GEDCO's Borehole Geophysics Team focuses on Vertical Seismic Profiling (VSP). VSP consists of seismic images created by measuring seismic signal generated at the surface of the earth and recorded by geophones secured at various depths in a well bore.

The Borehole Geophysics Team offers state of the art design, acquisition QC, data processing and interpretation of VSPs.

The VSP Team can handle all forms of VSPs from simple Zero Offset VSPs , to complex Far Offset and Walk-Away VSPs, all the way up to 3D VSPs.

Primary Advantages of VSP

• Accurately determine velocities to tie with surface seismic
• Easily identify multiples and primaries
• Delineate faults
• Determine the dip of primary reflectors
• Determine optimal Deconvolution operators
• Correlate with well logs and surface seismic
• Image below the drill bit
• Higher Frequency data
• Lower Attenuation due to one-way travel times
• Image feature near the borehole

Vertical Seismic Profile (VSP) Services Offered at GEDCO

• VSP Survey Design
• VSP Acquisition
• VSP Field QC
• VSP Processing
• VSP Interpretation

VSP Survey Design

• Using GEDCO's own OMNI 3D® Survey Design & Modeling software
• Near Offsets
• Multi-Offsets / Walkaways
• Full 3D VSP’s

• Near Offsets
• Far Offsets
• Walkaways
• 3D VSP’s

VSP Processing

• Using GEDCO's own VISTA® 2D/3D Seismic Data Processing software
• Near Offsets
• Far Offsets
• Walkaways
• 3D VSP’s

VSP Interpretation Services

• Full suite of VSP interpretation
• Q Analysis
• Vp Vs
• Inversion
• AVO Analysis
• Analysis of Multiples

Tradition of Excellence in International VSP Services

Since 2004, GEDCO has successfully completed projects in the following countries:

Brochures (PDF)
Q&A with Rick Kuzmiski on Vertical Seismic Profiles (VSPs')