B. (boris) Boullenger

Biography

"B. (Boris) Boullenger is a PhD student in the section of Applied Geophysics and Petrophysics at Delft University of Technology. He had done his MSc in Applied Geophysics at TU Delft, ETH Zurich and RWTH Aachen. MSc thesis at Delft University of Technology: Finite-difference feasibility modeling of time-lapse seismic noise interferometry for CO2 monitoring. His current research focuses on developing applications of seismic interferometry on seismic data with active sources. Applying seismic interferometry on active data retrieves estimates of seismic responses as if from virtual sources at the position of receivers. These virtual seismic responses can be used to add signals to the existing dataset, providing information from extra illumination of the subsurface. Imaging in a complex subsurface environment requires a denser array of sources at the surface than in the case of simple geology to achieve sufficient illumination for imaging. In difficult exploration areas, where deploying sources is very expensive, the desired extra illumination could be obtained from virtual sources instead of from additional physical sources. This would result in lower acquisition costs while preserving the quality of the final image."

Research Interest

Applied Geophysics and Petrophysics