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Feasibility Study of using AVO Inversion for S-wave Information from UHR Seismic Data
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 86th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, Jun 2025, Volume 2025, p.1 - 5
Abstract
Summary
The development of many offshore wind-farms around the world is one way to reduce CO2 emissions in the atmosphere. Each new offshore wind-energy site needs to be characterized to find the optimal locations for the monopiles or other wind-turbine infrastructure. For a global investigation this characterization is usually done with seismic surveys, in order to get a good view on the first 100m of the subsurface. The main seismic parameter that can be well defined from acoustic reflection measurements is the P-wave velocity of the subsurface layers, while the subsurface strength is much better coupled to the shear wave velocity or the related shear-wave modulus. One way to obtain such information from marine reflection seismic data is via AVO information embedded in PP reflections. However, the typical low values for the S-wave velocities in the first 10s of meters below the sea-bottom make it not a favorable parameter to estimate. Therefore, based on synthetic data modeling, the feasibility of estimated S-wave velocity information from marine reflection data is investigated. Different scenarios with varying maximum offset are investigated, where the conclusion is that the ability to retrieve accurate S-wave velocity information is limited, but can be improved by acquiring more offsets
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