3D SRME Application in the Gulf of Mexico

G035 3D SRME Application in the Gulf of Mexico Summary 1 DECHUN LIN JERRY YOUNG YAN HUANG Veritas DGC Inc. 10300 Town Park Houston TX 77072 USA The effective removal of surface multiples is critical for imaging subsalt structures in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The widely used 2D surface-related multiple elimination (SRME) is inadequate for rugose reflectors. We extend the SRME methodology to three dimensions through the construction of high density and wide azimuth data. We demonstrate the success of our method with results from a case study. Introduction Strong contamination from surface multiples is one of the major