Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time lapse analysis with electromagnetic data
- Patent Title (中): 电磁数据的时间流逝分析
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Application No.: US12280509Application Date: 2007-03-06
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Publication No.: US08437961B2Publication Date: 2013-05-07
- Inventor: Leonard J. Srnka , James J. Carazzone , Dmitriy A. Pavlov
- Applicant: Leonard J. Srnka , James J. Carazzone , Dmitriy A. Pavlov
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- Current Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- International Application: PCT/US2007/005816 WO 20070306
- International Announcement: WO2007/130205 WO 20071115
- Main IPC: G01V1/40
- IPC: G01V1/40 ; G06F11/30

Abstract:
Method for determining time-dependent changes [73] in the earth vertical and horizontal electrical resistivity and fluid saturations from offshore electromagnetic survey measurements. The method requires both online and offline data, which should include at least one electromagnetic field component sensitive at least predominantly to vertical resistivity and another component sensitive at least predominately to horizontal resistivity [62]. Using a horizontal electric dipole source, online Ez and offline Hz measurements are preferred. For a horizontal magnetic dipole source, online H2 and offline E2 data are preferred. Magnetotelluric data may be substituted for controlled source data sensitive at least predominantly to horizontal resistivity. Maxwell's equations are solved by forward modeling [64,65] or by inversion [66,67], using resistivity models of the subsurface that are either isotropic contrast, and [64,66] or anisotropic [65,67]. Fluid saturation is determined from the vertical and horizontal resistivities using empirical relations or rock physics models [70].
Public/Granted literature
- US20090005994A1 Time Lapse Analysis with Electromagnetic Data Public/Granted day:2009-01-01
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