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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. 30, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2020
Applicant:

Bp Corporation North America Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

John T. Etgen, Houston, TX (US);

Imtiaz Ahmed, Katy, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/30 (2006.01); G01V 1/34 (2006.01); G01V 1/137 (2006.01); G01V 1/18 (2006.01); G01V 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/306 (2013.01); G01V 1/137 (2013.01); G01V 1/186 (2013.01); G01V 1/345 (2013.01); G01V 1/3843 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1212 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1293 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1423 (2013.01); G01V 2210/64 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes receiving, via a processor, input data based upon received seismic data, migrating, via the processor, the input data via a pre-stack depth migration technique to generate migrated input data, encoding, via the processor, the input data via an encoding function as a migration attribute to generate encoded input data having a migration function that is non-monotonic versus an attribute related to the input data, migrating, via the processor, the encoded input data via the pre-stack depth migration technique to generate migrated encoded input data, and generating an estimated common image gather based upon the migrated input data and the migrated encoded input data. The method also includes generating a seismic image utilizing the estimated common image gather, wherein the seismic image represents hydrocarbons in a subsurface region of the Earth or subsurface drilling hazards.


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