Geostatistically Constrained Seismic Deconvolution

Abstract

We present a method for combining seismic deconvolution and geostatistical interpolation. Both problems are posed as a single joint inverse problem in the maximum likelihood framework. Joint inversion allows for well data to improve the deconvolution results and, conversely, allows the seismic data to improve the interpolation of well data. Traditional interpolation and trace-by-trace deconvolution are special cases of the joint inverse problem. Inversion is performed on 2-D and 3-D field data sets.