Technical Program begins: Meeting Overview- Identifying and responding to prioritized and pressing seismic exploration challenges- A new business-driven technical opportunity and delivery from M-OSRP - Arthur B. Weglein
A new method for deghosting data collected on a depth-variable acquisition surface by combining Green’s theorem wave separation followed by a Green’s theorem wave prediction for one-way propagating waves - Jing Wu* and Arthur Weglein
Impact of the topography of the acquisition surface on preprocessing and subsequent free surface multiple elimination and depth migration: describing the challenge and providing an effective response - Zhen Zhang* and Arthur Weglein
Impact of the topography of the acquisition surface on the effectiveness of the ISS internal multiple attenuation and elimination algorithms: analyzing the problem and providing and delivering a response to the challenge - Yuchang Shen* and Arthur Weglein
Summary of previous contributions on Green’s theorem preprocessing for offshore and onshore applications - Jing Wu*
A tutorial on the inverse scattering series: distinct isolated task subseries for removing free surface and internal multiples - Arthur B. Weglein*
Testing, evaluating and analyzing the inverse scattering series internal multiple attenuation algorithm for an ineslastic earth without knowing or needing the elastic or inelastic subsurface properties - Jing Wu*
A multidimensional method that eliminates internal multiples: a new toolbox option for removing multiples that interfere with primaries, without damaging the primary, and without any knowledge of subsurface properties - Yanglei Zou*, Chao Ma and Arthur Weglein
Comparing the new Inverse Scattering Series (ISS) internal-multiple-elimination algorithm and the industry-standard ISS internal-multiple-attenuation algorithm plus adaptive subtraction when primaries and internal multiples interfere and where we can evaluate the efficacy using wave-theoretical data consisting of only primaries - Chao Ma*, Yanglei Zou, and Arthur Weglein
A new technical business opportunity, option and delivery from M-OSRP, 2017”, and a short note” An alternative adaptive subtraction criteria ( to replace energy minimization ) for free surface multiple removal - Arthur B. Weglein*
A new research consortium to advance low frequency active seismology: reaching one hertz and beyond - Professor Mark A. Meier, Physics Dept./University of Houston
The physics of porous media and seismoelectric wave propagation: A new model and opportunity - Dr. Niels Grobbe, MIT, Math Dept. and Earth Resources Laboratory
Direct inversion, for knowing we are solving the problem of interest and more importantly whether the problem of interest is the problem we ( the petroleum industry) needs to be interested in” and “ Green’s Theorem tutorial Part II, deriving Stolt extended CIII migration for heterogeneous media, the first migration that’s equally effective for all frequencies at the target and reservoir - Arthur B. Weglein*
An initial study to quantify the resolution difference between an industry leadingedge migration, RTM, and the first migration method that is equally effective at all frequencies at the target - Qiang Fu*, Yanglei Zou, and Arthur Weglein
A wedge resolution comparison between RTM and the first migration method that is equally effective at all frequencies at the target: tests and analysis with both conventional and broadband data - Yanglei Zou*, Qiang Fu and Arthur Weglein
A method that guides and assures that when computing the Green’s function it will achieve and deliver equal effectiveness for all frequencies at the target and reservoir in Stolt extended C III migration for heterogeneous media - Fang Liu, Qiang Fu* and Arthur Weglein
An executive summary review, ISS depth imaging from synthetic data to viability on field data and update - Arthur B. Weglein*
The strategy and recent progress in taking the ISS direct depth imaging without a velocity model from a demonstrated field data viability to an option in the seismic imaging tool box - Chao Ma* and Arthur B. Weglein
Meeting summary, overview of progress and plans, and meeting adjournment - Arthur B. Weglein*