Radon transform-based microseismic event detection and signal-to-noise ratio enhancement

We present an adaptive filtering method to denoise downhole microseismic data. The methodology uses the apex-shifted parabolic Radon transform. The algorithm is implemented in two steps. In the first step we apply the apex-shifted parabolic Radon transform to the normalized root mean square envelope...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Sabbione, Juan Ignacio; Sacchi, Mauricio D.; Velis, Danilo Ruben
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2015
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/45978
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/45978
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Microseismic
Denosing
Adaptive Filtering
Radon Transform
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Summary:We present an adaptive filtering method to denoise downhole microseismic data. The methodology uses the apex-shifted parabolic Radon transform. The algorithm is implemented in two steps. In the first step we apply the apex-shifted parabolic Radon transform to the normalized root mean square envelope of the microseismic data to detect the presence of an event. The Radon coefficients are efficiently calculated by restricting the integration paths of the Radon operator. In a second stage, a new (preconditioned) Radon transform is applied to individual components to enhance the recorded signal. The denoising is posed as an inverse problem preconditioned by the Radon coefficients obtained in the previous step. The algorithm was tested with synthetic and field datasets that were recorded with a vertical array of receivers. The method performs rapidly due to the parabolic approximation making it suitable for real-time monitoring. The P? and S?wave direct arrivals are properly denoised for high to moderate signal-to-noise ratio records.