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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:
May. 04, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2013
Applicant:

Foster Findlay Associates Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;

Inventors:

Stephen Purves, Islas Canarias, ES;

James Lowell, Medomsley, GB;

Dale Norton, Oldham, GB;

Jonathan Henderson, Morpeth, GB;

Assignee:

Foster Findlay Associates Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 99/00 (2009.01); G06F 17/18 (2006.01); G01V 1/30 (2006.01); G01V 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 99/005 (2013.01); G01V 1/30 (2013.01); G06F 17/18 (2013.01); G01V 2210/641 (2013.01); G01V 2210/643 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer executable algorithm adapted to propagate a boundary surface of a seed that is placed within a region of interest of a visual representation of a 3D seismic data so as to follow a natural contour of said region of interest, wherein said algorithm is executable to: (i) generate at least one attribute volume comprising at least on attribute derivable from said 3D seismic data set; (ii) generate at least one characteristic parameter for a plurality of candidate events of said 3D seismic data within a predefined gate region located forward of said propagating boundary surface; (iii) generate and assign a probability characteristic for said plurality of candidate events based on said at least one attribute volume and said at least one characteristic parameter; and propagate said boundary surface towards and incorporating any one of said plurality of candidate events that fulfils an acceptance criteria of said probability characteristic so as to generate a surface along the natural contour of said region of interest.


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