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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chris T Corcoran, Houston, TX (US);
Aaron J Seriff, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367 52 ; 367 47 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for processing seismic data which include performing normal moveout velocity analysis in such a manner as to include the effects of the offset dependence of reflection amplitude and simultaneously determining from the seismic data the moveout velocity and the variation of reflection amplitude with offset.