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This case study demonstrates how a long-offset, wide-azimuth four-component OBN survey, in combination with Full-Waveform Inversion, can be used to produce detailed 3D images and a geobody of the Sleipner CO2 plume that can be used for quantitative analysis.

As demonstrated by recent exploration success, Viridien’s Northern Viking Graben (NVG) seismic survey in the Northern North Sea has already proven to be a valuable exploration tool. Thanks to the high-quality seismic data in this geologically challenging area, prospects are better defined, allowing for ...

Viridien drills down into the prospectivity of Côte d’Ivoire’s Tano Basin while sharing the final data from its multi-client CDI23, 3D PSDM re-imaging project.

Full-waveform inversion (FWI) has found great success in different geologic settings and has become a must-have tool for velocity model building (VMB), particularly in salt environments where geology and velocity are often highly complex. While still acoustic, FWI has already significantly improved salt models ...

In areas of complex geology, strong impedance contrasts can generate highly elastic behavior leading to the breakdown of the acoustic assumption in FWI. In these cases, accurate Earth models cannot be obtained without considering the elastic wave equation. Many previous studies of elastic FWI ...

This paper highlights recent progress and breakthroughs in land FWI with two examples from the Sultanate of Oman (one from the north and one from the south).

Full waveform inversion (FWI) is becoming an increasingly dominant force in velocity model building and seismic imaging, often providing us with unrivaled focusing and resolution of the subsurface image. The superior velocity models and seismic images achieved through FWI also enable serious and more ...

Land seismic data in the Sultanate of Oman presents more and different challenges for full-waveform inversion (FWI) compared to marine data. This is mainly due to complex near-surface effects that create strong ground roll, which obscures already poor data quality, especially at lower frequencies ...

Full-waveform inversion (FWI) has demonstrated tremendous potential to provide high-resolution subsurface models. However, obtaining an accurate FWI velocity model can still be challenging in steep continental slope shelf geologic environments. The uncertainties, often caused by shallow abrupt velocity contrasts, limited diving-wave penetration depth, and ...