Slob et al.) 2D TM-examples for shallow and deep sea Blue curves: no reservoir Red curves: with reservoir
60 Electric field Magnetic field
61 Down going Up going
62 Deconvolved result not dependent on sea depth
CSEM by deconvolution Solve: and are decomposed diffusion fields. Correlation method not applicable
64 Numerical example: Seabed Logging in shallow sea overburden effect 2D TM-examples for receivers in horizontal well Blue curves: no reservoir Red curves: with reservoir
65 Electric field Magnetic field
66 Down going Up going
67 Deconvolved result not dependent on overburden
Random source distribution 100 sources + 20 in cluster A + 30 in cluster B Center freq of wavelet: 20 Hz Dispersion receivers in array 1 21 receivers in array 2
Correlation approach: Deconvolution approach:
‘Virtual source’ by cross-correlation Evaluate: ‘Virtual source’ by deconvolution Solve: Cross-correlation method is an approximation of deconvolution method
Conclusions Correlation method: trace-by-trace process Deconvolution method: Regular receiver grid Irregular source distribution Dissipation allowed