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Divestco Workstation Ready SEG-Y Format

If your SEG-Y files are compliant with the Divestco Workstation Ready SEG-Y format, you can quickly and simply load the seismic into your project. The following tables list the format's mandatory parameters, as well as its byte offset and format specifications.

3200-Byte EBCDIC Header

Required

Preferred

2D line number or 3D data area name

Processing information and SEG-Y format information.

400-Byte Binary Header (File ID Header)

Parameter

Byte

Format

Details

Sample interval

17-18

16-bit integer

Sample rate in microseconds

Number of samples

21-22

16-bit integer

Number of samples per trace

Sample format code

25-26

16-bit integer

Example: "6 - IEEE, 3 - INT16"

User Bulk

97-100

32-bit integer

Time of the first sample in microseconds.

Max Value

109-112

IEEE float

Maximum amplitude value

Line Name

301-321

Character

Line name.

240-Byte Trace Header

Parameter

Byte

Format

Details

In-line

9-12

32-bit integer

In-line number in original dataset

X-line

13-16

32-bit integer

X-line number in original dataset

Shot Point

17-20

IEEE float

Shot Point

Dead trace flag

29-30

16-bit integer

1 for live; 2 for dead

CDP UTM x-coordinate

81-84

IEEE float

UTM x-coordinate of CDP

CDP UTM y-coordinate

85-88

IEEE float

UTM y-coordinate of CDP

Trace Data Samples

Trace data samples must be written in IEEE float or 16-bit integer, depending on the data format code.

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