Patents Assigned to IHS Inc.
  • Selecting and annotating well logs
    Patent number: 8321130
    Abstract: Well logs are selected, annotated and correlated. In one example, a display of a well log showing logged information and well depths corresponding to the information is presented. Data related to the well log is searched to find a named formation near a selected depth and a name of a formation near the named formation is selected. The selected adjacent formation name is then presented on the display of the well log in association with the displayed depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: IHS Inc.
    Inventors: Carolyn Hill, Robert Michael Banks, Annette Louise deJong, Richard Eli Herrmann
  • Method for estimating missing well log data
    Patent number: 8065086
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to the field of oil and gas exploration and specifically to the use of well logs for exploration. This invention is directed to a method for estimating data that would have been collected in a region of a well log where there is a gap. This method uses identified elements in one data set to identify elements in another data set with data values indicative of the same geological characteristic as those in the first data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: IHS Inc.
    Inventors: Yingwei Yu, Douglas J. Seyler, Michael D. McCormack