Complex
piedmont is characterized by rugged surface, large-dip overthrust nappe
structure, complex fault relations, etc. Traditional offset VSP data processing
method cannot solve the imaging problem for the structures in complex piedmont.
In order to solve the static correction problem, the VSP imaging strategy was
changed from traditional time-domain imaging into depth-domain imaging, and
then datum correction was carried out uniformly after imaging. Meanwhile, Kirchhoff
depth-domain integral imaging method was utilized. In terms of the
characteristics of VSP observation, zero-offset VSP and offset VSP fist arrival
were adopted to calculate the observation time. The method was applied to the
VSP data processing in two adjacent wells at the complex piedmont in Kuche area,
and the result is well coinciding with the drilling data.