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- Patent Title: Method for obtaining estimates of a model parameter so as to characterise the evolution of a subsurface volume over a time period using time-lapse seismic
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Application No.: US16639267Application Date: 2017-08-17
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Publication No.: US11313987B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Jonathan Anthony Edgar , Thomas David Blanchard , Constantin Vili Gerea
- Applicant: Total S.A.
- Applicant Address: FR Courbevoie
- Assignee: Total S.A.
- Current Assignee: Total S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: FR Courbevoie
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- International Application: PCT/GB2017/052441 WO 20170817
- International Announcement: WO2019/034827 WO 20190221
- Main IPC: G01V1/30
- IPC: G01V1/30 ; G01V1/00 ; G01V1/18 ; G01V1/28

Abstract:
Disclosed is a method and associated computer program and apparatus for characterising changes within a subsurface volume between a first time and a second time. The method comprises obtaining first seismic data corresponding to the first time and processing this data to obtain a seismic image of the subsurface volume. This processing is reversed for relevant portions of the seismic image to obtain relevant portions of first seismic data. Changes within the subsurface volume between the first time and the second time are characterised by estimating the changes between second seismic data corresponding to the second time and the relevant portions of first seismic data.
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