Patent Document ID: 20180052249
Application ID: 15242688
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method of generating an improved digital image for a subsurface volume of interest, comprising: a. receiving, at a computer processor, a seismic image representative of the subsurface volume of interest and a velocity model; b. receiving, at the computer processor, well log data representative of wells drilled in an analogous region to that of the subsurface volume of interest; c. identifying, via the computer processor, at least three different rock facies in the well log data; d. estimating, via the computer processor, a compaction trend for each of the at least three rock facies to create at least three compaction trends; e. transforming, via the computer processor, the velocity model to produce a trend-match volume using the at least three compaction trends; and f. superimposing, via the computer processor, the trend-match volume and the seismic image to generate a digital image containing information regarding both structural features and stratigraphic features of the subsurface volume of interest.