Time lapse marine seismic surveying employing interpolated multicomponent streamer pressure data

Abstract

In a first aspect, a method for use in a time lapse, marine seismic survey includes accessing a set of acquired, multicomponent seismic data; and interpolating a set of time lapse seismic data from the acquired seismic data. In other aspects, a program storage medium is encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computing device, perform the above method and a computing apparatus programmed to perform one or more of such methods.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A computing apparatus, comprising:
 a processor;   a bus system; and   a storage communicating with the processor over the bus system; and   an application residing on the storage that, when invoked by the processor over the bus system, performs a method for use in a time lapse, towed array, marine seismic survey, the method including:
 accessing a set of marine multicomponent seismic data comprising pressure and particle motion data acquired in a towed array, marine survey; and 
 interpolating or extrapolating a set of time lapse seismic data from the acquired marine multicomponent seismic data. 
   
     
     
         2 . The computing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein interpolating the time lapse seismic data in the method includes intrapolating or extrapolating the time lapse seismic data. 
     
     
         3 . The computing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein accessing or extrapolating the time lapse seismic data in the method includes both interpolating and extrapolating a set of time lapse seismic data. 
     
     
         4 . The computing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein accessing the set of acquired, marine multicomponent seismic data in the method includes accessing a set of legacy data. 
     
     
         5 . The computing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein interpolating or extrapolating the set of time lapse seismic data in the method includes interpolating or extrapolating a set of time lapse multicomponent seismic data. 
     
     
         6 . The computing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
 accessing a set of legacy multicomponent seismic data; and   interpolating or extrapolating a second set of time lapse seismic data from the legacy multicomponent seismic data.   
     
     
         7 . The computing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the acquired, marine multicomponent seismic data was acquired in a baseline survey. 
     
     
         8 . The computing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the acquired, marine multicomponent seismic data was acquired in a time lapse survey.