Petroleum GeoscienceSeismic Data Acquisition and Processing
A poorly designed survey cannot be rescued in the processing centre, and a careless processing flow can erase the very signal a survey was paid to record. This programme is for the people who specify, supervise and quality control both stages. Delegates start with survey design: fold, offset and azimuth distribution, bin size, and source and receiver choices for vibroseis, dynamite, airgun and ocean bottom node operations, along with environmental and community constraints. The processing half follows a typical flow from geometry assignment and noise attenuation through deconvolution, statics, velocity analysis, multiple suppression and prestack time and depth migration. Each step is judged by what a QC geophysicist should check on screen. Delegates leave able to write a technical specification for acquisition, audit a processing sequence and spot where a contractor has cut corners.
Course objectives
- Design survey geometry for target depth, resolution and azimuth requirements
- Select sources and receivers suited to land, transition zone and marine conditions
- Specify field quality control measures and acceptance criteria
- Apply noise attenuation, deconvolution and static corrections in a processing flow
- Perform velocity analysis and evaluate stacking and migration velocities
- Compare prestack time and prestack depth migration outcomes
- Audit contractor processing deliverables against a technical specification
Who should attend
- Acquisition and processing geophysicists
- Seismic party supervisors and client representatives
- Geophysical QC specialists
- Data management staff at national oil companies
- Interpreters wanting to understand processing artefacts
Course outline
- 01Survey design parameters and illumination
- 02Sources, receivers and recording systems
- 03Field operations, HSE and community constraints
- 04Field QC and data delivery
- 05Geometry, noise attenuation and deconvolution
- 06Statics corrections and velocity analysis
- 07Multiple suppression
- 08Prestack time and depth migration
- 09Processing QC and contractor management
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 to 26 February 2027 | Lagos, Nigeria | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | |
| 1 to 5 March 2027 | Online | Online | R8,500 per delegate | |
| 15 to 19 March 2027 | Maseru, Lesotho | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate |
Seismic Data Acquisition and Processing
From R8,500