Buscador Near-Shore 2D Seismic Survey

Mad Mex – Mapping Mexican Offshore Potential

The Buscador Shallow-Water 2D Seismic Survey comprises approximately 11,100 line kilometers, providing a remarkable enhancement in data quality, revealing untapped exploration potential within the globally recognised prospective Mexican near-shore area. The survey is designed to tie key wells to create a comprehensive tectonic landscape to carry out thorough basin modelling and seismic stratigraphic analysis of this promising area. A vast array of salt pillows and diapirs populate the subsurface of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), highlighting the need for state-of-the-art processing sequences to attain precise seismic imaging.

The Buscador Survey covers both proven mature and semi-mature regions and ventures into previously unexplored areas with limited or no prior drilling activity. Paying meticulous consideration to precise well ties ensures an accurate, cost-effective dataset, equipping explorers to formulate regional interpretations. Furthermore, for this survey, both gravity and magnetic data have been collected and processed, fortifying the dataset.

Project Size

11,100 km

Project Partners

BGP

Acquisition Parameters

Acquisition Year: 2016
Vessel: BGP Pioneer
Streamer: Sercel Sentinel Solid Active Section
Source Volume: 4280 cu.in
Source Depth: 6m
Streamer Length: 10,050m / 6,000m
Number of Streamers: 1
Streamer Seperation: n/a
Shot Interval: 25m/37.5m
Record Length: min 8/14 sec
Sample Rate: 2ms

Deliverables

Processing: DownUnder Geosolutions
Processing Flow: Kirchhoff PSDM

Final PSDM Full Angle Stack (in time and depth),
Final True Amplitude PSDM Angle Stacks (Full, Near, Mid, Far, & Ultrafar) (time and depth),
Final PSDM CDP Gathers with residual RMO (in time),
Final Imaging Velocity Field (in time and depth),
Final Smoothed Imaging