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Predictive deconvolution by frequency domain Wiener filtering

MICHAEL K. BROADHEAD1 CHRISTOPHER L. LINER2 TADEUSZ J. ULRYCH3 SVEN TREITEL4
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1 Saudi Aramco, P.O. Box 1372, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia.,
2 Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204, U.S.A.,
3 Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4.,
4 TriDekon, Inc., 6 E. 5th St., Suite 308, Tulsa, OK 74103-4430, U.S.A.,
JSE 2009, 18(4), 347–356;
Submitted: 9 June 2025 | Revised: 9 June 2025 | Accepted: 9 June 2025 | Published: 9 June 2025
© 2025 by the Authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

Broadhead, M.K., Liner, C.L., Ulrych, T.J. and Treitel, S., 2009. Predictive deconvolution by frequency domain Wiener filtering. Journal of Seismic Exploration, 18: 347-356. Predictive deconvolution operator design and application is normally accomplished in the time domain. We study the problem of implementing this algorithm in the frequency domain, the key to which is an alternative formulation of prediction filtering than is normally presented. We find that a significant speed-up is possible, but only for longer than normal operator lengths. However, we give evidence that such operator lengths can improve multiple attenuation. We also discuss some other possible advantages that are still under investigation.

Keywords
deconvolution
linear prediction
multiples
FFT
frequency domain
prediction filter
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