Patents Assigned to 4th Wave Imaging Corp.
  • Patent number: 7027354
    Abstract: Representative embodiments provide for a computer including a program code configured to cause a processor to invert and thereafter calibrate first and second data sets, subtract the inverted second data set from the inverted first data set to derive a time-lapse data set, calculate a model including a plurality of parametric values, sort the plurality of parametric values into a plurality of bins, select, map and calibrate a plurality of optimal parametric values from the plurality of bins, and plot the plurality of calibrated optimal parametric values to represent at least one physical characteristic of a subterranean reservoir of hydrocarbons. The method includes deriving a time-lapse data set from a first seismic data set and a second seismic data set, deriving a model, sorting the plurality of values into bins, selecting, mapping and calibrating a plurality of optimal values from the bins, and plotting the calibrated values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: 4th Wave Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Cole, David E. Lumley, Mark A. Meadows