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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2021
Applicant:

G-o-image, Llc, Lyons, CO (US);

Inventors:

Peter Geiser, Lyons, CO (US);

Laird Berry Thompson, Lake Oswego, OR (US);

Jan Meredith Vermilye, Lyons, CO (US);

Assignee:

ENEGIS, LLC, Fairfax, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/002 (2012.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/0025 (2020.05); E21B 47/12 (2013.01); E21B 49/003 (2013.01); G06T 11/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are methods of locating a well bore to optimize fluid extraction from a region of interest. In this manner, well production may be better predicted without having to go through the time and effort of drilling exploratory-type wells. The methods analyze semblance values of voxels within a full activity volume, and identify near well activity (NWA) voxels based on voxels that exceed the mean semblance value by a cut-off value. For example, the cut-off value may correspond to one or two standard deviations greater than the mean semblance value. Optimal fluid recovery corresponds to a well bore location at or near the putative location corresponding to the maximum number of NWA voxels in the region of interest.


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