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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2013
Pavel Dimitrov, Houston, TX (US);
Matthias Imhof, Katy, TX (US);
Pavel Dimitrov, Houston, TX (US);
Matthias Imhof, Katy, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Method and system is described for modeling one or more geophysical properties of a subsurface volume. The method includes extracting locations from the data volume and combining them into an object, for example a horizon. The extraction may begin with selecting one or more initial traces, assigning labels to each sample of each trace, selecting a propagation pattern, and propagating the labels from the initial traces along a vector volume. Then, locations with the same label are extracted (). As an alternative to label propagation, a specific type of labeled volume () may be obtained, such as a stack of surfaces (). The object may then be further modified or utilized to enhance the process of producing hydrocarbons.