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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2005
John C. Van Wagoner, Houston, TX (US);
Paul A. Dunn, Houston, TX (US);
Max Deffenbaugh, Califon, NJ (US);
David N. Awwiller, Houston, TX (US);
Tao Sun, Missouri City, TX (US);
Dachang LI, Katy, TX (US);
David C. Hoyal, Houston, TX (US);
Chris J. Donofrio, The Woodlands, TX (US);
John C. Van Wagoner, Houston, TX (US);
Paul A. Dunn, Houston, TX (US);
Max Deffenbaugh, Califon, NJ (US);
David N. Awwiller, Houston, TX (US);
Tao Sun, Missouri City, TX (US);
Dachang Li, Katy, TX (US);
David C. Hoyal, Houston, TX (US);
Chris J. Donofrio, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for using a three-dimensional seismic image of a subsurface earth volume to construct a geologic model specifying the spatially-varying grain size distribution, porosity, and permeability throughout the volume. The method applies to earth volumes composed of water-lain clastic sedimentary deposits and involves, in one embodiment, (a) identifying the outline forms of geologic bodies in geologic data; (b) using the outline forms of the geologic bodies to determine the spatially-varying grain size distribution within the bodies, guided by assumptions about the nature and behavior of the paleoflow that deposited the bodies; (c) determining rock properties such as, porosity and permeability within the geologic bodies based on grain-size distribution, mineralogy and burial history information.