DRILLING FLUID ADDITIVE AND PROCESS THEREWITH
    133.
    发明公开
    DRILLING FLUID ADDITIVE AND PROCESS THEREWITH 审中-公开
    钻井液和相关的听证程序

    公开(公告)号:EP1144541A1

    公开(公告)日:2001-10-17

    申请号:EP99960114.9

    申请日:1999-10-06

    CPC classification number: C09K8/514 C09K8/12 C09K8/24 C09K8/5083

    Abstract: A composition is provided which comprises a polymer comprising repeat units derived from an unsaturated amide, an N-vinyl lactam, and optionally, a vinyl acid. Also provided is a water-based fluid composition which can be used as drilling fluid wherein the composition comprises calcium chloride and the polymer. Further provided is a process for using a water-based fluid wherein the process comprises contacting a subterranean formation with the water-based fluid composition disclosed above to effect the control of fluid loss of the water-based fluid composition.

    AUTOMATED SEISMIC FAULT DETECTION AND PICKING
    137.
    发明公开
    AUTOMATED SEISMIC FAULT DETECTION AND PICKING 有权
    自动捕捉与阅读地震动荡

    公开(公告)号:EP1110104A1

    公开(公告)日:2001-06-27

    申请号:EP99945058.8

    申请日:1999-08-12

    CPC classification number: G01V1/288 G01V2210/65

    Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus is disclosed for automatically picking faults (24) in a recorded 3D seismic trace data volume (20). The method employs test planes, which are mathematically inserted into the same data volume (20) to approximate dip and azimuth of a potential fault plane surface (33). A large number of data points, which are selected points on the seismic traces, are defined within the seismic volume (20), such that each test plane positioned in the seismic volume (20) contains data points corresponding to at least a significant portion of traces. The method then determines a factor for each data point which is representative of the probability that the data point resides on a fault plane (33). This probability is based on planar discontinuity and average amplitude difference between corresponding traces in adjacent parallel test planes, and the method selects locations, in an x, y grid, of a strip of locations having high probability of residing on a fault surface (94). The strip of the selected locations is smoothed to a line and used to construct fault lineaments displays in seismic sections or time slices. The fault lineaments are stored in a computer data file (24) and conventional, stratigraphically enhanced, or other seismic data enhanced for seismic attributes is merged with the fault lineament files to create consolidated displays to aid interpretation of the data volume (33).

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