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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Applicants:
William E. Bond, Spring, TX (US);
Robert J. Pottorf, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
William E. Bond, Spring, TX (US);
Robert J. Pottorf, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 8/02 (2006.01); G01V 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01); G01N 33/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 8/02 (2013.01); G01V 9/007 (2013.01); G01N 33/1833 (2013.01); G01N 33/241 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and system is described to exploration and development hydrocarbon resources. The method involves operations for exploring and developing hydrocarbons with one or more unmanned vehicles. The unmanned vehicles are used to obtain one or more samples that may be used to identify hydrocarbon systems, such as hydrocarbon seeps.