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Summary of the evolution based processing and imaging of the Montrose/Arbroath fields of the Central North Sea, with a focus on new demultiple technology in the form of wave equation deconvolution, Ghost Wavefield Elimination using legacy NFH recordings, joint reflection/refraction tomography followed by Q-FWI ...

We discuss the advantages of multidimensional (in data space) optimal transport (OT) full waveform inversion (FWI). We show that a careful formulation results into an enhanced coherency of the events continuity in the move-out direction, that leads to an improved velocity update compared to ...

Main authors are BP and CGG are co-authors so limited on what updates can be made. Ongoing thoughts are that CGG would like more acknowledgment for the "EVO"; approach but other than that happy with the content.

Shallow S-wave velocity model building is very important to land and Ocean Bottom Seismic (OBS) PS data processing. Surface wave, propagating along near surface, brings lots of useful information of shallow lithology which is good for near surface S-wave velocity estimation. In this study ...

The Mungo field in the North Sea is both structurally and stratigraphically complex. Despite improvements of OBC acquisition over the legacy towed streamer data interpretational challenges, particularly with respect to the salt geometry, remained. To achieve the required step-change in imaging within the project’s ...

South Arne presents a velocity-model building challenge with large gas cloud obscuring underlying chalk reservoirs. Above the gas cloud is a complex near-surface with lateral velocity (Vp) variations. Additionally, a thin layer of strong anisotropy (peak epsilon around 23 %) occupies a 200-500 m ...

Generation of inaccurate multiple models that are subsequently adapted to the data can easily cause signal damage where dip discrimination between primaries and multiples is low. This is often diagnosed by appreciable distortion of the multiple model during adaption. Using data from onshore Oman ...

We put forward an optimized process in which dynamic warping is repeated with offset dependent constraint to ensure the traveltime difference reliable for the inversion. With the better reliably detected time-shifts, we can better manage the cycle-skipping problem when starting at a relatively higher ...

Velocity model building in the shallow overburden is difficult in the central North Sea. Shallow waters is tough for reflection tomography, shallow gas pockets cause velocity errors and poor imaging and anisotropy is a guess at best with little shallow well control. We present ...