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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2017
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Howard Khan Schmidt, Dhahran, SA;

Jesus Manuel Felix Servin, Dhahran, SA;

Erika Shoemaker Ellis, Dhahran, SA;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01V 3/28 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); E21B 47/022 (2012.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/20 (2006.01); G01V 3/12 (2006.01); G01V 3/30 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/28 (2013.01); E21B 43/16 (2013.01); E21B 43/20 (2013.01); E21B 47/02216 (2013.01); G01V 3/083 (2013.01); G01V 3/12 (2013.01); G01V 3/30 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01); G01S 13/885 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are systems and methods for mapping hydrocarbon reservoirs. Operations include disposing an electromagnetic (EM) transmitter and an EM receiver into first and second wellbores of first and second wells, respectively, penetrating a resistive layer of a subsurface formation bounded by first and second conductive layers. The EM transmitter and receiver each being disposed at depths proximate to intersections of the first and second wellbores and the resistive layer, respectively. The operations further including transmitting an EM signal between the EM transmitter and receiver via the resistive layer, determining transport properties associated with propagation of the EM signal from the EM transmitter to the EM receiver via the resistive layer, and determining the presence of an anomaly in at least one of the conductive layers based on the travel time.


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