Method for acquiring and processing of data from two or more simultaneously fired sources
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1. A method of seismic surveying using simultaneously recorded seismic energy sources, the method comprising:
- (a) selecting a plurality of seismic energy sources to be used for surveying, each of said seismic energy sources containing a plurality of source elements;
(b) positioning said plurality of seismic energy sources and associated seismic energy receivers at locations within a seismic survey area;
(c) activating said plurality of source elements of each of said plurality of sources according to an activation sequence wherein said activation sequence is selected to enable separation of simultaneously recorded energy sources into separate source records; and
(d) recording seismic energy generated by the plurality of activated seismic energy sources to form shot recordings.
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Abstract
A method of seismic surveying and seismic data processing using a plurality of simultaneously recorded seismic-energy sources. An activation sequence for each of said plurality of seismic energy sources may be determined such that energy from seismic sources may be recorded simultaneously and seismic energy responsive to individual seismic sources separated into separate source records. The seismic sources are activated using an activation sequence, the recorded seismic energy in the shot recordings may be separated into source recordings responsive to individual seismic sources. The source records may be derived from the shot records using a combination of shot record summations, inversions and filtering.
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1. A method of seismic surveying using simultaneously recorded seismic energy sources, the method comprising:
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(a) selecting a plurality of seismic energy sources to be used for surveying, each of said seismic energy sources containing a plurality of source elements;
(b) positioning said plurality of seismic energy sources and associated seismic energy receivers at locations within a seismic survey area;
(c) activating said plurality of source elements of each of said plurality of sources according to an activation sequence wherein said activation sequence is selected to enable separation of simultaneously recorded energy sources into separate source records; and
(d) recording seismic energy generated by the plurality of activated seismic energy sources to form shot recordings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for acquiring and processing seismic data in a seismic survey, the method comprising:
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(a) selecting a plurality of seismic energy sources to be used for surveying;
(b) positioning a plurality of seismic energy sources and associated seismic energy receivers at locations within a seismic survey area;
(c) activating said plurality of sources according to an activation sequence wherein at least one predetermined time delay is substantially equal to an integer multiple of a ghost delay time; and
wherein said activation sequence is selected to enable separation of simultaneously recorded energy sources into separate source records; and
(d) recording returned seismic energy generated by the plurality of activated seismic energy sources to form shot recordings. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for processing seismic data in a seismic survey, the method comprising:
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(a) selecting a plurality of seismic shot records from a seismic survey wherein a plurality of impulsive seismic sources activated at separate source positions have been contemporaneously recorded according to an activation sequence containing a delay time substantially equal to an integer multiple of a ghost delay time; and
wherein said activation sequence is selected to enable separation of said contemporaneously recorded energy sources into separate source records, and(b) separating said seismic shot records into separate source records. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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