The Next Advances in 3D Marine Acquisition

A17 THE NEXT ADVANCES IN 3D MARINE ACQUISITION 1 R. de Kok Geophenture Nijlande 27 9452VA Nijlande The Netherlands 1. Introduction Advances in electronics enabled the acquisition of high fold 3D and 4D seismic data. Over the last decades the number of recorded channels has increased continuously while the cost per trace dropped correspondingly. Within the scope of the technological advances quality limiting issues have only partly been addressed while efforts have mainly been directed towards further decreases in costs. This tendency has applied both to speculative- and proprietary- surveys. It has become apparent that the additional cost for quality