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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Frédérique Fournier, Cormeilles en Parisis, FR;

Nathalie Lucet, Houilles, FR;

Assignee:

Institut Francais du Petrole, Rueil Malmaison Cedex, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/28 ;
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for facilitating monitoring, in the course of time, of the evolution of an underground zone by compared analysis of a certain number n of seismic record sets obtained respectively after n successive 3D seismic surveys (method referred to as 4D seismic method). The method comprises using a pattern recognition technique applied to all of the seismic events of the n surveys considered and analyzed simultaneously, which allows showing the evolution of the seismic events in the subsoil. The invention has an application for monitoring of changes occurring in a reservoir zone of the subsoil during production for example.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Fournier, Frédérique. (2004). Method for facilitating monitoring, in the course of time, of the evolution of an underground zone by compared analysis of various seismic record sets (U.S. Patent No. 6694263). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6694263

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