Experience in Conducting Field Seismic Surveys Using High-Performance “Slip-Sweep” Technology

Abstract

The latest major technological change in seismic surveys at the sites of the NOVATEK Group of Companies is the use of high-performance sleep-sweep vibroseismic exploration technology.The total volume of work performed in the NOVATEK Group of Companies using the sleep-sweep technology has currently exceeded 20 000 square kilometers.As part of the assessment of the efficiency and prospects of the sleep-sweep, the article analyzes the optimization possibilities, as well as the risks and difficulties in implementing the technology, analyzes the performance of the sleep-sweep in the conditions of the Arctic region, and presents a methodology for predicting daily productivity, applicable for designing and assessing the technical and economic indicators of research.

Keywords

• high-performance vibroseismic survey
• vibrogram processing
• quality improvement
• quality control
• correlograms
• performance forecast