西南石油大学学报(自然科学版) ›› 2017, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 55-62.DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.1674-5086.2016.07.21.02

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Prestack Gather Optimization Technique and Application

XIONG Xiaojun, JIAN Shikai, LI Xiang, LIU Yang   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Oil & Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan 610059, China
  • Received:2016-07-21 Online:2017-12-01 Published:2017-12-01

Abstract: This research presents an optimization technique involving the combination of prestack gather "noise suppression-equalization-reduction" with the improvement of the AVO (Amplitude variation with offset) analysis accuracy as the starting point. First, the characteristics of the effective and interference waves of the target formation of the prestack gather were analyzed; next, random noise from the target formation was removed using a fourth-order polynomial fit; then, the phase-axis target formation gathers were equalized using non-surface-consistent residual static correction. Finally, the effective incidence angle selection range for the target formation was optimized to reduce big-offset, stretched or distorted gathers. The practical application in some areas of the Bohai Sea shows that the signal-to-noise ratio between the optimized gathers and stacked profile improved significantly. Moreover, the AVO-curve characteristics of the target formation became more apparent and the obtained AVO-characteristics prediction results conformed more closely with the actual drilling conditions.

Key words: prestack gather, optimization, layer flattening, stacked profile, AVO analysis

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