Advanced Seismic Survey

1. Multicomponent Seismic Survey

2. Time Lapse/4-D Seismic Survey
3. Vertical Seismic Profiling (VSP)
 Multicomponent Seismic Survey

 lithology identification, fluid discrimination, imaging through gas, fracture and

stress field characterization and density estimation.
 Discrimination between sand, shale, carbonates and volcanic.
 fluid, temperature and pressure changes during production.
 gas and lithology bright spots.
 Time Lapse 3D/4D Seismic Survey
 Time-lapse 3D, or 4D, seismic technology is the use of 3D seismic surveys
acquired at different times in the productive life of a reservoir.

 Seismic data from current and past surveys can both be loaded into
seismic software which is used in 3D seismic interpretation.
 Vertical Seismic Profiling (VSP)
It is a measurement where the seismic source is still at the
surface but the receivers are lowered down into a borehole.
Types of VSP
Types of VSP
 VSP Application
Velocity estimation. This is usually called a “check-shot
survey”.
Precise correlation of surface seismic data with depth and the
well-logs.
Separation of primary reflections from multiples for guidance
in seismic section.
Calibrate reflectivity coefficients from well log data.
Provide seismic data processing parameters –velocity, multiple
suppression, deconvolution.