Abstract
Seismic processing is expected to deliver a reliable product for seismic structure interpretation and reservoir characterization to support subsequent reservoir modeling and drilling operation. 3D OBC wide-azimuth (WAZ) seismic data has a significant advantage in this respect, since it contains large offset and wide azimuth information, which can be utilized for amplitude versus offset (AVO) and amplitude versus azimuth (AVAz) analysis respectively. However, these advanced studies require area-specific data processing efforts in this region for strong linear noise, multiple noise, designature uncertainty etc. Seismic data re-processing was newly conducted in pre-stack time migration (PrSTM) sequence to overcome such technical challenges. Surface-wave noise attenuation was achieved by 2D and 3D model-based dispersive energy attenuation and multi-pass structure oriented filtering in pre-stack and post-stack stages. Source-side deghosting highlighted a low frequency residual bubble and was followed by another pass of de-bubbling based on a smooth spectrum assumption. Shallow water reverberation was minimized by 3D deconvolution and high-resolution radon demultiple. 5D regularization and interpolation with trace densification provided evenly populated traces for each angle and azimuth sectors. Intensive signal preservation protected diffraction energy and resulted in better fault imaging than the vintage processing outcome. Both the vintage and the re-processed seismic data were evaluated in quantitative manners to compare with each other. Angle stacks from the re-processing showed more reasonable response for AVO analysis. Azimuth stacks showed stable S/N ratio leading to higher confidence in azimuthal anisotropy analysis. All these seismic deliverables enable accurate elastic property estimation and detail fault interpreation at target reservoir intervals. The novelty of the proposed workflow is to overcome common technical problems with targeted noise and multiple reduction focusing on angle / azimuth stacks. It unlocks advanced geophysical study for carbonate reservoir in shallow water areas. Processing deliverables will be fully utilized in fault interpretation, AVO and AVAz analysis and will support the forthcoming field development activity.
