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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Nickel, Stavanger, NO;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/28 ;
Abstract
A non-rigid method of matching two ( ) or more sets of seismic data signals obtained from the same subsurface area involving the steps of decomposing ( ) the sets of seismic data signals into sample sets, generating displacement vectors ( ) indicating directions and amounts samples from one sample set may be translated to better match samples from the other sample set, and translating ( ) samples along the displacement vectors to produce a seismic image of the subsurface area. This method is particularly adapted for use in analyzing time-lapsed seismic images of petroleum reservoirs to monitor the movement of fluids within the reservoirs.