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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2012
Kelly Wrobel, Houston, TX (US);
Matthias Imhof, Katy, TX (US);
Martin J. Terrell, Spring, TX (US);
Stefan Hussenoeder, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Kelly Wrobel, Houston, TX (US);
Matthias Imhof, Katy, TX (US);
Martin J. Terrell, Spring, TX (US);
Stefan Hussenoeder, Sugar Land, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
Method for automated and quantitative assessment of multiple direct hydrocarbon indicators ('DHI's') extracted from seismic data. DHI's are defined in a quantitative way (), making possible a method of geophysical prospecting based on quantification of DHI anomalies. Instead of working in a particular spatial region of seismic data pre-defined as a hydrocarbon opportunity, the present invention works on entire data volumes derived from the measured seismic data (), and identifies opportunities based on quantified DHI responses. In some embodiments, a series of algorithms utilizes the geophysical responses that cause DHI's to arise in seismic data to search entire data sets and identify hydrocarbon leads based on the presence of individual and/or combinations of DHI's ().