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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Cen LI, Missouri City, TX (US);
Zhenghan Deng, Katy, TX (US);
Bruce Cornish, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is disclosed for determining a fault surface in a formation, comprising: determining a first plurality of crosscorrelation values for a 3D Volume associated, respectively, with a corresponding first plurality of 3D Volumes, and selecting a first minimum one of the first plurality of crosscorrelation values, a first derived fault segment corresponding to the first minimum one of the first plurality of crosscorrelation values, the first derived fault segment approximately lying on the fault surface and tending to determine the fault surface in the formation.