The Laurabada West Ultracube™ 3D Reprocessing Survey covers approximately 770 square kilometers, with this reprocessing effort has resulting in a substantial improvement in data quality, unlocking exciting new exploration possibilities in the outboard Gulf of Papua. Source and receiver deghosting have significantly enhanced the low-frequency content, which is particularly beneficial for penetrating the large, absorptive carbonate bodies found in Laurabada West.

Legacy processing relied on isotropic PSTM and 2D SRME for demultiple, whereas the current reprocessing, completed by WesternGeco, utilised 3D GSMP/SRME and anisotropic TTI pre-stack depth migration to help address complex diffracted multiples associated with the carbonate bodies and enable high-resolution velocity modelling to improve imaging on the flanks and below the base of carbonate pinnacles.