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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
May. 24, 2002
Steven Blake Campbell, Houston, TX (US);
Steven Blake Campbell, Houston, TX (US);
PGS Americas, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment the invention comprises a system for planning a seismic survey based on a model of a subsurface formation in which a computer simulation is generated having sources and receivers positioned in selected locations with respect to the model. Ray tracing is performed from the sources to estimate a propagation ray path of seismic signals emanating from the source locations, and emergent points are determined at which ray paths reach the earth's surface following reflection from a subsurface area of interest. A survey may then be designed and performed in which receiver positions are concentrated at the areas where the emergent points are concentrated.