Convert SEG-D to SEG-Y

g-Platform can read raw SEG-D filed data and converts into SEG-Y or .gsd internal format. g-Platform supports the latest SEG-D revision version 3.1 besides revision version 0.0, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.1

SEG-D standard was first implemented in 1980 and later it was updated in the year 1994 and called as SEG-D Revision 1.0. With the increase in technology SEG-D was revised again in 1996. This revision was called as SEG-D revision 2.0. Later in the year 2006 more changes were implemented and it was known as SEG-D revision 2.1. In the year 2009, few more improvements made into the SEG-D thus results in a new revision named as SEG-D revision is 3.0. Now the latest SEG-D revision 3.1 was introduced in October, 2015. g-Platform can able to read all the SEG-D revisions including the latest revision 3.1

There are many different kinds of SEG-D formats from the beginning. The demultiplexed (or trace sequential) data formats are

8015		20-bit binary data
8022		8-bit quaternary exponent data
8024		16-bit quaternary exponent data
8036		24-bit 2's complement integer data
8038		32-bit 2's complement integer data
8042		8-bit hexadecimal exponent data
8044		16-bit hexadecimal exponent data
8048		32-bit IBM floating point format data
8058		32-bit IEEE floating point format data

Now a days we receive SEG-D data in an external hard disks but less likely on tape cartridges. There is a chief difference in external hard disk writing format and tape cartridge data format. In the case of external hard disks the data appears in a byte stream where as in the case of tape cartridges it will have boundaries between each trace written to tape cartridge.

Demultiplexed SEG-D tape cartridges consists of a header record followed by a number of demultiplexed data records and then a single EOF (End of File) mark. This sequence is repeated for each shot on the line. From SEG-D Rev 2 the writing of single file marks between shots is now optional.

Convert SEGD files into SEGY module will provide the SEGD header information by clicking the Vista Items. The major advantage of all the modules in g-Platform is about interactivity and ease of use in displaying QC items. In this SEGD modules also we can check various parameters by simple click on one tab and interactively look for various available information in the corresponding windows (tabs).

In order to get all the information about various SEGD parameters, one must click the “Read Headers”.

For example if the user is looking for the Acquisition Instrument manufacturers code or manufacturer’s serial number, user can get this information quickly by clicking on the selected shot or FFID in the Input file list tab and the corresponding information about the Manufacturer’s serial number etc will be displayed in the Header Name tab if user selects General #1 in the Headers table tab. There is plenty of information available for each header under the Header Name and the corresponding information will be displayed in the Headers Table Tab. The schematic diagram of the above explanation is shown below.

In the Channel Sets, it will provide the information about data channels, auxiliary channels, start and end times and number of channels etc.

In the Input file list tab, we can get all the information about the Seismic data like the SEGD file name and its corresponding FFID, Shot point, Data format, Sample Interval (ms), Trace Length (ms) and Total Traces.

From the Header Name tab, we can get the information about General Headers, Extended headers and External headers information.

Input type { Directory, File list } - there are two options to define the input files. Choose the appropriate option from the drop down menu.

InputType - Directory - this options allows the user to select the input files from a directory.

SEG-D source dir - provide the SEG-D files source directory path.

Look subfolders - it will check for the SEG-D files in case there are sub-directories inside the main source directory

InputType - File list - this allows the user to provide SEG-D input files.

Input files - provide the SEG-D files individually. To add input files, click on

. New pop up window opens. Click on inside the SEG-D source file name and click on "...". To select multiple files, hold Shift and select all the files.

Output file - in this section, the user should have various options to generate the output files.

Mode { Create Seg-Y file, Create time stamp file, Create all } - specify what type of output files needs to be generated.

Create Seg-Y file - It converts SEG-D files into SEG-Y files.

Create time stamp file - this option creates the time stamp file which holds all the information about the each and every SEG-D file, it's corresponding FFID and time.

Create all - it generates both SEG-Y and time stamp files.

File type { SEG-Y, GSD } - choose the output file type from the drop down menu.

SEG-Y - standard SEG-Y file

GSD - Geomage Standard Data file, which is an internal file.

Output type { Common file, Directory (split files) } - choose whether the output should be a single/combined file or create an individual SEG-Y file of each SEG-D file.

OutputType - Common file - this option allows the user to create a single SEG-Y file from all the input SEG-D files.

Output file name - provide the file and path name of the output SEG-Y file.

OutputType - Directory (split files) - this option generates individual SEG-Y file for each input SEG-D file.

Output directory - specify the output directory path. Inside this directory, all individual SEG-Y files will be saved.

Trace header format - If user selects the File Type as SEGY then user needs to select the appropriate SEGY trace header format. By Default its Geomage's SEGY trace header format.

Geomage format - Geomage trace header format is a SEG-Y rev 1.0 standard trace header format.

Advanced - there are few advanced parameters which may require for certain kind of input data.

Skip - specify how many bytes to skip while reading the input SEG-D files

Skip BOT - specify the how many bytes to skip at the Beginning Of Tape (BOT)

Skip EOT - specify how many bytes to skip at the Ending of Tape (EOT)

Buffer size - specify the buffer size in Mega Bytes (MB) to store the information in the memory

File detection - this section deals with the file detection.

Automatic define file separators - it will let the user to define the parameters required to automatically detect the individual files if the input SEG-D files are written into a single SEG-D file. To separate each individual SEG-D file, often time, we need to provide the file separator parameters. By default, FALSE (Unchecked). If YES (Checked), provide the following parameters

Check year - by checking the recording year, it separates the files. By default, YES (Checked).

Check manufacturer - it checks the recording instrument manufacturer information. By default, YES (Checked).

Automatic define skip size - it will automatically defines the skip size by analyzing the input data. By default, FALSE (Unchecked).

Apply MP factor - it applies the Multiplication factor present in the headers information of the input SEG-D file. By default, FALSE (Unchecked).

Convert wgs84 to utm - converts the geodetic coordinates from WGS 84 to UTM. By default, FALSE (Unchecked).

Split output Seg-Y - this section deals with splitting of SEG-Y output file. If Split output SEG-Y is TRUE (Checked), it will split the files as per the time tolerance value. Each file has a time stamp, based on the time stamp, it will split the data.

Time tolerance - specify the time tolerance value to split the output SEG-Y file. By default, 60 minutes. In case multiple lines are recorded in the same input file and combined as a single file, this time tolerance will identify the difference between two different sail lines by looking at the time stamp values. In Marine seismic, the vessel/boat makes a turn to start a new sail line. For this, it will take more than 60 minutes some times even more.

Experimental -

Automatic detect begin of traces - automatically detects the beginning of the traces.

Number of coincidences - number of bytes that are checked at the beginning of the trace to detect starting positions of the traces

FFID check { Weak (last half bytes), Exact, None } - checks the beginning of the traces by FFID

SEG-D version - select the appropriate SEG-D revision from the drop down menu. By default, SEG-D Revision 1.

Additional headers - these are additional headers where the user can extract additional headers information by providing the Start byte, Block number, Format, Field (Header). These additional headers are different for different recording instruments. This is NOT a mandatory parameter and the user can ignore it if not required.

General headers - located at the beginning of the SEGD file. It contains global information like SEG-D revision, acquisition date & time, sample format, no of sample, record length, recording system etc.

Channel sets - contains gain settings, filters types, receiver information (geophone, hydrophone) etc.

Extended headers - these are additional trace headers information beyond general headers information. This contains meta data like survey parameters, navigation information, custom fields defined by the recording instrument etc.

External headers - these are extra headers information which is linked to SEG-D files but in a separate file. This is used when the SEG-D internal header exceeds it's capacity.

Trace header - it contains the trace information such as trace number, trace identification, recording time breaks, source and receiver coordinates, trace gain etc.

Trace header extension - any additional meta beyond the standard trace header information like auxiliary trace information etc.

Stop in error case - in case there is an issue within one of the input SEG-D files, it will stop the workflow and won't continue further.

Convert trace type Seg-D to Seg-Y - By default, FALSE (Checked). It will convert the trace types from SEG-D to SEG-Y.

Number of threads - By default, TRUE(Checked).It will automatically connects to the next module. To avoid auto-connect, the user should uncheck this option.

Skip - By default, FALSE(Unchecked). This option helps to bypass the module from the workflow.

Current SEG-D file - generates current SEG-D file as an output vector item which can be used as connection/reference.

Files - generates the input files as an output data item. These files can be exported as a table

Header name - generates the output header name

Channel sets - generates channel sets information

Headers table - generates headers table

Selected files - generates selected files from the input file list

Suspicious files - generates suspicious files list as a table. Suspicious files are the ones which may/may not have some errors in the input files.

In this example workflow, we read the SEGD files from a directory and convert SEG-D files to SEG-Y and create time stamps. Before executing the module, first read all the headers and check that all information is correct or else change the SEG-D revision and/or any other parameters to make sure that correct information is read. To input the data,

•Select Input type as "Directory". Provide the input SEG-D files directory. Check Look sub-folders option. This ensures if there are any SEG-D files are inside the sub-folders, it considers them as input SEG-D files.

•Launch Vista items by right click on Convert SEG-D to SEG-Y -> Vista Groups -> All Groups -> In new window.

To view any SEG-D file, select the Input file name from the Input file list tab and it will display the selected SEG-D file in the Input - Current SEG-D file tab. Similarly, General Header, 1, 2, 3 or extended headers information can be obtained by selecting the respective field and the corresponding information will be available in Headers table.

•In the Parameters tab, select Mode as "Create all". It'll create both SEG-Y files and Time stamp files.

From the output directory, we get two files since our Output mode is Create all option i.e., SEGY output & Time stamp file.

Read headers - Prior to executing the module, the user should click on this option to read all the trace headers of the input SEG-D file(s). Then only the user can able to see the contents of the SEG-D file.

Reset additional headers params - this allows the user to reset the additional trace headers parameters. When the user defines the block number

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