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Patent US8065088 - Extraction of depositional systems - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA process that assists with the identification of potential hydrocarbon deposits that includes performing a structural interpretation of a three-dimensional seismic volume, transforming the three-dimensional seismic volume into a stratal-slice volume, performing a stratigraphic interpretation of the...http://www.google.com/patents/US8065088?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8065088 - Extraction of depositional systemsAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8065088 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/766,287Publication dateNov 22, 2011Filing dateJun 21, 2007Priority dateJun 21, 2006Also published asCA2659020A1, CN101506686A, CN101506686B, EP2035864A2, EP2372398A2, EP2372398A3, EP2395375A2, EP2395375A3, US8010294, US8504300, US20080015784, US20100211363, US20100245347, US20100250210, US20120072116, WO2008005690A2, WO2008005690A3Publication number11766287, 766287, US 8065088 B2, US 8065088B2, US-B2-8065088, US8065088 B2, US8065088B2InventorsGeoffrey A. Dorn, William S. Hammon, III, James A. CarlsonOriginal AssigneeTerraspark Geosciences, LlcExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (43), Non-Patent Citations (212), Referenced by (3), Classifications (6), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetExtraction of depositional systemsUS 8065088 B2Abstract A process that assists with the identification of potential hydrocarbon deposits that includes performing a structural interpretation of a three-dimensional seismic volume, transforming the three-dimensional seismic volume into a stratal-slice volume, performing a stratigraphic interpretation of the stratal-slice volume which includes the extracting of bounding surfaces and faults and transforming the stratal-slice volume into the spatial domain. As illustrated in FIGS. 24 a, b and c, an exemplary seismic volume before Domain Transformation is presented in FIG. 24 a, interpreted horizons and faults used in the transformation are presented in FIG. 24 b, and the Domain Transformed stratal-slice volume is presented in FIG. 24 c. The input seismic volume in FIG. 24 a has deformations associated with syn- and post-depositional faulting. The output Domain Transformed volume (FIG. 24 c) is substantially free of deformations.
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