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Survey geometry

Each 3-D survey consists of 301 shots fired into a fixed array of 480 receivers, as shown in Figure 3. Each shotpoint consists of a small dynamite charge (50 g) fired in a shot hole at 15 m depth. Each receiver is a single hydrophone immersed in water at 7 m depth. Frequencies in the data exceed 200 Hz at a 1 ms sample interval. The maximum offset in the data is 480 m, with a good range of offset and azimuthal coverage. Maximum fold is 80 in the center of the pattern, and 24 at the edges of the hexagon of producing wells. Figure 4 shows the CMP bin centers for each 3-D survey, and Figure 5 shows the spatially variable CMP fold coverage. A complete 3-D survey can be acquired in one working day.


 
Table 1: Timeline for steam injection and time-lapse seismic surveys.
DATE EVENT ELAPSED TIME
July 1992 baseline survey -1 month
August 1992 start steam injection 0 months
October 1992 monitor 1 survey 2 months
January 1993 monitor 2 survey 5 months
May 1993 monitor 3 survey 9 months
September 1993 monitor 4 survey 13 months
March 1994 monitor 5 survey 19 months
 

 
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Figure 3
Overlain shot and receiver locations of the 4-D monitor survey. Shots are marked ``x'', and receivers are marked ``o''.
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Figure 4
CMP bin-center locations of the 4-D monitor survey.
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Figure 5
CMP spatially-variable fold of the 4-D monitor survey.
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Stanford Exploration Project
11/12/1997