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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2011
Applicants:
Cem Ozan, Houston, TX (US);
Martin Brudy, Houston, TX (US);
Wouter Van Der Zee, Voorburg, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G01V 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/006 (2013.01); G01V 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of estimating stress in an earth formation is disclosed. The method includes: dividing a domain including at least a portion of an earth formation into a first region and a second region; estimating a first vertical stress in the first region and representing the first vertical stress as at least one point load; estimating a second vertical stress in the second region by a point load based method using the first vertical stress; and estimating at least one horizontal stress based on the second vertical stress.