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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2012
Applicants:

Saptarshi Dasgupta, Houston, TX (US);

Norman Ross Hill, Houston, TX (US);

Daniel P. Johnson, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Saptarshi Dasgupta, Houston, TX (US);

Norman Ross Hill, Houston, TX (US);

Daniel P. Johnson, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/36 (2006.01); G01V 1/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/303 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of modifying a seismic image of a subsurface region includes identifying a location within the seismic image that includes a distortion, indicating a structural change associated with the distortion, that is selected to at least partially correct for the distortion, identifying a region causing the distortion in which corrections to a velocity model corresponding to the seismic image are to be applied, performing an inversion for the region in accordance with the indicated structural change, updating the velocity model on the basis of the inversion, and producing a modified seismic image on the basis of the updated velocity model.


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