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Method of representing the trajectory of at least one borehole in a space-time domain

US5812493A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 1997
Grant dateSep 22, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V1/48
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for representing in a space-time domain the trajectory of at one borehole by: PA1 a) producing a velocity-depth model (4) tied to the borehole (1), geologically representative of said area and including a representation of said trajectory (5) of said borehole; PA1 b) selecting at least one point (A) on or near said trajectory, said point (A) being defined by its space coordinates and by at least one dip-azimuth data pair; and PA1 c) at least modelling in a synthetic stack domain (9) the image (a) of the selected point (A), said image (a) being defined by space-time coordinates and by a dip-time vector and being obtained by zero offset ray tracing in the velocity-depth model (4).

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