Real-Time Marine Seismic Acquisition and Processing

The SEG will host a post-convention workshop at the annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas (September 2019) entitled Real-Time Processing for Large-Scale Streaming Seismic Data. Two relevant questions on the processing of seismic data streamed in real time from field acquisition are, How can real-time processing make a difference in operations and decisions and what are the current bottlenecks? and How do data acquisition systems shape real-time processing workflows? I address these issues in the context of towed streamer marine seismic operations where streaming is dependent upon available geostationary satellite bandwidth.