Acquiring OBN Seismic for CCS in the Complex Environment of Luconia Province

Summary For decades, the P-wave has been the preferred mode in seismic acquisition, due to its simplicity compared to S-waves. While many reservoirs were discovered using compressional waves, there is increasingly a demand for shear wave recording due to the inherently different response to the rock properties; hence S-wave data provides an additional insight to resolve the subsurface maze. This paper demonstrates that by leveraging on the data processing and imaging, seismic data fidelity can be improved, whilst minimizing acquisition cost.