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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2002
Brian P. West, Houston, TX (US);
Steven R. May, Missouri City, TX (US);
Dominique Gillard, Houston, TX (US);
John E. Eastwood, Bellaire, TX (US);
Michael D. Gross, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Thomas J. Frantes, The Woodlands, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of calculating reflection curvature in a seismic data volume wherein an apparent dip value is calculated in a first direction to generate a first apparent dip volume. A horizontal gradient is calculated in the first direction in the first apparent dip volume using a specified length scale to generate a first curvature volume. The process may be repeated one or more times, and the individual curvature volumes combined to generate a combined curvature volume for the seismic data volume.