Patents Examined by Donald McElhey, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6925387
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for utilizing seismic data contemporaneously across multiple seismic domains is disclosed. The method comprises kinematically linking a first point in a set of seismic data having at least three-dimensions in a first seismic domain with a second point in the set of seismic data in a second seismic domain related to the first seismic domain by a velocity model in time or in depth. The apparatus includes, in various aspects, a program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform such a method and a computer programmed to perform the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.
    Inventors: Irina A. Marin, Thomas Gehrmann