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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Joseph Paul Stefani, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
Joseph Paul Stefani, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chevron U.S.A., Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/30 (2006.01); G01V 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/30 (2013.01); G01V 1/282 (2013.01);
Abstract
Strength parameters of the contents of subsurface caverns are deduced through seismic information. Known properties of formations surrounding the caverns, and ratios of seismic amplitudes between the caverns and the surrounding formations are leveraged to deduce the strength parameters within the caverns.