Patent ID: 11867862
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  E | IPC E  G

Claim 2:
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
using a computer processor:
selecting another member of the set of unvalidated layers as a second current layer;
determining an estimated archaic value of the at least one parameter of the second current layer based, at least in part, on the measured present-day value of the at least one parameter of the second current layer,
wherein determining the estimated archaic value comprises applying an alternating cycle of decompaction modeling followed by geomechanical modeling;

predicting a predicted present-day value of the at least one parameter of the second current layer based, at least in part, on the estimated archaic value of the at least one parameter of the current layer;
determining a validated archaic value of the at least one parameter of the second current layer based, at least in part, on a difference between the predicted present-day value and the measured present-day value of the at least one parameter of the second current layer;
adding the second current layer to the set of validated layers; and
removing the second current layer from the set of unvalidated layers.