Least-squares Kirchoff PSDM with a local based inversion approach and compensation for limitations in modeling

Reliable seismic amplitudes are crucial for the estimation of rock properties. In conventional depth imaging, amplitudes and resolution will be influenced by propagation effects in the imaging model. These limitations origin from the formulation of the migration operator, implemented as the adjoint rather than the inverse of modeling. Least-squares migration (LSM) tries to eliminate these effects and resolve the real reflectivity model. In this study, we make use of a newly developed local calibrated image-domain Kirchhoff least-squares migration to deconvolve the system response from the depth migrated gathers. We demonstrate how the inversion de-blurs the image and adjusts the prestack amplitude response, following better the expected response from well synthetic. The method is demonstrated on a North Sea dataset from the Viking Graben area, covering the Verdandi/Lille Prinsen discovery.