Abrégé

A method for mapping acoustic properties of water bottom sediments includes penetrating a piling into the water bottom sediments at a first of a plurality of locations. A first distributed acoustic sensor is inserted adjacent to the first piling. A second piling is driven into sediments at a second location. Acoustic signals are detected at the first acoustic sensor while penetrating the second piling. The detecting is indexed to a depth of the second piling as it is driven. A second acoustic sensor is inserted adjacent to the second piling. Penetrating a piling, detecting acoustic signals at each acoustic sensor and inserting a sensor are repeated until a piling is driven at all the locations. The signals are used to generate a map of properties of the sediments bounded by the plurality of locations. The properties comprise attenuation excluding effects of diffractors in the sediments.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01V 1/143 - Production d'énergie sismique en utilisant des moyens d'entraînement mécaniques
• E02D 1/00 - Étude des sols de fondation sur place
• E02D 13/06 - Accessoires pour la mise en place ou l'enlèvement de pieux ou de rideaux de palplanches pour la surveillance pendant la mise en place
• G01V 1/30 - Analyse
• G01V 1/38 - SéismologieProspection ou détection sismique ou acoustique spécialement adaptées aux zones recouvertes d'eau
• G01V 1/20 - Aménagements d'éléments récepteurs, p. ex. oscillogrammes géophoniques

Abrégé

A method for imaging non-specular seismic events as well as correlating non-specular events with physically measurable quantites in a volume of Earth's subsurface. Includes entering as input to a computer signals detected by a plurality of seismic sensors disposed above and/or within the volume in response to actuation of at least one seismic energy source above and/or within the volume. Parameter analysis is performed to populate the initial model with point-wise, best-fit wavefront travel-time approximations. Imaging is performed to obtain undifferentiated specular and non-specular representations of the volume. Specular boundaries are mapped using the imaged volume and using the boundaries to form a model of specular components of the volume. Beamforming is used to characterize seismic attributes associated with specular and non-specular reflections as separate and differentiated data sets.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01V 1/30 - Analyse
• G01V 1/28 - Traitement des données sismiques, p. ex. pour l’interprétation ou pour la détection d’événements
• E21B 49/00 - Test pour déterminer la nature des parois des trous de forageEssais de couchesProcédés ou appareils pour prélever des échantillons du terrain ou de fluides en provenance des puits, spécialement adaptés au forage du sol ou aux puits
• G01V 1/34 - Représentation des enregistrements sismiques
• E21B 7/04 - Forage dirigé
• G01V 1/42 - SéismologieProspection ou détection sismique ou acoustique spécialement adaptées au carottage en utilisant des générateurs dans un puits et des récepteurs dans un autre endroit ou vice versa

Abrégé

A method for locating diffractors in subsurface formations includes actuating at least two seismic energy sources at spaced apart locations. Seismic energy is detected in the formations resulting from actuation of the two sources. Signals corresponding to the detected seismic energy are processed to remove components related to direct arrivals from each source. Arrival times of seismic energy in the signals corresponding to energy diffracted from at least one diffractor are identified. The at least one is located diffractor in a plane using the identified arrival times.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01V 1/42 - SéismologieProspection ou détection sismique ou acoustique spécialement adaptées au carottage en utilisant des générateurs dans un puits et des récepteurs dans un autre endroit ou vice versa