Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated fault uncertainty analysis in hydrocarbon exploration
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Application No.: US16929911Application Date: 2020-07-15
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Publication No.: US11307319B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Andreas Rueger , Steven Roy Angelovich
- Applicant: Landmark Graphics Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G01V1/30
- IPC: G01V1/30 ; G01V1/28 ; G01V1/34 ; G06N3/02 ; G06K9/62

Abstract:
A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions that are executable by the processor to access a plurality of seismic images of a subterranean formation in a first geological area. The instructions are also executable to generate a plurality of fault estimates from each of the plurality of seismic images. Further, the instructions are executable to generate a processed seismic image of the first geological area by normalizing and merging the plurality of seismic images and the plurality of fault estimates. Additionally, the instructions are executable to generate a statistical fault uncertainty volume of the first geological area using the processed seismic image. Furthermore, the instructions are executable to control a drilling operation in the first geological area using the statistical fault uncertainty volume of the first geological area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220018982A1 AUTOMATED FAULT UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION Public/Granted day:2022-01-20
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