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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:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2016
Applicant:

Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Johan Cornelis Hornman, Rijswijk, NL;

Albena Alexandrova Mateeva, Houston, TX (US);

Paul Maarten Zwartjes, Rijswijk, NL;

Assignee:

SHELL OIL COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/40 (2006.01); G01V 1/16 (2006.01); G01V 1/22 (2006.01); G01V 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/168 (2013.01); G01V 1/164 (2013.01); G01V 1/226 (2013.01); G01V 1/40 (2013.01); G01V 1/362 (2013.01); G01V 2210/6169 (2013.01);
Abstract

A seismic receiver array has a plurality of seismic receiver channels, each coupled to a local surrounding in an earth formation. A formation-material-dependent response of each seismic receiver channel is determined, and associated with an assumed depth for the corresponding seismic receiver channel. The formation-material-dependent responses as function of the assumed depth are compared to an independent depth log of at least one petrophysical parameter of the earth formation as a function of depth along the borehole. Based on the comparison, a set of lags between said assumed depth and depth in the independent depth log is determined, that provides the best correlation between the formation-material-dependent response and the independent depth log of the at least one petrophysical parameter of the earth formation. The assumed depth of each seismic receiver channel can thus be aligned with corresponding depths in the independent depth log.


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