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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2013
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
James P. Brady, Houston, TX (US);
Andrew Hawthorn, Missouri City, TX (US);
John P. Horkowitz, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jean Seydoux, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Jacques R. Tabanou, Houston, TX (US);
Jian Yang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
David L. Alumbaugh, Berkeley, CA (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A technique provides a methodology for improving surveys of subterranean regions. The methodology comprises estimating macro anisotropy and an intrinsic or micro anisotropy of an overburden. A surface electromagnetic survey is conducted, and the data from the survey is inverted based on or including information gained from estimating the macro anisotropy and/or intrinsic anisotropy. A processor system can be used to conduct the inversion with the adjustments for anisotropy to improve the information provided by the survey.