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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:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
May. 31, 2005
Suzanne Kairo, Houston, TX (US);
William A. Heins, Houston, TX (US);
Karen M. Love, Pearland, TX (US);
Suzanne Kairo, Houston, TX (US);
William A. Heins, Houston, TX (US);
Karen M. Love, Pearland, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for predicting sand-grain composition and sand texture are disclosed. A first set of system variables associated with sand-grain composition and sand texture is selected (). A second set of system variables directly or indirectly causally related to the first set of variables is also selected (). Data for each variable in the second set is estimated or obtained (). A network with nodes including both sets of variables is formed (). The network has a directional links connecting interdependent nodes. The directional links honor known causality relationships. A Bayesian network algorithm is used () with the data to solve the network for the first set of variables and their associated uncertainties.
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