Patents Represented by Attorney Richard Schulte
  • Patent number: 7679990
    Abstract: A method for obtaining seismic data is disclosed. A constellation of seismic energy sources is translated along a survey path. The seismic energy sources include a reference energy source and a satellite energy source. The reference energy source is activated and the satellite energy source is activated at a time delay relative to the activation of the reference energy source. This is repeated at each of the spaced apart activation locations along the survey path to generate a series of superposed wavefields. The time delay is varied between each of the spaced apart activation locations. Seismic data processing comprises sorting the traces into a common geometry domain and replicating the traces into multiple datasets associated with each particular energy source. Each trace is time adjusted in each replicated dataset in the common-geometry domain using the time delays associated with each particular source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: E. Frederic Herkenhoff, Joseph P. Stefani