SEAM News SEAM Phase I Data available! 12 September 2013 | SEAM Phase I data sets and subsalt earth models now available
to the public for licensing The SEG Advanced Modeling (SEAM) Phase I research project on “Deepwater Subsalt Imaging” was successfully completed in July 2013. This joint industry project started in 2007 and involved geophysical experts from 24 participating companies. The budget of $5.2 million included $2.6 million provided by the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA) under Subcontract No. 07121-2001. The high resolution earth model includes complex salt and realistic stratigraphy over an area of 40km x 35km x 15km deep. Almost 500 Terrabytes of densely sampled geophysical data have been collected including an acoustic simulation, an acoustic simulation without sea surface multiples, an acoustic TTI anisotropic simulation, an elastic simulation, a gravity simulation, a CSEM simulation and a magnetotelluric simulation. These data provide high quality benchmarks for testing novel approaches to acquisition and processing including acquisition geometry, imaging algorithms, demultiple techniques, joint inversion of seismic and non-seismic data, VSP processing and Scholte wave investigations of sea floor engineering parameters. Data are available for licensing at www.seg.org/seam/data. Data include various versions of the model and “classic” subsets from the several simulations. The classic subsets have been designed to facilitate research into specific challenges, for example wide azimuth acquisition. Discounts are available to universities for research and educational uses. Learn more about SEAM Phase I and SEAM Phase II (Land Seismic Challenges) at www.seg.org/seam. | | | | | | |
