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Method and apparatus for determining regional dip properties

US6856910B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 9, 2003
Grant dateFeb 15, 2005
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Expiry dateAug 9, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V1/40
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for determining a formation dip angle including extracting features from an acquired well log to obtain a set of features, validating the set of features to obtain a subset of features, generating a layered model using the subset of features, and generating a synthetic log using the layered model and a forward model.

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