Inventor · Katy, TX, US

Colin Michael Sayers

22Patents
8h-index
17Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 29, 1998 → Sep 30, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6714480B2 Determination of anisotropic moduli of earth formations Physics 51 Expired
US7869954B2 Using microseismic data to characterize hydraulic fractures Physics 33 Active
US7486589B2 Methods and apparatus for predicting the hydrocarbon production of a well location Physics 24 Expired
US7526385B2 Method, system and apparatus for determining rock strength using sonic logging Physics 21 Active
US6067275A Method of analyzing pre-stack seismic data Physics 19 Expired
US8780671B2 Using microseismic data to characterize hydraulic fractures Physics 14 Active
US8024124B2 Determining maximum horizontal stress in an earth formation Physics 9 Active
US7617051B2 Method and system for pre-drill pore pressure prediction Physics 9 Active
US7679993B2 Method of characterizing a fractured reservoir using seismic reflection amplitudes Physics 8 Active
US7490028B2 Method, apparatus and system for pore pressure prediction in presence of dipping formations Fixed Constructions 7 Expired
US7299132B2 Method and system for pre-drill pore pressure prediction Physics 7 Active
US8341984B2 Estimating velocities with uncertainty Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US7653488B2 Determination of point of sand production initiation in wellbores using residual deformation characteristics and real time monitoring of sand production Fixed Constructions 4 Active
US7533725B2 Method and system for altering pore pressure in a fracturing operation Fixed Constructions 3 Active
US7996199B2 Method and system for pore pressure prediction Fixed Constructions 2 Active
US8243549B2 Estimating seismic anisotropy of shales Physics 2 Active
US8447579B2 Method and system for pore pressure prediction Fixed Constructions 1 Active
US9238962B2 Pore pressure from spectroscopy and sonic data Physics 1 Active
US10444389B2 Determining change in permeability caused by a hydraulic fracture in reservoirs Physics 1 Active
US10816686B2 Seismic constrained discrete fracture network Physics 1 Active
US8781806B2 Determining elastic and fluid flow properties of a fractured reservoir Physics 0 Active
US12117581B2 Seismic pore-pressure prediction using prestack seismic inversion Physics 0 Active

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