Sea water parameters, i.e. salinity, temperature and tidal are always
vary in value. Variations in the water column can be divided into two
categories. Firstly, tides, weather, and currents can affect the
elevation of the sea surface. Secondly, changes in salinity and water
temperature can induce variation in water velocity. Variations in the
water column at a three-dimensional survey can induce time shift,
resulting in a lateral discontinuity in crossline section.
This final project is to discuss how far the changes in salinity and
temperature, changes in tidal height and change of both in
simultaneously (the effect of water column) can affect the continuity
of crossline reflection on a acquisition survey. This study is started
from the discovery of high temperature and salinity values of a sea
water to determine water velocity. For the modeling, seismic velocity
and tidal values are simulated randomly to simulate a sailline.
From the result it can be concluded that for the marine
acquisition with a depth of 1000 m, tides up to 12 meters can cause
timeshift by 12 ms. Sea water velocity that varies from 1493 m/s up to
1503 m/s can cause up to 12 ms time shift, while 2 meters in tidal
difference and 3 m/s in velocity variation can be ignored. Effects of
water column consisting of water velocity variations and tidal
variations can cause up to 25 ms time shift. If not corrected, this
large time shift would cause lateral discontinuities in crossline
section.
2. Bandung Institute of Technology
Change of Sea water temperature and
the effect on seismic velocity
Water Column effect on Seismic Data
3. > Why?
• Lots of marine survey nowadays,
• Sea water property is complex and
fluctuated.
• Marine survey takes time.
Water Column Effect on Seismic Data Processing
4. > Sea Temperature:
Where & When the temperature is extreme?
Water Column Effect on Seismic Data Processing
Spatial:
Temporal:
> January - March > April - June > October - December
5. Water Column Effect on Seismic Data Processing
Mackenzie Equation :
c(D,S,T) = 1448.96 + 4.591T - 5.304 x 10-2T2 + 2.374 x 10-4T3
+ 1.340 (S-35) + 1.630 x 10-2D + 1.675 x 10-7D2 -
1.025 x 10-2T(S - 35) - 7.139 x 10-13TD3
T = Temperature
S = Salinity
D =Depth
Validity range:
• Temperature : 2° - 30°C
• Salinity : 25 - 45 ‰
• Depth :0 - 8000 m
> How to get:
seismic velocity of the sea water
6. > The result:
seismic velocity of the sea water: 1480 m/s to 1540 m/s
Water Column Effect on Seismic Data Processing
7. > Day Variation:
Sea Water Seismic Velocity Variation per Day
sailline kecepatan (m/s)
B-1 1493
B-2 1495
B-3 1497
B-4 1500
B-5 1503
B-6 1500
B-7 1497
B-8 1495
B-9 1493
B-10 1495
B-11 1497
B-12 1500
B-13 1503
B-14 1500
B-15 1497
sailline kecepatan (m/s)
B-16 1495
B-17 1493
B-18 1495
B-19 1497
B-20 1500
B-21 1503
B-22 1500
B-23 1497
B-24 1495
B-25 1493
B-26 1495
B-27 1497
B-28 1500
B-29 1503
B-30 1500
Avg. Velocity var iation per day : 1493 m/s – 1503 m/s
speed
time
9. > Principles :
Processing seismic data
Water Column Effect on Seismic Data Processing
Adding the wiggles:
Stacking = summing every trace to a one reflection point
10. Fine, that just a single line.
What about coverage an area like this?
Subsea World News Staff , November 22, 2011; Image: Octanex
11. > 3D seismic acquisition:
Coverage an area
Water Column Effect on Seismic Data Processing
Inline
Sailline 5
Sailline 2
Sailline 3
Sailline 4
Sailline 1
Sailline 6
Sailine …
Sailline 30
Crossline
12. If the temperature of the sea water is changing,
What the effect to the seismic data?
13. > Modelling:
Create a crossline section
Water Column Effect on Seismic Data Processing
Sailline
Sailline 5
Sailline 2
Sailline 3
Sailline 4
Sailline 1
Sailline 6
Sailine …
Sailline 30
Crossline
24. > Velocity Variation:
Water Colum: Tidal included
Water Column Variation :
Variation of sea water velocity.
+
Variation of Tidal
(Lacombe et al, 2009)
Tidal Velocity Variation
sailline tidal (m) kecepatan (m/s)
1 0 1493
2 12 1495
3 0 1497
4 12 1500
5 0 1503
6 2 1500
7 10 1497
8 2 1495
9 10 1493
10 2 1495
11 4 1497
12 8 1500
13 4 1503
….. … ….
30 10 1500
25. > Graph:
Crossline with sea water seimic velocity variation + tidal
Water Column Effect on Seismic Data Processing
1325
1330
1335
1340
1345
1350
1355
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
TWT(ms)
Penampang Crossline
efek pasut efek kecepatan efek kombinasi ideal
Tidal velocity change both
1325
1330
1335
1340
1345
1350
1355
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
TWT(ms)
Crossline
efek pasut efek kecepatan efek kombinasi ideal
26. > Graph:
Crossline with water velocity variation + tidal
Water Column Effect on Seismic Data Processing
1325
1330
1335
1340
1345
1350
1355
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
TWT(ms)
Penampang Crossline
efek pasut efek kecepatan efek kombinasi ideal
27. Just 25 milisecond shifting?
From a 6 second seismic image?
Its it worthed?
28. If velocity of this layer = 4000 m/s then 25 milisecond is 100 meter
29.
30. > Reference
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If we want to know how big the effect of sea water temperature to the seismic data,Then we have to take an extreme case. We want to know where and when the temperature is high
Persamaanempirikdigunakanuntukmenghitungkecepatansuaradalam air laut
Dengan rumus mackenzie
This is the average velocity variation per day.Because of thesun,temperature in sea surface can differ up to 6 degrees celsiuxSamahalnyadenganvariasipasangsurut, kecepatan air lautjugabervariasiterhadapwaktu. Variasi yang akanditekankandisiniadalahvariasiharianakibattemperatur. Akibatpaparansinarmatahari, temperaturdipermukaan air lautdapatberbeda 6 derajatCelcius. Dalamsimulasiininilaikecepatan air lautdivariasikanantara 1493 m/s hingga 1503 m/s.
Now we talk about seismic acquisition
If we want to covarage an area, the acquisition ship must be make a single line survey, an turn back to make another line.So that make an area.
This is the simplemovement of the shipAs you see, after make sailine number 1, the ship must turn back to make sailine number 2.and so on.
So back to the problem,If the temperature of the sea water is changing,What the effect to the seismic data?
To know this, we must simulate a seismic survey, just to get a single crossline image to know the lateral change of seismic data
Imagine a single line acquisition Iniadalahcontoh model yang dibuatmemakai software GX-2Untukmembuatsuatupenampangcrossline, makauntuksetiapkasusvariasidibuat 30 model yang posisinya parallel satusama lain sehinggasetiap model merepresentasikamsatusailinedenganmenggunakan software GX-II. Setiap model sailinedibuatdenganpanjanglintasan 2400 meter, dengan first trace offest 100m offset increment 12,5 m danjumlah geophone 192 (akibatkomputasihanya 185 yang terekamoleh GX-II)Klik video:Untukpenyederhanaankarenahanyasatu CDP yang digunakanpadasailinemakadigunaankonfigurasipenembakankesatutitiksehinggasetiap model menghasilkansatu shot CDP gather untukkemudiandi NMO dengankecepatan yang berbeda-bedatiapmodelnyasertadi stack
Imagine a single line acquisition Iniadalahcontoh model yang dibuatmemakai software GX-2Untukmembuatsuatupenampangcrossline, makauntuksetiapkasusvariasidibuat 30 model yang posisinya parallel satusama lain sehinggasetiap model merepresentasikamsatusailinedenganmenggunakan software GX-II. Setiap model sailinedibuatdenganpanjanglintasan 2400 meter, dengan first trace offest 100m offset increment 12,5 m danjumlah geophone 192 (akibatkomputasihanya 185 yang terekamoleh GX-II)Klik video:Untukpenyederhanaankarenahanyasatu CDP yang digunakanpadasailinemakadigunaankonfigurasipenembakankesatutitiksehinggasetiap model menghasilkansatu shot CDP gather untukkemudiandi NMO dengankecepatan yang berbeda-bedatiapmodelnyasertadi stack
This is result of the shot response in CDP gather
Ini adalah contoh NMO gather dari gambar di atas
Setelah di NMO Lalu kemudian setelah di stack sehingga akan menghasilkan satu trace CDP untuk setiap modelKlik gerak:Dan cdp-cdp tersebut digabungkan untuk mencitrakan satu penampang crossline
To know this, we must simulate a seismic survey, just to get a single crossline image to know the lateral change of seismic data
Ini adalah hasil crossline dengan variasi kolom air
(Variasi temporal kecepatan air laut pada kasus ini dapat menyebabkan statik hingga 12 ms untuk kecepatan 1493 m/s - 1503 m/s dan menyebabkan timeshift sebesar 4 ms untuk setiap 3 m/s perubahan kecepatan. Pada Gambar 4.2 tidak terlihat timeshift antara kecepatan 1495 m/s dan 1497 m/s sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa variasi dengan perbedaan kecepatan 2 m/s dapat diabaikan.)
(Variasi temporal kecepatan air laut pada kasus ini dapat menyebabkan statik hingga 12 ms untuk kecepatan 1493 m/s - 1503 m/s dan menyebabkan timeshift sebesar 4 ms untuk setiap 3 m/s perubahan kecepatan. Pada Gambar 4.2 tidak terlihat timeshift antara kecepatan 1495 m/s dan 1497 m/s sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa variasi dengan perbedaan kecepatan 2 m/s dapat diabaikan.)
(Seperti yang diketahui bahwa varisi dari efek pasang surut dan efek temporal kecepatan bergerak dengan pola yang harmonis, tetapi gabungan kedua efek tersebut pada kolom air menghasilkan timeshift yang terlihat acak. Kombinasi variasi temporal kecepatan dan variasi pasang surut ini juga menyebabkan nilai timeshift kolom air menjadi lebih besar daripada timeshift maksimum yang dihasilkan oleh variasi temporal kecepatan ataupun variasi pasang surut. Minimum TWT nya adalah 1328 dan maksimum pada TWT 1353 sehingga mempunyai selisih timeshift hingga 25 ms yang bila tidak dikoreksi akan menyebabkan diskontinuitas lateral pada penampang crossline. Variasi kolom air dengan timeshift yang besar ini perlu dikoreksi agar reflektifitas crossline lebih kontinyu. )
Untuksimulasi kali ini, nilaiVariasikolom air didapatdarikombinasivariasipasangsurutsertavariasi temporal kecepatan air laut. Untuksimulasiini, variasikolom air didapatdenganmenggabungkanvariasipasutdanvariasi temporal kecepatan air lautsebelumnyaseperti yang dijabarkanpadaTabelberikut:
Necessary?Well, its depent.
But if the seismic image is converted to depth.Let say the velocity of the rock 4000 m/s. so 25 milisecond is about 100 meter difference.So its up to you, is 100 meter difference is important? And you sure you wouldn’t miss anything?Remember, it’s a static correction. Which means,every object in the seismic image is shifting with the same amount