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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2011
Jeffrey M. Yarus, Houston, TX (US);
Marko Maucec, Englewood, CO (US);
Richard L. Chambers, Bixby, OK (US);
Jeffrey M. Yarus, Houston, TX (US);
Marko Maucec, Englewood, CO (US);
Richard L. Chambers, Bixby, OK (US);
LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Models of underground formations. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including creating a model of an underground formation. The creating may include: calculating a set of probabilities associated with a first horizontal location, each probability indicative of a likelihood of finding abutting geological layers; estimating a plurality of successions of geological layers to create a plurality of estimated successions, and the estimating using the set of probabilities; determining, for each of the estimated succession, a value indicative of how closely each estimated succession matches a measured succession, the measured succession determined by a seismic survey; and selecting from the plurality of estimated successions based on the values, the selecting creates a selected succession of geological layers, and the plurality of modeled values associated with the first horizontal location determined based on the selected succession of geological layers.