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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thompson J Taylor, Tulsa, OK (US);
Assignee:
Amoco Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73152 ; 33303 ; 364422 ;
Abstract
Subterranean fault-related facture systems are located and identified and the direction of action of paleostresses causing the fault-related fracture system can be determined from a record representative of depth, dip angle, and dip direction of subterranean generally planar formation features intersecting a borehole and from information relating to borehole diameter, dip angle, and dip direction.