AU2003248415B2 - Method and System of Processing Seismic Data - Google Patents

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AU2003248415B2
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Name of Applicant: Actual Inventor: Address for Service: Invention Title: PGS Data Processing, Inc., of 10550 Richmond Avenue, Suite 300, Houston, Texas 77042, United States Of America MARTIN, Federico DAVIES COLLISON CAVE, Patent Attorneys, of 1 Little Collins Street, Melbourne 3000, Victoria, Australia Method and System of Processing Seismic Data The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to us: Q:\OPER\GCP\24886dv c.doc 26/9/03 PAOPERWCP.4886div spedoc-26/09/03 -1- METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROCESSING SEISMIC DATA BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a method and system of processing seismic data.
In seismic prospecting, signals are generated at signal source locations by sources air guns, dynamite and vibrators) which travel through media, sometimes being refracted and reflected and are received at receivers hydrophones and geophones, a.k.a. pressure detectors and particle velocity detectors, respectively). The reflections and refractions include information from which subsurface geology is determined. However, the process of acquiring the data is susceptible to error.
For example, the amplitude of a particular shot from a particular source may not be as designed. A receiver may not be well-coupled (either to the recorder or the ground).
Further problems in sources and receivers may be intermittent. As the number of sources and receivers increase and as the volume of data increases with more and more dense 3D seismic activities, detection of such error becomes more and more difficult.
Also, it is important to know the precise location of the sources and receivers, relative to one another. Again, as data volume has increased, this has become a particularly difficult problem, especially in marine environments, including ocean bottom cable and towed streamer applications.
Even further, allowance must be made for variation in the elevation of receivers and sources, as well as variance in the depth to the sub-weathered layer, since the perceived depth of a particular event in a record is related to the time difference from the instant of the shot to the reception of the response to the shot. This is typically known as "statics" correction.
In determining actual source or receiver location and in performing statics corrections, typically the first energy received by the receiver the "first break") is used. For example, in some cases, the first break is the "direct arrival" (a signal received from the source which has not been reflected or refracted). In other cases, the first break is a refracted signal in some ocean bottom cable situations).
Triangulation or least squares techniques use the first break to determine the relative position of shots and receivers. In the case of statics corrections, a decomposition algorithm is used, having the following general formula: At Axy shot static error receiver static error where Axy is the position error of the shot and receiver, and where At is derived from refractors found in the data. See, Yilmaz, Seismic Data Processing, V.2. Ch 3, pp.
155-240, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (Tulsa, 1987).
To determine the correct At function, however, the first break must be determined. This is not a trivial task. In fact, it has proven to be very difficult.
Currently, although attempts at automatic picking of the first break have been made, the picking still requires manual work. for most jobs. This manual work includes the time-consuming visual inspection of the data, since the automated processes are highly sensitive to noise. Further, the manual work may require a priori knowledge of the velocity, which is not always available. Visual inspection for good quality control defeats the very purpose of an automated system. Therefore, a reliable, automated system for detecting seismic events, such as the first break, is needed.
Furthermore, techniques using first breaks can only work with a single event per time axis. And, since the first break is the direct arrival for deep water cases only.
traditional methods use only a few direct arrival traces for shallow water, disregarding all other traces where the direct arrival occurs at later time than the first break.
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technique in which multiple events, especially one which could distinguish between the direct arrival and differing reflections is needed to provide greater flexibility and accuracy in the geometry correction and statics correction areas.
Even further still, current geometry and statics correction processes use only first break information, making it more difficult to identify the type of error occurring.
Therefore, a method is needed for detection and correction of geometry error and a method of detection and correction of statics error which the type of error is identifiable. Even further, current picking algorithms using correlation and stack/correlation techniques are subject to cycle skips, which is common, but very undesirable.
P:\OPERGCPU6]S677 st p.doc.22/02/06 O SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to address the above-identified needs.
t Therefore, according to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for Scorrecting geometry errors in a set of seismic data traces, the traces being related to a first element location and a second element location, one of the element locations being a shot location and the other of the element locations being a receiver location, the method comprising: 00 assembling a set of velocity stack trace envelopes including offset bin CI information; picking a seismic event from the set of velocity stack trace envelopes; comparing a time delay between the first element location and the second element location to a time delay threshold; and assigning a geometry correction to at least one of the element locations, dependent upon the comparing.
The invention also provides a system for correcting geometry errors in a set of seismic data traces, the traces being related to a first element location and a second element location, one of the element locations being a shot location and the other of the element locations being a receiver location, said system comprising: a means for assembling a set of velocity stack trace envelopes including offset bin information; a means for picking a seismic event from the set of velocity stack trace envelopes; a means for comparing a time delay between the first element location and the second element location to a time delay threshold; and a means for assigning a geometry correction to at least one of the element locations, dependent upon the comparing.
Other aspects and embodiments will be apparent to a person of ordinary skill upon review of the following Brief Description of the Figures and Detailed Description of Example Embodiments of the Invention.
P:\OPER\GCP\26 18677 SI st ad.2202/06 (This page is intentionally left blank) 00 PAOPERWGCPU6l8677 I1st sp..do--22V2O6 (This page is intentionally left blank) 00 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES The present invention is better understood by reading the following description of nordnlimitive embodiments with reference to the attached figures, which are briefly described as follows: FIGURE 1 demonstrates a method and system for automatically detecting substantially linear seismic events and for correcting geometry and statics errors in multiple element data.
FIGURE 2 demonstrates a method and system for automatically detecting substantially linear seismic events in multiple element data.
FIGURE 3 demonstrates a method and system for correcting statics errors in a set of seismic data.
FIGURE 4 demonstrates a method and system for discrimihating between statics, geometry, source and received problems.
FIGURE 5 demonstrates a method and system for correcting geometry errors in a set of seismic data.
FIGURE 6 demonstrates a method and system for automatically detecting substantially linear seismic events in multiple element data.
FIGURE 7 demonstrates a method and system for assembling.
FIGURE 8 demonstrates a method and system for correcting geometry errors in seismic data including substantially linear seismic events in multiple element data.
FIGURE 9 demonstrates a method and system for automatically correcting statics errors in seismic data including substantially linear seismic events in multiple clement data.
It is to be noted, however, that the appended figures illustrate only typical embodiments of the invention, and are therefore, not to be considered a limitation of the scope of the invention, which includes other equally effective embodiments.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXAMPLE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION According to one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for automatically detecting substantially linear seismic events in multiple element data. At least one element of the data comprises a shot location and at least one other element of the data comprises a receiver location. The data are gathered in a common element gather (e.g.
common shot or common receiver), and the complex trace envelope of traces of the gather is computed (Figure I C) (Figure 2A). Also. the gather is sorted by a first element line location receiver line location, a first element location receiver location), a second element line a shot line location), and a second element shot location), wherein a sorted gather of traces is defined (Figure I E) (Figure 2C). In this example, the receiver is identified as the first element and the shot as the second element, but it will be understood that they are reversed in alternative embodiments of the invention.
After sorting the traces and computing the complex trace envelopes, a gather of sorted trace envelopes is the result (Figure I The method then transforms the sorted gather of trace envelopes into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure IG) (Figure 2C), and events are picked from the velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 1 H).
As used herein, velocity stack trace envelopes arc the result of performing a tau-p transform "slant stack") process on the sorted envelopes, or performing linear moveout with a single velocity the water velocity in the case of bottom cable). The pickine of the events from the velocity stack trace envelopes is then carried out by a number of processes.
such as maxima detection (Figure I H) (Figure 2D).
The above method yields as many events ("event" meaning direct arrival, first refraction, second refraction, etc.) as are picked from the velocity stack traces. And. it should be noted that the picked events will have the following information associated with them if the tau-p transform process is used: time, amplitude, and velocity.
Various additional steps are provided according to various embodiments of the invention. For example, in one embodiment, the transforming of the sorted gather of traces into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure IG) comprises muting the direct arrival and the data in the traces after the direct arrival and applying a tau-p transform. While, according to an alternative embodiment, the transforming of the sorted gather of traces into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes comprises cluster maxima detection to detect events other than the direct arrival. Further steps include: divergence correcting the traces before the transforming (Figure 1F), band pass filtering the traces (using a source array dependent band pass filter for the detection of the direct arrival, and a band pass filter for all other events, as described in more detail below) (Figure 1A), filtering out a DC component of the traces (Figure ID), applying a dispersion filter to the direct arrival data (Figure I B) and positive bulk time shifting the traces before the transforming (Figure IF).
Regarding the band pass filtering, it has been found that the use of a specific type of filter for the direct arrival is particularly useful. As used herein, that filter is called a "source array dependent band pass filter." which is a high pass filter in which the cut frequencies are derived from the source array k filter for a given event apparent velocity.
Regarding the dispersion filter, it has been found that when using traces with large shot to receiver distance (offset) the dispersive nature of the water propagated energy becomes evident. The wavelet containing the direct arrival is longer in time due to the fact that each frequency travels at a different velocity. A dispersion filter is applied to collapse the direct arrival energy to a shorter and more resolving wavelet.
According to a further embodiment of the present invention the dispersion filter used is of the type: Phase (frequency) frequency offset velocity (frequency) Of course, using other types of dispersion filters are envisioned as well.
According to still a further embodiment of the present invention, thile velocity stack traces are taken from a three dimensional survey, in which the offset bin information is preserved and used to build a cube of traces, referred to herein as a 3D velocity stack cube.
plotted in, for example, shot line, shot, receiver line, receiver, offset bin, and time.
Depending on which events are picked, such a cube represents the refractor structure and also the direct arrival horizon showing the geometry positions. If there are no geometry errors, the horizon will be flat. In the event there are geometry errors, the error will be seen in the cube (Figure 1K). Further more, quality control issues will be detectable from the cube in that anomalies in the horizons will show various types of errors misfires, in which all picks will have been shifted in the same amount, or direct arrival behavior which is different from the arrival of a refraction). Therefore, the velocity stack traces are used in accordance with a further aspect of the invention to determine geometry errors (Figure 1K). While according to still a further aspect of the invention, the velocity stack traces are used to determine statics errors (Figure 11).
According to an even further embodiment of the invention, a dispersion filter is applied to the direct arrival data (Figure 2A), a complex trace envelope of traces of the gather is computed (Figure 2B), the gather is sorted by a first element line, a first element, a second element line, and a second element, defining a sorted gather of traces and a sorted gather of complex trace envelopes (Figure 2C) and the sorted gather of complex trace envelopes is transformed into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 2D). Events are then picked from the velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 2E).
According to an even further embodiment of the invention a complex trace envelope of traces of the gather is computed (Figure 6A), the gather is sorted by a first element line, a first element, a second clement line. and a second element, defining a sorted gather of traces and a sorted gather of complex trace envelopes (Figure 6B) and the sorted gather of complex trace envelopes is transformed into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 6C).
Events are then picked from the velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 6D).
According to still a further embodiment of the invention, as explained in more detail below, events are associated with specific shot-receiver pairs, and various components of the events are analyzed (for example, by comparison to thresholds or other events) to determine geometry errors, static errors, and/or quality control (QC) strength of source, miscalibration of receivers. etc.). In one specific example. guided correlation is used, as is traditional statics analysis.
According to more specific examples of embodiments of the present invention, reformatted land header traces are inputted, represented by Sij(xys), Rkl(xys), where: i=a source line index, j=a source index, k=a receiver line index, l=a receiver index, xys=x,y coordinates water depth, and A(X,t)=amplitude of the trace as a function of offset and time In a source process, the following steps are followed: Event detection process: 1) Sort by Sij, receiver line to build a matrix having: {Sij,. Rkl, A(Xt)}, k=constant.
2) Compute the approximate water critical distance Xc at Sij according to any process known to those of skill in the art.
3) Compute the number of bins and the maximum and minimum offsets of the bins (Xmin/max) according processes known to those of skill in the art.
4) Compute the average offset within the m offset bins to define Xm.
Extract a time window TX for each Sij, where TX=Tmax(VwX) where Vw water velocity and X is the offset.
6) Sort by m to build the matrix (Sij. Rkl. m, 7) Compute Rm(x,y,s)=averagc of RI(x,y,s) for all traces in the offset bin m.
8) Duplicate the trace data. apply source array dependent high pass filter for the water arrival detection (one data set), apply regular band pass filter to the other data set.
9) Apply dispersion filter to the direct arrival data.
Compute complex trace envelope on both data sets.
11) Apply linear move out to data set one, at V=Vw and stack the m offset bin traces. A(X,t) to build {Sij. Rmk. As(Vw,t)}, where Vw water velocity=Vd=direct arrival time. Notice l=receivcr index is replaced by m=offset bin index.
12) Mute the direct arrival and all data later than the direct arrival to data set two 13) Slant stack (tau-p transform) the data set two, A(X.t) to build {Sij. m, As(Vs,t)}, where As(Vs,t) is the slant stack amplitude for each velocity and time index, or, if traces are noisy, use diversity slant stack.
14) Find the tau-p trace (As(Vs,t)) with the maximum amplitude (Asmax(t)) within the transform. That is Asmax(t) =MAX{As(Vs,t)}, and Vsmax=velocity associated to the Asmax(t). An alternative method is by cluster center maximum detection.
Write {Sij, RXmk, Xm, Asmax(t), Vr} including Vw data. Notice that Vr Vsmax refractor velocity and Asmax=amplitude of the velocity stack trace=amplitude of the refracted velocity=Ar.
16) Loop over m (offset bins).
17) Write {Sij, Rmk, Asmax(Xm,t), Vr}.
18) Loop over Rk (receiver line).
19) Write {Sij, Rmk, Asmax(Xm,t). Vr).
Build cubes (Rmk(x,y), Asmax(t)} {Rml(x,y), Vr!.
21) Pick cubes tr(Sij, Rnmk. Asmax. Vr) by correlation and td(Sij,Rmk. Assd, Vw) finding maxima. Where tr=refractor time, td=direct arrival time.
It will be understood by those of ordinary skill that the process described above is used in alternative embodiments as a receiver process. where R and S are interchanged.
Event discrimination process: (Figure 4) From this type of data, various information is deduced. For example, many of the parameters written above are compared to threshold values, and/or to zero. to determine if an error exists in the data (Figure 4B). In one specific embodiment, a value TTHRSH is determined as a function of Rxkl and s. The TTHRSI-I value is compared against td and or tr, (arrival times for the direct arrival and a refraction, respectively).
According to still a further embodiment, for QC purposes, the following matrix is calculated: TTHRSH ATHRSH VTHRSH td trAd Ar Vd Vr Sij
RII
R21 A cube is built by calculating such a matrix for all Rkl's. Errors are detected by data in the cube that fall above or below a given threshold or are zero. For example, if there is a geometry error, most of the data points in a given matrix will be bad. If there is a statics error, on the other hand, the tr value will be bad, while other values are good. Further, if there is a receiver line error, a constant error will appear for all the points on that given receiver line amplitude Thus, according to another aspect of the invention, in a QC process, useful event attributes (as used herein, "event attributes" comprise: for example, td. tr, Ad.
Ar, Vd, and Vr) are compared to threshold values and QC problems are flagged based on that comparison (Figure 4C). The type of QC error is determined from the pattern of nonconformance with the particular event attribute. In some embodiments, the error is plotted in the velocity stack cube with a specific color designating a specific type of error) and the errors are plotted along with the;, xy contours. Next, all flagged Sij an Rkl trace gathers are plotted.
According to a further embodiment a method for discriminating between statics.
geometry, source and received problems is provided. This method is represented by Figure 4.
A set of.velocity stack trace envelopes is assembled, wherein the velocity stack trace envelopes have a particular shot and receiver location associated with each trace and include representations of multiple event arrivals. (Figure 4A) Some of the event arrivals represent the direct arrival and some represent events other than the direct arrival. The velocity stack trace envelopes include event attributes comprising: time, amplitude, and velocity information for each event. At least one event attribute of at least one of the multiple event arrivals to a threshold value for at least one event attribute (Figure 4B); discriminating between error type dependant upon the comparing (Figure 4C).
According to an alternative embodiment, rather than comparing the event attributes to threshold values, the event attributes for at least one trace are compared to the event attributes of at least one other trace. Errors are assigned to variances outside a predetermined level.
Geometry and statics corrections: (Figure 5) (Figure 3) According to an even further aspect of the invention, after assembling a set of velocity stack envelopes (Figure 5A) and picking a seismic event from that set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 5B), the time delay between the first element location and the second element location is compared to a time delay threshold (Figure 5C). A geometry correction is then assigned dependent upon the comparison (Figure According to an even further aspect of the invention a set of velocity stack envelopes are assembled (Figure 3A); some event arrivals representing the direct arrival and some representing events other than the direct arrival. At least one event attribute of at least one of the multiple event arrivals is compared to at least one event attribute of at least one other of the multiple event arrivals (Figure 3B). A statics correction is then assigned to a source receiver (Figure 3C).
According to an even further aspect of the invention, geometry corrections are provided by running triangulation or least squares location algorithms using the direct arrival attributes td tr(Sij(xy), Rmk(xy), Ad, Vd). A recomputed receiver location Sij(x',y') is then applied.
According to an even further aspect of the invention, static corrections are provided by running conventional residual statics algorithms using the refractor arrival attributes td tr(Sij(x'y'). Rmk(xy), Ar, Vr).
According tostill an even further aspect of the invention a method for assembling, represented schematically in Figure 7. is provided. Compute the complex trace envelope of traces of a gather (Figure 7A), and sort the gather by a first element line. a first element, a second element line, and a second element (Figure 7B). A sorted gather of traces is defined.
The computing and sorting define a sorted gather of complex trace envelopes. Transform the sorted gather of complex trace envelopes into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 7C), and pick events from the velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 7D).
According to an even further aspect of the invention a method for automatically detecting substantially linear seismic events in multiple element data, and for correcting geometry and statics errors is provided. At least one element of the data comprises a shot and at least one other element of the data comprises a receiver, for a common element gather of traces. First, band pass filter the traces (Figure 1A), compute the complex trace envelope of traces of the gather (Figure 1C), sort the gather by a first element line, a first clement, a second element line, a second element, and an offset bin (Figure 1 A sorted gather of traces is defined. The computing and sorting define a sorted gather of complex trace envelopes. Further, transform the sorted gather of complex trace envelopes into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 1G). The traces are divergence corrected and positive bulk time shifted before transforming (Figure I Pick events from the velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure I determine statics error based on the picking (Figure I correct the statics error (Figure 1J), determine geometry error based on the picking (Figure I and correct the geometry error (Figure 1L).
According to an even further aspect of the invention a system for automatically detecting substantially linear seismic events in multiple element data is provided. This is schematically represented by Figure 1. Each block in Figure I represents a hardwarc/software module as would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art. For a common element gather of traces, at least one element of the data comprises a shot and at least one other element of the data comprises a receiver. A means for computing the complex trace envelope of traces of the gather is provided (Figure IC). Also provided is a means for sorting the gather by a first element line, a first element, a second element line. and a second element; defining a sorted gather of traces (Figure 1 The means for computing and the means for sorting define a sorted gather of complex trace envelopes (Figure I There is also provided a means for transforming the sorted gather of complex trace envelopes into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 1 G) and for picking events from the velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure I-H).
According to an even further aspect of the invention a means for transforming the sorted gather of traces into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes provides slant stack transforming of the gather of traces and maxima detecting (Figure IG). Also embodied in the present invention is a means for transforming the sorted gather of traces into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes providing muting the direct arrival and the data in the traces after the direct arrival and applying a tau-p transform (Figure 1G).
According to an even further aspect of the invention a means for picking is provided comprising cluster maxima detection (Figure 1H).
According to an even further aspect of the invention a means for sorting is provided for sorting the gather by offset bin (Figure I E).
According to still an even further aspect of the invention a means for divergence correcting the traces before the transforming is provided (Figure IF).
According to an even firther aspect of the invention a means for band pass filtering the traces is provided (Figure I Another nonlimitive aspect of the invention includes source array dependent band pass filtering (Figure 1 A).
According to an even further aspect of the invention a means for filtering out a DC component of the traces is provided (Figure I D).
I0 According to still an even further aspect of the invention a means for positive bulk time shifting the traces before the transforming is provided (Figure IF).
According to an even further aspect of the invention a means for applying a dispersion filter to the direct arrival data is provided before computing the complex trace envelope of traces of the gather (Figure I B).
According to an even further aspect of the invention a system for correcting statics errors in a set of seismic data is provided. Schematically this is represented by Figure 3.
Each block in Figure 3 schematically represents a.hardware/software module as would be known by one skilled in the art. A means for assembling a set of velocity stack trace envelopes is provided (Figure 3A). Also provided is a means for comparing at least one event attribute of at least one of the multiple event arrivals to at least one event attribute of at least one other of the multiple event arrivals (Figure 3B). Further. a means for assigning a statics correction to a source-receiver is provided (Figure 3C). The statics correction is dependent upon the comparing. The velocity stack trace envelopes have a particular shot and receiver location associated with each trace and the velocity stack trace envelopes include representations of multiple event arrivals. The velocity stack trace envelopes also include event attributes comprising: time. amplitude, and velocity information for each event. Some of the event arrivals represent the direct arrival and some represent events other than the direct arrival.
According to still an even further aspect of the invention a means for assembling. This is schematically represented by each block in Figure 7. Each block in Figure 7 represents a hardware/software module as would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art. A means for computing the complex trace envelope of traces of a gather (Figure 7A) is provided, and for sorting the gather by a first element line, a first element, a second element line, and a second element (Figure 7B). A sorted gather of traces is defined. The computing and sorting define a sorted gather of complex trace envelopes. A means for transforming the sorted gather of complex trace envelopes into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 7C), and picking events from the velocity stack trace envelopes is provided (Figure 7D).
According to an even further aspect of the invention a system for discriminating between statics, geometry, source, and received problems is provided. This is schematically represented by Figure 4. Each block in Figure 4 represents a hardware/software module as would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art. Also provided is a means for assembling a set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 4A). Further provided is a means for comparing at least one event attribute of at least one of the multiple event arrivals to a threshold value for at least one event attribute (Figure 413B). Still further provided is a inmeans for discriminating between error type. dependent upon the comparing, and a means for assembling a set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 4C). The velocity stack trace envelopes have a particular shot and receiver location associated with each trace and the velocity stack trace envelopes include representations of multiple event arrivals. The velocity stack trace envelopes include event attributes comprising: time. amplitude, and velocity information for each event. Some of the event arrivals represent the direct arrival and some represent events other than the direct arrival.
According to an even further aspect of the invention a system for correcting geometry errors in a set of seismic data traces is provided. This is represented schematically by Figure Each block in Figure 5 represents a hardware/software module as would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art. The traces are related to a first element location and a second element location, one of the element locations being a shot location and the other of tilhe element locations being a receiver location. Further, a means for assembling a set of velocity stack trace envelopes including offset bin information is provided (Figure 5A). Also provided is a means for picking a seismic event from the set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 5B), a means for comparing a time delay between the first element location and the second element location to a time delay threshold (Figure 5C), and a means for assigning a geometry correction to at least one of the element locations: dependent upon the comparing (Figure According to an even further aspect of the invention a means for assembling is provided comprising assigning the traces to offset bins and applying moveout correction to the traces (Figure According to an even further aspect of the invention a system for automatically detecting substantially linear seismic eyents in multiple element data is provided. This is schematically represented in Figure 2. Each block in Figure 2 represents a hardware/software module as would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art. For a common gather of traces at least one element of the data comprises a shot and at least one other element of the data comprises a receiver. Also provided is a means for band pass filtering the traces, computing the complex trace envelope of traces of the gather (Figure 2A), filtering out a DC component of the traces and sorting the gather by a first element line, a first element, a second element line, a second element, and an offset bin. A sorted gather of traces is defined and computing and sorting define a sorted gather of complex trace envelopes (Figure 2B). Further provided is a means for transforming the sorted gather of complex trace envelopes into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 2C). The traces are divergence corrected and positive bulk time shifted before transforming. Also provided is a means for picking events from the velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 2D).
According to still an even further aspect of the invention a means for applying a dispersion filter to the direct arrival data before said computing the complex trace envelope of traces of the gather is provided (Figure I B).
According to an even further aspect of the invention a system for automatically correcting geometry errors in seismic data including substantially linear seismic events in multiple element data is provided. This is represented schematically by Figure 8. Each block in Figure 8 represents a hardware/software module as would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art. At least one element of the data comprises a shot and at least one other element of the data comprises a receiver, for a common element gather of traces. Also provided is a means for band pass filtering the trace (Figure 8A), computing the complex trace envelope of traces of the gather (Figure 8B), filtering out a DC component of the traces (Figure SC), sorting the gather by a first element line, a first element, a second element line, a second element, and an offset bin (Figure 8D). A sorted gather of traces is defined. The computing and sorting define a sorted gather of complex trace envelopes. Furthcr provided is a means for transforming the sorted gather of complex trace envelopes into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 8F). The traces are divergence corrected and positive bulk time shifted before transforming (Figure 8E). Also provided is a means for picking events from the velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 8G), determining geometry error based on the picking (Figure 81-) and correcting the geometry error (Figure 81).
According to an even further aspect of the invention a system for automatically correcting statics errors in seismic data including substantially linear seismic events in multiple element data is provided. This is schematically represented by Figure 9. Each block in Figure 9 represents a hardware/software module as would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art. At least one element of the data comprises a shot and at least one other element of the data comprises a receiver, for a common element gather of traces. Also provided is a means for band pass filtering the traces (Figure 9A), computing the complex Is trace envelope of traces of the gather (Figure 9B), filtering out a DC component of the traces (Figure 9C). sorting the gather by a first element line. a first element, a second element line, a second element (Figure 9D). A sorted gather of traces is deined. The computing and sorting define a sorted gather of complex trace envelopes. Further provided is a means for transforming the sorted gather of complex trace envelopes into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 9F). The traces are divergence corrected and positive bulk time shifted before the transforming (Figure 9E). Also provided is a means for picking events from the velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 9G) determining statics error based on thile picking (Figure IH) and correcting the statics error (Figure 91).
According to an even further aspect of the invention a system for automatically detecting substantially linear seismic events in multiple element data, and for correcting geometry and statics errors is provided. This is schematically represented by Figure 1. Each block in Figure 1 represents a hardware/software module as would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art. At least one element of the data comprises a shot and at least one other element of the data comprises a receiver, for a common element gather of traces. Also provided is a means for band pass filtering the traces (Figure IA), computing the complex trace envelope of traces of the gather (Figure iC), sorting the gather by a first element line, a e P:OPER\GCP'24886d v spc.doc-26/09/03 -19first element, a second element line, a second element, and an offset bin (Figure 1E). A sorted gather of traces is defined. The computing and sorting define a sorted gather of complex trace envelopes. Further provided is a means for transforming the sorted gather of complex trace envelopes into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 1 The said traces are divergence corrected and positive bulk time shifted before transforming (Figure IF). Also provided is a means for picking events from the velocity stack trace envelopes (Figure 1H), determining statics error based on the picking (Figure 1I), correcting the statics error (Figure 1J), determining geometry error based on the picking (Figure 1K), and correcting the geometry error (Figure 1L).
According to still an even further aspect of the invention a means for applying a dispersion filter to the direct arrival data before said computing the complex trace envelope of traces of the gather is provided (Figure 1B).
Further embodiments and aspects of the invention will occur to those of skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
Throughout this specification and the claims which follow, unless the context requires otherwise, the word "comprise", and variations such as "comprises" and "comprising", will be understood to imply the inclusion of a stated integer or step or group of integers or steps but not the exclusion of any other integer or step or group of integers or steps.
The reference to any prior art in this specification is not, and should not be taken as, an acknowledgment or any form of suggestion that that prior art forms part of the common general knowledge in Australia.

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1. A method for correcting geometry errors in a set of seismic data traces, the Straces being related to a first element location and a second element location, one of the element locations being a shot location and the other of the element locations being a receiver location, the method comprising: tn assembling a set of velocity stack trace envelopes including offset bin information; picking a seismic event from the set of velocity stack trace envelopes; 00 comparing a time delay between the first element location and the second element rnlocation to a time delay threshold; and Sassigning a geometry correction to at least one of the element locations, dependent upon the comparing.
2. A method as in claim 1 wherein said assembling comprises: assigning the traces to offset bins and applying moveout correction to the traces.
3. A method as in claim 1 wherein said assembling comprises: computing the complex trace envelope of traces of a gather; sorting the gather by a first element line, a first element, a second element line, and a second element, wherein a sorted gather of traces is defined; wherein said computing and said sorting define a sorted gather of complex trace envelopes; transforming the sorted gather of complex trace envelopes into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes; and picking events from the velocity stack trace envelopes.
4. A method as in claim 3 further comprising applying a dispersion filter to the direct arrival data before said computing the complex trace envelope of traces of the gather. A method as in claim I wherein said transforming the sorted gather of traces into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes comprises: slant stack transforming of the gather of traces; and maxima detecting. P:\OPER\GCP261677 Ig sa.doc-22/02/f6 Z 6. A method as in claim 1 wherein said transforming the sorted gather of traces tinto a set of velocity stack trace envelopes comprises muting the direct arrival and the data in Sthe traces after the direct arrival and applying a tau-p transform.
7. A method as in claim 1 wherein said picking comprises cluster maxima t detection. 00
8. A method as in claim 1 wherein said transforming the sorted gather of traces C€ into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes comprises applying a tau-p transform.
9. A method as in claim 1 further comprising divergence correcting the traces before said transforming. A method as in claim 1 further comprising band pass filtering the traces.
11. A method as in claim 10 wherein said band pass filtering comprises source array dependent band pass filtering.
12. A method as in claim 1 further comprising filtering out a DC component of the traces.
13. A method as in claim 1 further comprising positive bulk time shifting the traces before said transforming.
14. A system for correcting geometry errors in a set of seismic data traces, the traces being related to a first element location and a second element location, one of the element locations being a shot location and the other of the element locations being a receiver location, said system comprising: a means for assembling a set of velocity stack trace envelopes including offset bin information; a means for picking a seismic event from the set of velocity stack trace envelopes; a means for comparing a time delay between the first element location and the second P:AOPER\GCP\2618677 I t spadoI-22/02JD6 element location to a time delay threshold; and "a means for assigning a geometry correction to at least one of the element locations, t dependent upon the comparing. A system as in claim 14 wherein said means for assembling comprises: a means for assigning the traces to offset bins; and t a means for applying moveout correction to the traces. 00
16. A system as in claim 14 wherein said means for assembling comprises: a means for computing the complex trace envelope of traces of a gather; ia means for sorting the gather by a first element line, a first element, a second element line, and a second element, wherein a sorted gather of traces is defined; wherein said means for computing and said means for sorting define a sorted gather of complex trace envelopes; a means for transforming the sorted gather of complex trace envelopes into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes; and a means for picking events from the velocity stack trace envelopes.
17. A system as in claim 16 further comprising a means for applying a dispersion filter to the direct arrival data before said means for computing the complex trace envelope of traces of the gather.
18. A system as in claim 14 wherein said means for transforming the sorted gather of traces into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes comprises: a means for slant stack transforming of the gather of traces; and a means for maxima detecting.
19. A system as in claim 14 wherein said means for transforming the sorted gather of traces into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes comprises a means for muting the direct arrival and the data in the traces after the direct arrival and applying a tau-p transform. A system as in claim 14 wherein said picking comprises a means for cluster maxima detection. P:\OPER\GCP2618677 Il spa. doc-222/06
21. A system as in claim 14 wherein said means for transforming the sorted gather t of traces into a set of velocity stack trace envelopes comprises applying a tau-p transform.
22. A system in claim 14 further comprising a means for divergence correcting the traces before said means for transforming.
23. A system as in claim 14 further comprising a means for band pass filtering the 00 traces. (N S24. A system as in claim 23 wherein said means for band pass filtering comprises source array dependent band pass filtering. A system as in claim 14 further comprising a means for filtering out a DC component of the traces.
26. A system as in claim 14 further comprising a means for positive bulk time shifting the traces before said means for transforming.
27. A method for correcting geometry errors in a set of seismic data traces, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
28. A system for correcting geometry errors in a set of seismic data traces, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings. DATED this 2 3 d day of February, 2006 PGS DATA PROCESSING, INC. By its Patent Attorneys: DAVIES COLLISON CAVE
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