Patent ID: 9645280
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G01V,G06F,G06T

Claim:
1. A method comprising: storing on a storage device, at least one data structure representing a plurality of fault blocks associated with one or more faults in a geographic formation; selecting two fault blocks of the plurality of fault blocks associated with a fault of the one or more faults; changing the position of a first of the two fault blocks in the at least one data structure, using at least one processor, representative of a shift of the first fault block towards the other fault block of the two fault blocks to position the center of gravity of a fault boundary of the first fault block with the center of gravity of a fault boundary of the other fault block; after performing the shift, aligning the first fault block with the other fault block according to a permitted level of conflict between fault blocks; and updating the at least one data structure to indicate a merging of the two selected fault blocks into an unfaulted block after the alignment.