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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2001
Douglas Francis Goff, Danville, CA (US);
Luc Vincent, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kevin L. Deal, Houston, TX (US);
William S. Kowalik, La Habra Heights, CA (US);
Sebastien Bombarde, Oakland, CA (US);
Sandra Lee, Danville, CA (US);
William R. Volz, Katy, TX (US);
Richard C. Jones, Fullerton, CA (US);
Douglas Francis Goff, Danville, CA (US);
Luc Vincent, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kevin L. Deal, Houston, TX (US);
William S. Kowalik, La Habra Heights, CA (US);
Sebastien Bombarde, Oakland, CA (US);
Sandra Lee, Danville, CA (US);
William R. Volz, Katy, TX (US);
Richard C. Jones, Fullerton, CA (US);
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method for interpreting faults from a fault-enhanced 3-D seismic attribute cube. The method includes the steps of extracting faults from a 3-D seismic attribute cube, and of calculating a minimum path value for each voxel of the 3-D seismic attribute cube. A fault network skeleton is extracted from the 3-D seismic attribute cube by utilizing the minimum path values which correspond to voxels within the 3-D seismic attribute cube. The individual fault networks are then labeled, and a vector description of the fault network skeleton is created. The fault network skeleton is subdivided into individual fault patches wherein the individual fault patches are the smallest, non-intersecting, non-bifurcating patches that lie on only one geologic fault. The individual fault patches are then correlated into a representation of geologic faults.