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8185316 Time-space varying spectra for seismic processing  
A method and visualization apparatus for spectral analysis of time-and-space varying signals enables high resolution investigation of 3D seismic data for the exploration of oil and gas. The method...
8170802 Communication between sensor units and a recorder  
A seismic acquisition system. In one implementation, the seismic acquisition system includes a recorder having a memory having a communication protocol application stored therein and one or more...
8160944 System and method for creating electronic real estate registration  
A system for providing a registered land asset includes a property transaction database in communication with a computer network the property transaction database provides information related to...
8138961 Step frequency ISAR  
A step frequency inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) includes a transmitter configured to transmit a transmission pulse at a transmission frequency to a near earth object (NEO), the...
8135543 Apparatus and method for integrating survey parameters into a header  
A method, apparatus and system for acquiring seismic data is disclosed that in one aspect receives a seismic signal detected by at least one sensor in response to a seismic energy signal generated...
8126652 Azimuth correction for data reconstruction in three-dimensional surface-related multiple prediction  
A best fitting trace in seismic data is determined for a desired trace to be reconstructed. An azimuth correction is calculated for the azimuth difference between the best fitting trace and the...
8126651 Method for obtaining porosity and shale volume from seismic data  
Method for obtaining rock parameters such as porosity and vshale directly from inversion of seismic data corresponding to a single trace location. This method is distinguished from existing methods...
8121791 Spectral shaping inversion and migration of seismic data  
A geophysical model of a subsurface region is generated based on seismic data, e.g., seismic reflection data. Migration and seismic inversion are applied to the seismic data to generate estimates...
8117014 Methods to estimate subsurface deviatoric stress characteristics from borehole sonic log anisotropy directions and image log failure directions  
Methods and apparatus for estimating stress characteristics of formations. The method comprises: (a) acquiring sonic anisotropy data, image data or both associated with at least one borehole (b)...
RE43188 Method and system for reducing effects of sea surface ghost contamination in seismic data  
An improved de-ghosting method and system that utilizes multi-component marine seismic data recorded in a fluid medium. The method makes use of two types of data: pressure data that represents the...
8107317 Technique and system for performing a cross well survey  
A technique includes providing a source in a first well and a seismic receiver in a second well to detect a seismic event that is caused by the source. The technique includes referencing clocks in...
8103452 Correction method for processing seismic traces  
This invention relates to a method for processing seismic data comprising a collection of seismic traces with different offsets, comprising the steps of: a) breaking up one or several first...
8095319 System and method for fault identification  
A system, which may be and/or may include a computer system, and method for identifying a fault patch position from a seismic data volume. The system and method may include defining an initial...
8095697 Orientation measurement tool for seismic data acquisition  
An apparatus for in-field configuration of a seismic device such as a seismic sensor may include a memory module having data for configuring the seismic device, a location sensor determining a...
8095320 Method, program product, and system for suppression of residual water bottom energy in surface seismic data  
Systems, program product, and methods of suppressing residual water bottom energy in seismic data, are provided. An example of a system, program product, and method can be applied to post-stack...
8086426 Processing seismic data representing a physical system  
A method of processing seismic data representing a physical system, the method comprising a difference between first and second seismic data representing the system in first and second states,...
8086408 Method for positioning a wire using sensor information  
A method for positioning a wire having nodes and streamers is provided herein. The wire can be secured to tow lines secured to a floating vessel for detecting near surface geology formations. The...
8082106 3D surface related multiple elimination for wide azimuth seismic data  
According to a preferred aspect of the instant invention, there is provided herein a system and method for the imaging and monitoring of the subsurface hydrocarbon reservoirs and other subsurface...
8078405 Method of estimating the permeability of a fracture network from a connectivity analysis  
A method for optimizing the development of a fractured hydrocarbon reservoir wherein the network permeability is determined using a reliable compromise between numerical and analytical methods...
8078406 Processing seismic data in common group-center gathers  
A method for processing seismic data. The method includes plotting a travel-time curve and one or more actual times that each seismic receiver receives one or more seismograms on a graph. The...
8073625 Method for combining seismic data sets  
A method is disclosed for combining seismic data sets. This method has application in merging data sets of different vintages, merging data sets collected using different acquisition technologies,...
8073624 Technique and system to process a seismic signal to determine an attribute of a geological layer  
A technique includes receiving seismic data indicative of a signal, which is produced by the interaction of reflection interfaces with a source wavelet. The reflection interfaces are associated...
8068986 Methods and apparatus related to sensor signal sniffing and/or analysis  
The disclosure relates to Sensor security and Business Intelligence and more particularly to detecting and capturing Sensor information of data in a network environment and extracting information...
8064289 Measuring device for a drilling apparatus  
A measuring device for a drilling apparatus which comprises a series of drilling rods, rotary and axially mobile. The measuring device comprises sensors, disposed on the series of rods, and feed...
8064573 Computer generated prompting  
A method and apparatus for generating appropriate confirmatory prompts in a speech-enabled, interactive computer system. The method can be incorporated in an interactive voice response system that...
8065088 Extraction of depositional systems  
A process that assists with the identification of potential hydrocarbon deposits that includes performing a structural interpretation of a three-dimensional seismic volume, transforming the...
8060313 Simulation system using electromagnetic field analysis and circuit analysis and recording medium storing simulation program  
A simulation system includes electromagnetic field analyzing units that execute electromagnetic field analysis with respect to electromagnetic field analysis areas obtained by division of an area...
8060312 System and method for migrating seismic data  
A system and method that enable the processing of seismic data. In one embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of processing nodes and a server. The plurality of processing nodes are configured...
8060314 Updating information regarding sections of a streamer that are in a body of water  
To perform a marine survey, a streamer is deployed into a body of water, where the streamer has plural first sensors to perform a subterranean survey. Indications are received from second sensors...
8055449 Determining fault transmissivity in a subterranean reservoir  
To determine fault transmissivity in a subterranean reservoir, fault structures in the subterranean reservoir are identified, and elastic impedance data is computed from well log data and seismic...
8055730 System having a network connected to multiple different types of survey sensors  
A system includes a network, multiple different types of survey sensors connected to the network, and a controller connected to the network. The multiple different types of survey sensors are...
8045417 Analyzing 2-D surface and/or borehole seismic data to locate subsurface diffractors  
A system and method for locating subsurface diffractors. The method operates on two-dimensional (2-D) seismic data that includes one or more 2-D seismic lines. The 2-D seismic data may be...
8041510 Continuous reservoir monitoring for fluid pathways using microseismic data  
A system and method monitor a hydrocarbon reservoir for drainage in volumetric three dimensions. Monitoring between wells is imperative for optimum reservoir management and is achieved by mapping...
8036866 Case-based drilling knowledge management system  
A method has been designed for storing drilling knowledge and experience in a highly structured fashion that permits the user to identify drilling cases that meet user-specified criteria and to...
8032304 System and method for deriving seismic wave fields using both ray-based and finite-element principles  
A system and method approximate a set of wave equations describing the propagation of seismic waves of one or more frequencies through a seismic volume of interest. In one embodiment, a ray-based...
8032311 Estimating gas-oil ratio from other physical properties  
A method for characterizing a desired property of a fluid downhole is described. In some non-limiting examples, the method comprises receiving an input signal representing sound speed of a fluid...
8019549 Event-based power management for seismic sensors  
A method of event-based power management for seismic sensors is disclosed. The method comprises measuring seismic activity with a seismic sensor and comparing the measured seismic activity from the...
8019548 Enabling analysis of a survey source signal using a time-based visualization of the survey source signal  
To enable analysis of a signal associated with surveying a subterranean structure, a processing system receives a time series of the signal associated with surveying the subterranean structure. A...
8014950 System and method for seismic trace analysis  
Seismic data are processed to reduce or eliminate aliasing due, for example to sparse or irregular sampling. An iterative method includes an inhibiting function used in conjunction with a function...
8010293 Localized seismic imaging using diplets  
Methods, systems, and software for determining a seismic image of a target area are disclosed. The target area is defined by a volume of interest (VOI). The method includes receiving an unmigrated...
8010294 Extraction of depositional systems  
A process that assists with the identification of potential hydrocarbon deposits that includes performing a structural interpretation of a three-dimensional seismic volume, transforming the...
7991555 Electromagnetic directional measurements for non-parallel bed formations  
An orientation vector, referred to hereinafter as the “geosteering vector,” is directed to the more conductive formation area within the DOI of the tool and away from the more resistive for...
7991556 Methodology and application of multimodal decomposition of a composite distribution  
A method for analyzing formation data includes decomposing the formation data into simple components that can be used to reconstruct the formation data, wherein the decomposing is performed at a...
7986319 Method and system for dynamic, three-dimensional geological interpretation and modeling  
Techniques and a system for performing geological interpretation operations in support of energy resources exploration and production perform well log correlation operations for generating a set of...
7983847 Method and system for the transmission of seismic data  
The transmission method utilizes multiple seismic acquisition units within an array as intermediate short range radio receivers/transmitters to pass collected seismic data in relay fashion back to...
7979210 Correction for errors caused by variation in water conditions  
Method for processing seismic data to correct for errors caused by variation in water conditions. In one implementation, the method may include (a) applying a dip correction to a plurality of...
7978563 Method for passive seismic emission tomography including polarization correction for source mechanism  
A method for seismic event mapping includes selecting a plurality of subvolumes representing possible locations of origin of a seismic event in the Earth's subsurface. For each subvolume a...
7979240 System and method for real-time monitoring and failure prediction of electrical submersible pumps  
The present application relates to a system and method for real-time monitoring and failure prediction of electrical submersible pumps. The design includes generating a failure prediction value...
7974785 Method for quantitative evaluation of fluid pressures and detection of overpressures in an underground medium  
Method for evaluating fluid pressures in an underground zone by means of seismic and well data. The zone studied is divided into several time analysis intervals. For each of these intervals, a...
7970593 Method for gradually modifying lithologic facies proportions of a geological model  
A method for gradually modifying a geological model representative of an underground reservoir to respect fixed average proportions of lithologic facies. A group of facies is selected and a...