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Between July 2018 and January 2019, Shell acquired two vertical seismic profiling (VSP) surveys in two deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico by using a seismic while drilling (SWD) tool. Each survey included a rig source zero-offset VSP and a boat source offset VSP. The main objective of the surveys is to delineate the salt-sediment boundary at the salt base and flank. We design and execute the complex VSP surveys with emphasis on optimization, efficiency, and integration. We develop a comprehensive analysis and processing method to integrate P-wave sediment and salt proximities with converted PS salt proximity. We use SWD-VSP surveys to demonstrate how we define the salt boundary with the integrated results. Our results show that we can delineate the salt boundary with better accuracy and with a high degree of confidence. These successful VSP surveys provide significant business and technical value.

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