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Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2017
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Amit Padhi, Houston, TX (US);

Mark Elliott Willis, Katy, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/40 (2006.01); G01V 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/50 (2013.01); G01V 2210/161 (2013.01); G01V 2210/614 (2013.01); G01V 2210/6226 (2013.01); G01V 2210/63 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the subject technology provide for predicting seismic impedance. The subject technology generates a corridor stack based on vertical seismic profile (VSP) data of a wellbore in a subterranean formation. The subject technology generates an initial estimate of a velocity model for the subterranean formation below the wellbore. The subject technology generating a density model for the subterranean formation below the wellbore based on information from nearby wells. The subject technology inverts, based on a global inversion algorithm and the initial estimate of the velocity model, the generated corridor stack to determine a set of velocity models. The subject technology generates impedance models in a depth domain based on the generated density model and the set of velocity models. Further, the subject technology stores the generated impedance models.


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