Data Driven Image Enhancement for the Drilling De-Risking in the Pre-Salt Exploration, Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Summary The great challenge for imaging in the Gulf of Suez is the complexity of geology, including the titled blocks with high-angle faults, post-depositional low-angle faults, and the layered evaporite sequence (LES). The legacy seismic data suffered from both insufficient illumination and significant contamination from multiples generated by LES. To resolve the issues described above, we created a tailored solution implemented on the recently acquired seismic data (short streamer and OBN), to specifically target the area of interest. We present the approach taken to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in the zone of interest that is located below the salt, with the objective of improving the structural details to aid the ongoing drilling campaign.