Shallow Water Hi-Resolution Combined Streamer and Ocean Bottom “Hybrid” Seismic Acquisition in the Middle East

Summary The Arabian Basin contains some of the world’s largest fields and has a long and successful track record of exploration and production. To maximize field potential, E&P companies are embracing the latest innovations, leveraging new technology to improve sub-surface knowledge through advanced seismic acquisition and processing techniques. Until 2019, the case study, outlined in this abstract, was covered by 2D seismic exploration lines and focused 3D surveys acquired in the 1990s. Ocean bottom cable data was acquired over “Field One” and towed streamer over “Field Three”. Both datasets had been reprocessed a number of times, with the most recent performed approximately 10 years after acquisition. However, the inherent limitations in the legacy data had now been reached and there was a requirement for new seismic to be acquired.