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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Reeshidev Bansal, Spring, TX (US);
Sergey Fomel, Austin, TX (US);
Michael P. Matheney, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Reeshidev Bansal, Spring, TX (US);
Sergey Fomel, Austin, TX (US);
Michael P. Matheney, The Woodlands, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a system and method for estimating fracture density within a subsurface formation from S-wave seismic data. In one embodiment, the S-wave seismic data is separated into fast ('S') and slow ('S') data. A computer is used to compute local similarity of the Sand Sdata and to compute a cumulative time-difference by which the Sdata lags the Sdata from the local similarity. Based on the computed cumulative time-difference, the fracture density of a subsurface formation is estimated.