Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for subsurface electromagnetic mapping
- Patent Title (中): 地下电磁测绘的系统和方法
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Application No.: US13056041Application Date: 2009-08-31
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Publication No.: US09015010B2Publication Date: 2015-04-21
- Inventor: Kenneth E. Green , Leslie A. Wahrmund , Olivier M. Burtz , Dennis E. Willen , Rebecca L. Saltzer , Leonard J. Srnka
- Applicant: Kenneth E. Green , Leslie A. Wahrmund , Olivier M. Burtz , Dennis E. Willen , Rebecca L. Saltzer , Leonard J. Srnka
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- Current Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: ExxonMoibl Upstream Research Company Law Dept.
- International Application: PCT/US2009/055534 WO 20090831
- International Announcement: WO2010/036482 WO 20100401
- Main IPC: G06F17/10
- IPC: G06F17/10 ; G01V3/38 ; G01V3/12

Abstract:
Systems and methods which provide electromagnetic subsurface mapping to derive information with respect to subsurface features whose sizes are near to or below the resolution of electromagnetic data characterizing the subsurface are shown. Embodiments operate to identify a region of interest (203) in a resistivity image generated (202) using electromagnetic data (201). One or more scenarios may be identified for the areas of interest, wherein the various scenarios comprise representations of features whose sizes are near to or below the resolution of the electromagnetic data (204). According to embodiments, the scenarios are evaluated (205), such as using forward or inverse modeling, to determine each scenarios' fit to the available data and further to determine their geologic reasonableness (206). Resulting scenarios may be utilized in a number of ways, such as to be substituted in a resistivity image for a corresponding region of anomalous resistivity for enhancing the resistivity image (207).
Public/Granted literature
- US20110166840A1 Systems and Methods For Subsurface Electromagnetic Mapping Public/Granted day:2011-07-07
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