Patent · US Active

Processing of geological data

US10527745B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Lars Sonneland · Sola, NO
Hallgrim Ludvigsen · Stavanger, NO
Bjorn Harald Fotland · Stavanger, NO

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 15, 2010
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 9, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE21B49/00
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of processing geological data comprising a plurality of geological surfaces within a geological volume is provided. The method includes the steps of: (i) specifying a well trajectory which extends through the geological volume; (ii) identifying the geological surfaces within the volume which are intersected by the trajectory; (iii) determining, for each intersected surface, the depth, the dip angle and the dip direction of the surface at the point of intersection with the trajectory; and (iv) predicting a well log for the trajectory, the log specifying the depths, dip angles and dip directions of the intersected geological surfaces.

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