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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2014
Weichang LI, Annandale, NJ (US);
Max Deffenbaugh, Flushear, TX (US);
Dominique G. Gillard, Houston, TX (US);
Ganglin Chen, Houston, TX (US);
Xiaoxia Xu, Houston, TX (US);
Weichang Li, Annandale, NJ (US);
Max Deffenbaugh, Flushear, TX (US);
Dominique G. Gillard, Houston, TX (US);
Ganglin Chen, Houston, TX (US);
Xiaoxia Xu, Houston, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A hydrocarbon exploration method for determining subsurface properties from geophysical survey data. Rock physics trends are identified and for each trend a rock physics model is determined that relates the subsurface property to geophysical properties (). The uncertainty in the rock physics trends is also estimated (). A geophysical forward model is selected (), and its uncertainty is estimated (). These quantities are used in an optimization process () resulting in an estimate of the subsurface property and its uncertainty.