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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Inventors:
Huafeng Liu, Houston, TX (US);
Norman Ross Hill, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel Johnson, Houston, TX (US);
Konstantin Osypov, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/28 (2006.01); G01V 1/30 (2006.01); G01V 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/282 (2013.01); G01V 1/305 (2013.01); G01V 1/325 (2013.01); G01V 2210/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is described for seismic imaging that will produce a seismic image with correctly focused and positioned reflectors. This is accomplished by adding physical geological information to a beam tomography process to generate an updated earth model for the seismic imaging. The method may be executed by a computer system.