Tar estimation
US8548784B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 21, 2009 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V11/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method to predict tars and tar sands in petroleum exploration and production in a subsurface volume by building a viscoelastic property model of the volume using rock behavior including tars together with seismic inversion to derive a lithology volume identifying tars.
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