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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2004
Applicant:
Richard T. Houck, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Richard T. Houck, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of devising infill strategy in planning a seismic survey, using Monte Carlo methods and value-of-information theory to assess the probable value in well pay-out of a given increase in survey costs to reduce artifact degradation of the quality of the seismic data, where the seismic data will be used to make well-drilling decisions.