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Acquisition parameters for a 3D reflection survey must be designed to provide optimum imaging
at target depth subject to economic constraints. Shot and receiver lines must be positioned so as
to minimise acquisition footprint. In staged surveys, special attention is required to ensure
smooth merge zones.
Over the past decade Velseis has accumulated extensive experience in the design of high-
resolution 3D surveys. An important design tool is the MESA package from Green Mountain
Geophysics. The features of this industry-standard package include:
cost analysis
flex binning
INTRODUCTION
The basic normal starting point when designing a 3-D survey is to assume a flat earth model. Attributes
such as bin size and migration aperture expansion associated with the 3-D survey geometry can easily be
computed assuming constant dip at depth. When working with complex structures these basic assump-
tions can fail to provide the best answers needed in selecting 3-D survey geometry parameters for
numer- ous reasons. In order to better obtain 3-D survey parameters, PEMEX and Phillips performed
raytrace modeling on several structurally complex land pro- spects. The reflection point data was
analyzed and presented in attribute map form. A key series of acquisition attribute maps has been
selected to guide the explorationist in making acquisition parameter decisions. In this poster, several
unique types of acquisition attribute maps will be shown. 2. ILLUMINATION MAP The illumination map
shows the subsurface area that will be covered by reflections and the source/ receiver positions
associated with the reflection points. This map is normally generated in the pre- acquisition design
phase using normal incidence zero offset raytracing. Reflection points that fall within a subsurface target
area are displayed on the sub- surface illumination map. A complimentary map to this is the surface
source/receiver map which displays the source/receiver pairs of the illumination map reflections. The
illumin