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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:
Oct. 11, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2018
Applicant:

Min Lou, Houston, TX (US);

Inventor:

Min Lou, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/36 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); E21B 43/11 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/42 (2006.01); G01V 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/362 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01); G01V 1/364 (2013.01); G01V 1/42 (2013.01); E21B 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 43/11 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); G01V 1/34 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1293 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1295 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1429 (2013.01); G01V 2210/161 (2013.01); G01V 2210/324 (2013.01); G01V 2210/3246 (2013.01); G01V 2210/3248 (2013.01); G01V 2210/52 (2013.01); G01V 2210/586 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for performing a formation-related operation based on corrected vertical seismic profile (VSP) data of an earth formation includes performing a VSP survey and applying a normal moveout (NMO) correction equation to the survey data that is a function of source offset to wellhead. The method also includes solving the NMO correction equation using a simulated annealing algorithm having an object function that is a coherence coefficient of semblance analysis of an NMO corrected reflection event within a time window to provide NMO corrected data. The method further includes performing the formation-related operation at at least one of a location, a depth and a depth interval based on the VSP NMO corrected data.


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