Patents by Inventor Mamadou Sanou Diallo

Mamadou Sanou Diallo 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).

  • Patent number: 11686872
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for attenuating guided waves in seismic data using polarization filtering are provided. A raw hydrophone component and raw geophone component of multicomponent seismic data may be scaled using a constant scalar to enhance the ellipticity ratio of guided waves. Polarization filtering based on the ellipticity ratio may be applied within a velocity constraint to the scaled hydrophone and vertical geophone components to attenuate the guided waves. Additionally or alternatively, polarization filtering based on the tilt angle may be applied within a velocity constraint to the raw hydrophone and vertical geophone components to attenuate the guided waves. Polarization filtering may be applied to a raw hydrophone component and raw vertical geophone component of seismic data to attenuate Scholte waves before attenuation of the guided waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mamadou Sanou Diallo, Mustafa Al-Marzooq
  • Publication number: 20230123550
    Abstract: Systems and methods for filtering interface waves from single component seismic data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of filtering seismic data includes comparing amplitude coefficients of a matrix storing the seismic data in a time-frequency domain against an amplitude threshold, and comparing frequencies of the matrix against a maximum expected frequency of noise. The method further includes, for each amplitude coefficient having less than the amplitude threshold and an associated frequency less than the maximum expected frequency of noise, scaling the amplitude coefficient to reduce its value. The method also includes performing an inverse time-frequency transformation on the matrix to generate a noise model in a time domain, and subtracting the noise model from the seismic data in the time domain to generate filtered seismic data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Mamadou Sanou Diallo
  • Patent number: 11467302
    Abstract: A method for determining and tracking an edge of first breaks is provided. The method includes obtaining seismic data associated with subsurface formations, the seismic data relating to a vibration contacting a plurality of portions of the subsurface formations, processing the seismic data to produce processed seismic data comprising one or more attributes, wherein the processed seismic data defines an edge characterizing a plurality of onset times, iteratively performing, using a level sets algorithm, a plurality of tracking operations on the processed seismic data to identify the edge characterizing a plurality of first breaks' onset times, and determining the edge as first breaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mamadou Sanou Diallo, Mustafa Almarzooq, Javier Giraldo-Buitrago, Abdullah E Qahtani
  • Patent number: 11415719
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for the attenuation of interface waves using polarization filtering applied to recorded single component seismic data are disclosed. A second component for polarization filtering is created by determining interface waves from the recorded data single component seismic data. The second component seismic data may be generated using an interface waves propagation model (in frequency or time-frequency domain) or by differential normal move-out (NMO) interpolation. Polarization filtering may be applied to multicomponent seismic data formed from the recorded single component seismic data and the generated second component seismic data to attenuate interface noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Mamadou Sanou Diallo
  • Publication number: 20210247536
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for the attenuation of interface waves using polarization filtering applied to recorded single component seismic data are disclosed. A second component for polarization filtering is created by determining interface waves from the recorded data single component seismic data. The second component seismic data may be generated using an interface waves propagation model (in frequency or time-frequency domain) or by differential normal move-out (NMO) interpolation. Polarization filtering may be applied to multicomponent seismic data formed from the recorded single component seismic data and the generated second component seismic data to attenuate interface noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Mamadou Sanou Diallo
  • Publication number: 20210190984
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for attenuating guided waves in seismic data using polarization filtering are provided. A raw hydrophone component and raw geophone component of multicomponent seismic data may be scaled using a constant scalar to enhance the ellipticity ratio of guided waves. Polarization filtering based on the ellipticity ratio may be applied within a velocity constraint to the scaled hydrophone and vertical geophone components to attenuate the guided waves. Additionally or alternatively, polarization filtering based on the tilt angle may be applied within a velocity constraint to the raw hydrophone and vertical geophone components to attenuate the guided waves. Polarization filtering may be applied to a raw hydrophone component and raw vertical geophone component of seismic data to attenuate Scholte waves before attenuation of the guided waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Mamadou Sanou Diallo, Mustafa Al-Marzooq
  • Patent number: 10481287
    Abstract: Methods for correcting seismic signals by determining a signature of an outcropping geobody (e.g., a sand dune) from unprocessed seismic data, attenuating the seismic data using a variable gap deconvolution, and performing a surface consistent deconvolution and amplitude correction on the seismic data. A signature associated with the outcropping geobody and corresponding to the geometry of the geobody may be identified from the unprocessed seismic data. The signature may be used in subsequent processing, such for the determination of a variable gap length for a variable gap deconvolution applied to the seismic data. Computer-readable media and systems for correcting seismic signals are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Mamadou Sanou Diallo
  • Publication number: 20180038976
    Abstract: Methods for correcting seismic signals by determining a signature of an outcropping geobody (e.g., a sand dune) from unprocessed seismic data, attenuating the seismic data using a variable gap deconvolution, and performing a surface consistent deconvolution and amplitude correction on the seismic data. A signature associated with the outcropping geobody and corresponding to the geometry of the geobody may be identified from the unprocessed seismic data. The signature may be used in subsequent processing, such for the determination of a variable gap length for a variable gap deconvolution applied to the seismic data. Computer-readable media and systems for correcting seismic signals are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Mamadou Sanou Diallo