Patent ID: 9470068
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: E21B,G01V

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for historical, geological modeling for producing an estimated distribution of hydrocarbons trapped in subsurface clathrates, the method comprising: instantiating, on a computing system, a basin model of a geological area of interest; for each of a plurality of predetermined geological times up to a geologic present day, performing, via the computing system a plurality of computer-implemented processes including: calibrating, on the computing system, a present day clathrate concentration and hydrocarbon volume derived from the basin model against calibration data obtained from one or more locations within the geological area of interest, thereby providing a model of the present day clathrate concentration and hydrocarbon volume at each of the plurality of locations; and modifying the model of the present day clathrate concentration and hydrocarbon volume to improve a correspondence between the model and the calibration data.