Patents by Inventor J. Clayton Bell

J. Clayton Bell 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).

  • Methods and systems for reference-based inversion of seismic image volumes
    Patent number: 11531127
    Abstract: Accordingly, there are disclosed herein geologic modeling methods and systems employing reference-based inversion of seismic image volumes. An illustrative method embodiment includes: (a) obtaining a measured seismic image volume; (b) determining a reference seismic image volume based on a reference model; (c) deriving a synthesized seismic image volume from a geologic model; (d) detecting at least one geologic model region where the synthesized seismic image volume and the measured seismic image volume are mismatched; (e) finding a reference model region where the reference seismic image volume best matches the measured seismic image volume; (f) replacing content of the at least one geologic model region with content of the reference model region to obtain an improved geologic model; and (g) outputting the improved geologic model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Enru Liu, Matthew S. Casey, John E. Mayhew, Matthias Imhof, J. Clayton Bell
  • Methods and Systems for Reference-Based Inversion of Seismic Image Volumes
    Publication number: 20190331812
    Abstract: Accordingly, there are disclosed herein geologic modeling methods and systems employing reference-based inversion of seismic image volumes. An illustrative method embodiment includes: (a) obtaining a measured seismic image volume; (b) determining a reference seismic image volume based on a reference model; (c) deriving a synthesized seismic image volume from a geologic model; (d) detecting at least one geologic model region where the synthesized seismic image volume and the measured seismic image volume are mismatched; (e) finding a reference model region where the reference seismic image volume best matches the measured seismic image volume; (f) replacing content of the at least one geologic model region with content of the reference model region to obtain an improved geologic model; and (g) outputting the improved geologic model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Enru Liu, Matthew S. Casey, John E. Mayhew, Matthias Imhof, J. Clayton Bell