Processing of geological data

US9607007B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Jan Oystein Haavig Bakke · Stavanger, NO
• Geir Vaaland Dahl · Stavanger, NO
• Hallgrim Ludvigsen · Stavanger, NO
• Erik Monsen · Shelton, US
• Oddgeir Gramstad · Ålgård, NO
• Michael Nickel · Stavanger, NO
• Lars Sonneland · Sola, NO
• Marcelo Belentani De Bianchi · Potsdam, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 3, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 28, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 3, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01V11/00
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of processing data points distributed throughout a geological volume is described. In the method, each data point is associated with respective geological attributes. The method provides for: coding the geological attributes of each data point as a respective character string; compiling a query character string defining sought geological attributes of an arrangement of one or more data points; searching the coded geological attributes for arrangements of data points having geological attributes matching the query character string; and identifying matched data points.