Azimuth Decomposition of SBL Data

P232 Azimuth Decomposition of SBL Data F.A. Maao* (EMGS AS) S.E. Johnstad (Hydro O&E) P.T. Gabrielsen (EMGS AS) & M. Panzner (EMGS AS) SUMMARY Seabed logging data are traditionally acquired along a line and can often be compared and interpreted directly. When data is acquired with different geometry and the source is no longer pointing towards the receiver this interpretation can be difficult. We consider an azimuth decomposition which takes into account the 3D acquisition geometry and that recovers the inline response under a plane layer assumption. We show that this approach can be used when this assumption is violated.