Good Migration Enhances Resolution SLIDE 17 Here is a seismic line with two types of migration: On the left a standard (fast,cheap) migration algorithm was used On the right, a more sophisticated (more time, money, people-hours) algorithm was used Note the fault on each image The termination of reflections are much sharper on the right; the fault can be more precisely drawn On the left the reflection terminations are more “smeared” since the lateral resolution is much lower Standard Migration High-end Migration Courtesy of ExxonMobil L 9 – Seismic Resolution