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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Stephen Allan Horne, Tokyo, JP;
John Walsh, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Allan Horne, Tokyo, JP;
John Walsh, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 (2006.01); G01V 1/42 (2006.01); G01V 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/42 (2013.01); G01V 1/282 (2013.01);
Abstract
At least one elastic parameter of a region of interest of a formation is modeled, and at least one velocity measurement acquired in a wellbore extending in the formation is predicted based on the modeling. The model is refined based on the predicted velocity measurement(s) and based on at least one actual measurement acquired from within a single wellbore.