Faster shot-record depth migrations using phase encoding
- Amerada Hess Corp. (United States)
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Phase encoding of shot records provides a means of imaging a number of shots within a single migration. This results in a reduction in the required computation for a complete image, a reduction by the number of shots used in each individual migration, trading this increase in speed for additional noise in the resulting image. Some methods for phase encoding have been shown to limit this noise to a tolerable range when combining several shots, enabling speed ups of a factor of a few. In this paper, the authors present a use of phase encoding which allows faster imaging by an order of magnitude or more, with the additional benefit that the individual migrations can be stopped whenever the answer is good enough. This approach may ultimately render 3-D frequency-domain prestack depth migration cost effective.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 656598
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--98-1873C; CONF-980913--; ON: DE98006178; BR: DP0301010
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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