Near surface structures and anisotropy from cross-correlations of ambient seismic noise at the valhall oil field

A. Mordret, M. Landès, N.M. Shapiro, S. Singh, P. Roux, O.I. Barkved

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Abstract

We have used 6 hours of continuous vertical component geophone data from the Valhall Life of Field Seismic (LoFS) network to perform an Ambient Noise Surface Wave Tomography of the first hundreds meters of the Valhall field overburden to determine surface wave velocity. We were able to retrieve highresolution features like paleo-channels that were previously highlighted by full waveform inversion of active source seismic data. Furthermore, by computing the 2 690 040 cross-correlation functions between the full set of sensor pairs combinations, we were able to quantify the spatial distribution of azimuthal anisotropy over the whole network and link it to previous results from active seismic experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConference Proceedings, 74th EAGE Conference and Exhibition incorporating EUROPEC 2012
Subtitle of host publicationResponsibly Securing Natural Resources
PublisherEuropean Association of Geoscientists and Engineers
Pages790-794
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)978-90-73834-27-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event74th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2012 Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2012: Responsibly Securing Natural Resources - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 4 Jun 20127 Jun 2012

Conference

Conference74th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2012 Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2012: Responsibly Securing Natural Resources
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period4/06/127/06/12

Programme Area

  • Programme Area 3: Energy Resources

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