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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2016
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Mingya Chen, Bellaire, TX (US);
Damian O'Grady, Houston, TX (US);
Miguel O. Ascanio Regalado, Houston, TX (US);
Dileep K. Tiwary, Houston, TX (US);
Reynaldo Cardona, Houston, TX (US);
Aygul Kostinovsky, Houston, TX (US);
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is described for generating an improved digital image for a subsurface volume of interest that allows analysis of the depositional settings of rock facies in a subsurface volume of interest. The method may include identifying at least three different rock facies in the well log data; estimating a compaction trend for each of the at least three rock facies identified in the well log data to create at least three compaction trends; transforming the velocity model to produce a trend-match volume using the at least three compaction trends; and superimposing the trend-match volume and the seismic image to generate a digital image containing information regarding both structural features and stratigraphic features of the subsurface volume of interest. The method may be executed by a computer system.