Processing & Imaging

Simplified handling for larger and more complex seismic surveys

Echos™

New Feature	Customer Value
Model-based Ground Roll Attenuation (SWAMI) Ground roll attenuation by near surface elastic parameter estimation, surface wave modeling and adaptive subtraction. Near surface parameter estimation innovatively uses a genetic algorithm for search optimization. A fast surface wave modeling algorithm enables efficient use in a production environment.	Improved retention of seismic signal Improved support for point receiver survey acquisition Towards near surface Vp/Vs/Density model estimation ​
New residual statics estimation Combines multiple legacy solvers into a modern framework	More effective utilization of compute resources during residual statics estimation Improved support for modern survey geometries ​Simplified end user parameterization and workflows
5D Radon based Data Reconstruction Use of Radon-based data modeling 5D data reconstruction	Improved handling of aliasing in 5D Data Reconstruction Sparser representation in transform domain for improved signal/noise separation Suitable for modern and legacy data acquisition ​
New workflows for seismic survey geometry information New workflows for reviewing and merging seismic survey geometry information with seismic data	Improved, interactive QC of seismic survey geometry information Simplified workflow for merging marine seismic survey information with the seismic data More effective utilization of compute resources during automated bin grid geometry estimation
Improved support for Coordinate Reference Systems	Improved conformance with industry standards such as the IOGP GIGS process Improved support for merging legacy seismic surveys Consistency with evolving industry standards and customer expectations
New workflow for extended binning	​Interactive analysis and determination of extended binning parameters New space saving implementation avoiding data duplication
Enhancements to the Echos Parallel Executive to support Parallel I/O for seismic files	Improved single workflow seismic I/O performance Improved utilization of high-performance file systems ​Improved flexibility for workflow management in production environments
Enable File Management operation in Echos batch workflows	Enhanced workflow automation by avoiding blocking interactive operations Improved flexibility for workflow-based data management in a production environment
Support for wavelet-based compression of prestack seismic data	Significant space saving for relevant P&I workflows Improved flexibility for workflow management in production environments
Echos Model/Event/Attribute update Enables 64-bit storage for headers and coordinates	Improved support for very large surveys Improved support for merging legacy surveys Improved support for high-resolution engineering surveys
Updated Echos Interactive Application – Wavelet Utility and Seismic Database Utility	Improved, modern UI for required product functionality Updated infrastructure, providing a modern extensible framework for wavelet operations

GeoDepth™

New Feature	Customer Value
High-resolution tomography (Sparse A implementation) 3D Tomography Build stage supports working with Sparse A matrix representation (in addition to ATA ) Reduces memory requirements Support for Continue mode and fault tolerance	Higher resolution updates result in more accurate velocity models, especially important in shallow models Significantly shorter project cycle times No time loss caused by hardware failure
Fine-tune model-based Tomography for complex structures (faults and multi-value horizons)  Use the 3D displacements calculated by tomography to automatically rebuild the model in SKUA Display 3D displacement in 3D Canvas for QC.	Geologically consistent output models after Tomography No need to reinterpret and rebuild the model – a huge time saver  Effective QC of depth model updates
Support for time-preserving Tomography (TPT) workflow for complex models Mis-tie values calculated in SKUA can be directly saved to pencils  Enables storing mis-tie values for multi-value horizons	For models of any level of complexity, users can minimize mis-ties between well markers and the structural model in depth, in a way that is both automated and maintains geophysical consistency
New 2D Kirchhoff depth migration Based on 3D running on multi-2D lines New GUI: Script saving, memory evaluation, tooltips	Higher productivity through automatic generation of scripts for multi-2D lines  Improved results due to additional parametrization (more control)
2D Illumination Studies Interactive ray tracing in 3D Canvas On-the-fly ray filtering to help study ray behavior	Enables QC for 2D tomography and 2D migrations Compatibility between 2D and 3D solutions – improved user experience ​
2D model builder Support for multi-line 2D Modern UI Launch from 2D Section	Improved usability
Velocity Section manipulation stand-alone utility Velocity Section creation Vertical Functions, horizons, crossplot functions Formation section creation Anisotropic section creation (Delta/Alpha/Dip) Support for multi-line 2D Modern UI Launch from Session Manager	Improved usability
Kirchhoff Enhancements Variable Binning Interactive utility for calculating bin sizes so that number of traces is equal in each bin Migration supports reading variable bins saved in file headers or from external file Vornoi weights have been adjusted to support variable bin sizes	Improved amplitude balancing for land data
New Ray-based Re-depthing Workflow Add Normal Incidence Modeling (Depth>Time) Applied with migration velocity volume Time horizons stored as pencils can be QCd in 3D Canvas Normal Incidence Map migration (Time -> Depth) Applied with various perturbed velocity volumes Enables quick check of the effect of velocity errors on the depth/velocity model	Provides a simple and accurate workflow for measuring depth velocity model uncertainty.
Improved 3D Gather Support Support for operations on OVT gathers Full support for OVT gathers for trace by trace operations (VVAZ/VAZ workfows) 3D offset to angle conversion Continuity filter for OVT gathers	Fully utilize OVT gathers for depth velocity model building workflows and for fracture analysis based on AVAZ/VVAZ

EarthStudy 360™

New Feature	Customer Value
Orthorhombic Velocity Analysis Improvements (VVAz Workflow) A new layer-based analysis method based on extracting effective parameters by curve fitting to autopicker results The effective parameters are saved to pencils and can be QCd in 3D Canvas Includes a fourth order correction resulting in accurate, automatic calculations of fourth order parameters required for the workflow.	Provides more accurate calculation of the azimuthal dependent effective parameters. Saving the effective parameters to pencils results in improved QC ​Improved automation and accuracy, no need to scan data for multiple parameters

Infrastructure

New Feature	Customer Value
Prestack Seismic Compression Stores Epos™ seismic datasets in a format that uses wavelet-based decomposition and compression of seismic data Achieves very high levels of compression without significant degradation of the seismic data signal.	Significant storage space savings The new format is integrated into applications in a transparent, easy to use manner.