DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF A SEISMIC INVERSION
First Claim
1. A method for evaluating a quality of a seismic inversion, comprising:
- (a) performing a first match between seismic data and borehole seismic data at one or more borehole locations to generate an estimate of a wavelet in the seismic data;
(b) performing the seismic inversion on the seismic data using the estimate of the wavelet to generate inverted seismic data;
(c) converting the inverted seismic data into one or more reflectivity traces;
(d) performing a second match between the one or more reflectivity traces and one or more traces in the seismic data;
(e) performing a third match between the one or more reflectivity traces and one or more traces in the borehole seismic data; and
(f) determining the quality of the seismic inversion based on the first match, the second match, the third match or combinations thereof.
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Abstract
A method for evaluating a quality of a seismic inversion. The method includes performing a first match between seismic data and borehole seismic data at one or more borehole locations to generate an estimate of a wavelet in the seismic data. The method then performs a seismic inversion on the seismic data using the estimate of the wavelet to generate inverted seismic data. After performing the seismic inversion, the method converts the inverted seismic data into one or more reflectivity traces. The method then includes performing a second match between the one or more reflectivity traces and one or more traces in the seismic data and performing a third match between the one or more reflectivity traces and one or more traces in the borehole seismic data. After performing the second and third matches, the method determines the quality of the seismic inversion based on the first match, the second match, the third match or combinations thereof.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for evaluating a quality of a seismic inversion, comprising:
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(a) performing a first match between seismic data and borehole seismic data at one or more borehole locations to generate an estimate of a wavelet in the seismic data; (b) performing the seismic inversion on the seismic data using the estimate of the wavelet to generate inverted seismic data; (c) converting the inverted seismic data into one or more reflectivity traces; (d) performing a second match between the one or more reflectivity traces and one or more traces in the seismic data; (e) performing a third match between the one or more reflectivity traces and one or more traces in the borehole seismic data; and (f) determining the quality of the seismic inversion based on the first match, the second match, the third match or combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for evaluating a quality of a seismic inversion, comprising:
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processing seismic data in preparation for the seismic inversion performing a first match between the processed seismic data and borehole seismic data at one or more borehole locations to estimate one or more wavelets that are embedded in the processed seismic data; performing the seismic inversion on the seismic data using the wavelets to generate inverted seismic data; converting the inverted seismic data into one or more reflectivity traces; performing a second match between the one or more reflectivity traces and one or more traces in the seismic data; performing a third match between the one or more reflectivity traces and one or more traces in the borehole seismic data; and determining the quality of the seismic inversion based on the first match, the second match, the third match or combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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