Abstract: A system and method for seismic imaging of a complex subsurface volume of interest may include generating partial image gathers, aligning each of the partial image gathers based on frequency-dependent phase information to created aligned partial image gathers, and stacking the aligned partial image gathers to produce a seismic image of the subsurface.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and article of manufacture for generating images of a subsurface region are disclosed. The method includes obtaining seismic data and an earth model related to the subsurface region, forward propagating a source wavefield through the earth model for a limited time range dependent on a first travel time and a second travel time, backward propagating a receiver wavefield through the earth model for the limited time range dependent on the first travel time and the second travel time, and applying an imaging condition to the forward propagated source wavefield and backward propagated receiver wavefield to generate images related to the subsurface region. The first travel time is a length of time taken by seismic energy to travel from a seismic source to an image point in the subsurface region and the second travel time is a length of time taken by seismic energy to travel from a seismic receiver to the image point in the subsurface region.

Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method for accounting for temporal dispersion in low-order finite difference seismic wave propagation is disclosed. An embodiment of the method includes transforming a seismic dataset from time domain to frequency domain to obtain a frequency-domain seismic dataset, applying a frequency-domain time varying filter to the frequency-domain seismic dataset to obtain a filtered frequency-domain seismic dataset, and transforming the filtered frequency-domain seismic dataset from the frequency domain to the time domain to obtain a time-domain filtered seismic dataset. The frequency-domain time varying filter is based on the effective phase velocity inherent in a finite-difference solution to the wave equation. The frequency-domain time varying filter may be applied to a synthetic seismic dataset that was generated by low-order finite difference modeling. A different frequency-domain time varying filter may be applied to recorded seismic data prior to reverse time migration.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a system and a shot illumination compensation method implemented on a computer system for imaging a subsurface formation. The method includes receiving, by the computer system, seismic data produced by an acoustic energy source and reflected by the subsurface formation; and generating, by the computer system, an image of the subsurface formation based on the seismic data and a spatially varying damping parameter.

Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method for accounting for temporal dispersion in low-order finite difference seismic wave propagation is disclosed. An embodiment of the method includes transforming a seismic dataset from time domain to frequency domain to obtain a frequency-domain seismic dataset, applying a frequency-domain time varying filter to the frequency-domain seismic dataset to obtain a filtered frequency-domain seismic dataset, and transforming the filtered frequency-domain seismic dataset from the frequency domain to the time domain to obtain a time-domain filtered seismic dataset. The frequency-domain time varying filter is based on the effective phase velocity inherent in a finite-difference solution to the wave equation. The frequency-domain time varying filter may be applied to a synthetic seismic dataset that was generated by low-order finite difference modeling. A different frequency-domain time varying filter may be applied to recorded seismic data prior to reverse time migration.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and article of manufacture for generating images of a subsurface region are disclosed. The method includes obtaining seismic data and an earth model related to the subsurface region, forward propagating a source wavefield through the earth model for a limited time range dependent on a first travel time and a second travel time, backward propagating a receiver wavefield through the earth model for the limited time range dependent on the first travel time and the second travel time, and applying an imaging condition to the forward propagated source wavefield and backward propagated receiver wavefield to generate images related to the subsurface region. The first travel time is a length of time taken by seismic energy to travel from a seismic source to an image point in the subsurface region and the second travel time is a length of time taken by seismic energy to travel from a seismic receiver to the image point in the subsurface region.