Patents by Inventor Andreas Rueger

Andreas Rueger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automated fault uncertainty analysis in hydrocarbon exploration
    Patent number: 11307319
    Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions that are executable by the processor to access a plurality of seismic images of a subterranean formation in a first geological area. The instructions are also executable to generate a plurality of fault estimates from each of the plurality of seismic images. Further, the instructions are executable to generate a processed seismic image of the first geological area by normalizing and merging the plurality of seismic images and the plurality of fault estimates. Additionally, the instructions are executable to generate a statistical fault uncertainty volume of the first geological area using the processed seismic image. Furthermore, the instructions are executable to control a drilling operation in the first geological area using the statistical fault uncertainty volume of the first geological area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Rueger, Steven Roy Angelovich
  • AUTOMATED FAULT UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION
    Publication number: 20220018982
    Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions that are executable by the processor to access a plurality of seismic images of a subterranean formation in a first geological area. The instructions are also executable to generate a plurality of fault estimates from each of the plurality of seismic images. Further, the instructions are executable to generate a processed seismic image of the first geological area by normalizing and merging the plurality of seismic images and the plurality of fault estimates. Additionally, the instructions are executable to generate a statistical fault uncertainty volume of the first geological area using the processed seismic image. Furthermore, the instructions are executable to control a drilling operation in the first geological area using the statistical fault uncertainty volume of the first geological area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Rueger, Steven Roy Angelovich