GEO 138
SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION, DESIGN AND PROCESSING
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEO 138 | 25 - 29 May 2026 | Online | 3300 |
| GEO 138 | 13 - 17 Nov 2026 | Online | 3300 |
| GEO 138 | 1 - 5 Jun 2026 | Stavanger | 4400 |
| GEO 138 | 12 - 16 Oct 2026 | Dubai | 4400 |
COURSE OVERVIEW
This course presents an integrated approach to modern 3D seismic acquisition, survey design and processing with the emphasis on land. Survey design has a key role in the seismic value chain going from acquisition to processing, imaging and inversion & characterization. The course will describe the main technology advances in seismic acquisition: high-channel count single sensor (point receiver), simultaneous source high-productivity vibroseis, broadband and wireless nodal systems. New acquisition technology has in turn inspired progress in processing, imaging and inversion & characterization. Seismic survey designs have changed accordingly, wide azimuth high-density surveys are now the norm in many environments. And the survey design workflow now includes single sensor, single source, simultaneous source, broadband, symmetric sampling, cross-spreads, spatial continuity and more powerful 5D interpolation methods. It has also become more integrated, with requirements from processing, imaging and inversion & characterization feeding back to the design and hence acquisition.
COURSE OUTLINE
5 days
Day 1: Introduction
2D & 3D seismic survey design
o Temporal v spatial resolution
o Symmetric sampling, OVT’s, orthogonal and areal geometries
o Operational implementation
Exercise: Resolution-sampling-offset modeling
Day 2: Source technology
o Vibroseis & dynamite
o Broadband
Exercise: Noise and signal sampling
Day 3: Receiver technology
o Arrays v single sensors
o Nodal technology
Exercise: sweep parameters & operational efficiency
Day 4: Migration and marine acquisition
o Velocity models
o Ray-tracing
o Migration (time/depth), complex areas
o Streamer technology
o Nodal technology
Day 5: Processing
o Processing sequence
o Seismic data field QC
o Noise attenuation
o Surface wave inversion & full waveform inversion
o Multiples
o 5D interpolation & compressive sensing
o AVO & AVOAz inversion
INSTRUCTOR
Instructor Profile
Instructor has over 30 years’ experience in Geophysical Industry covering seismic acquisition, survey design, processing and inversion. He is a geophysical consultant based in the Netherlands where he got a M.Sc. in Applied Geophysics from Delft University. He combines experience in land seismic acquisition, survey evaluation and design, data processing, inversion & reservoir characterization, most of it gained in 20 years at Schlumberger worldwide with also a three-year stint at Saudi Aramco in Dhahran. As an independent consultant he has been teaching courses for many major E&P companies, working with geophysics startups in the Netherlands and collaborating in research with Delft University. Paul’s research interests include seismic vibrators, multiples and wave propagation.
FAQ
DESIGNED FOR
Geologists and geophysicists involved in exploration and development who require the skills to plan, supervise, process and interpret seismic surveys.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The course's primary learning objectives are:
o The main parameters related to land survey design;
o The generic land seismic survey design workflow;
o The impact of the new acquisition technology;
o The impact of the new processing technology;
o How design & acquisition affects processing, imaging and inversion & characterization.
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