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Method and system of subsurface horizon assignment

US8688757B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 12, 2012
Grant dateApr 1, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 12, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V2210/643
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Subsurface horizon assignment. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: obtaining, by a computer system, a seismic data volume; identifying, by the computer system, a plurality of patches in the seismic data volume, and the identifying thereby creating a patch volume; displaying, on a display device, at least a portion of the seismic data volume and the plurality of patches of the patch volume; and assigning a patch of the plurality of patches to a subsurface horizon of the seismic data volume.

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