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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2011
Applicant:
Sheldon B. Gorell, Katy, TX (US);
Inventor:
Sheldon B. Gorell, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Landmark Graphics Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 (2006.01); G01V 1/40 (2006.01); G01V 99/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/40 (2013.01); G01V 99/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Updating a geocellular model. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: modifying a geocellular model of an earth formation based on an actual datum from an actual borehole, the modifying by: selecting a plurality of cells to be removed from the geocellular model; interpolating to determine a new surface using data associated with cells to be removed, data associated with cells not selected for removal, and the actual datum from the actual borehole; and calculating data associated with new cells that replace the cells to be removed, the new cells with locations relative to the new surface.