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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2019
Baojiu Lin, Houston, TX (US);
Hao Huang, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Baojiu Lin, Houston, TX (US);
Hao Huang, The Woodlands, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are geologic modeling methods and systems employing function-based representations of horizons intersected by partial faults. An illustrative method embodiment includes: (a) obtaining a seismic image volume; (b) identifying a horizon within the seismic image volume, said horizon being intersected by a partial fault; (c) deriving a function-based representation of the horizon, the representation being continuous except across the partial fault; (e) constructing a watertight subsurface model using the function-based representation; (f) assigning petrophysical parameter values to compartments of the watertight subsurface model; and, optionally, (g) storing or displaying the watertight subsurface model.