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Imaging through gas-filled sediments using marine shear-wave data

Journal Article · · Geophysics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1190/1.1444576· OSTI ID:354433

Marine multicomponent sea-floor data of excellent quality have been acquired over the Tommeliten Alpha field. The most dominating wave modes are interpreted to be conventional compressional PP-waves and converted PS-waves. The most important geophysical problem associated with the Tommeliten Alpha field is the presence of a gas chimney obscuring the conventional 3-D seismic image of the reservoir zone. The converted PS-waves effectively undershoot the gas chimney, leading to substantially improved images of the reservoir. Subsequent interpretation indicates the Tommeliten Alpha structure is a faulted dome.

OSTI ID:
354433
Journal Information:
Geophysics, Journal Name: Geophysics Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 64; ISSN GPYSA7; ISSN 0016-8033
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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