CPG

You are cordially invited to attend two-parts guest lectures on Fundamentals and Practical Applications of Vertical Seismic Profile (VSP) as part of the course: Reflection Seismology (GEOP 501).

Day & Date :

Lecture 2 on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 (4:00 – 6:30 pm).

There will be 15 minutes break for Maghrib prayer around 5 pm.

Lecture Outline:

• Introduction
• VSP Survey Types
•  Advantages and Disadvantages of VSP Over Surface Seismic
• 2D VSP and Surface Seismic Forward Modelling, Processing, and Imaging
  • Velocity model
  • Ray tracing
  • Viscoelastic Wave Equation Finite-difference Calculation of 3-Component Synthetic Gathers
  • Reflected Compressional Waves Extraction
  • Kirchhoff Poststack Time Migration and Prestack Depth Migration
• Practical Applications of VSP and Field Data Examples
  • Acquisition Hardware
  • Time/Depth curve
  • Well-log Calibration
  • Multiples Analysis
  • Quality Factor Q Estimation
  • Tomography and Anisotropy
  • High-resolution Imaging
  • Fractures Characterization
  • Seismic Inversion
• Outlook: Emerging Technological Advancements
  • Full Waveform Inversion
  • Distributed Acoustic Sensing