Lawton, DonaldMargrave, GaryMontano Spagnolo, Michelle2017-03-092017-03-0920172017http://hdl.handle.net/11023/3667Vertical seismic pro le (VSP) data provide a means to estimate the seismic wavelet at different receiver depths. The downgoing wavefi eld has always been the key to measure attenuation (Q) and enables us to correct for the effects of seismic attenuation on seismic data. We demonstrate that we can also use the upgoing wave field to estimate Q, using reflections and mode-converted waves. In this work, Q is estimated from synthetic VSP downgoing and upgoing wavefi elds by using the spectral matching method. We also estimated Q, using the spectral matching method, from VSP data collected in a 500 m deep well in a heavy oil field and a 2000 m deep well in a shale gas play in Western Canada. For the first case, we obtained values of Qp of approximately 50 and Qs of 20 for the strata intersected by the well. For the second case, we obtained values of Qp of approximately 50 and Qs of 30. In the case of Qs estimations, our results indicate that using the upgoing converted wave field provides good estimations when downgoing S-wave are not available in the data.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.GeophysicsSeismic attenuationQVSPmaster thesis10.11575/PRISM/27735