Patents by Inventor Nihed El Allouche

Nihed El Allouche 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).

  • Publication number: 20230121269
    Abstract: A method can include receiving seismic survey data of a subsurface environment from a seismic survey that includes a source arrangement of sources that is spatially denser than a receiver arrangement of receivers; processing the seismic survey data using the principle of reciprocity for performing interpolation across the receivers to generate processed seismic survey data; and generating an image of at least a portion of the subsurface environment using the processed seismic survey data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Rajiv KUMAR, Yousif Izzeldin KAMIL AMIN, Sonika N/A, Massimiliano VASSALLO, Nihed EL ALLOUCHE, Daniele BOIERO
  • Patent number: 10948615
    Abstract: A system and method for multicomponent noise attenuation of a seismic wavefield is provided. Embodiments may include receiving, at one or more computing devices, seismic data associated with a seismic wavefield over at least one channel of a plurality of channels from one or more seismic sensor stations. Embodiments may further include identifying a noise component on the at least one channel of the plurality of channels and attenuating the noise component on the at least one channel of the plurality of channels based upon, at least in part, the seismic data received from the one or more seismic sensor stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.
    Inventors: Nihed El Allouche, Ali Ozbek
  • Patent number: 10775522
    Abstract: A method for processing seismic data may include receiving, via a processor, the seismic data acquired via a seismic survey. The seismic survey may include seismic sources that emit seismic wavefields at different locations. Each of the seismic sources may change a directivity pattern of a respective seismic wavefield based on a respective location of the respective seismic source. The seismic survey may also include seismic receivers that may receive the seismic data. The method may also include generating one or more basis functions that correspond to measurements of the seismic data, modelling a signal component of the seismic data as a sum of the one or more basis functions, and storing the signal component in a storage component. The signal component may be used to acquire an image of a subsurface region of the earth for identifying a feature in the subsurface region of the earth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Fraser Halliday, Nihed El Allouche
  • Publication number: 20190004198
    Abstract: A system and method for multicomponent noise attenuation of a seismic wavefield is provided. Embodiments may include receiving, at one or more computing devices, seismic data associated with a seismic wavefield over at least one channel of a plurality of channels from one or more seismic sensor stations. Embodiments may further include identifying a noise component on the at least one channel of the plurality of channels and attenuating the noise component on the at least one channel of the plurality of channels based upon, at least in part, the seismic data received from the one or more seismic sensor stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Nihed El Allouche, Ali Ozbek
  • Publication number: 20170363757
    Abstract: A method for processing seismic data may include receiving, via a processor, the seismic data acquired via a seismic survey. The seismic survey may include seismic sources that emit seismic wavefields at different locations. Each of the seismic sources may change a directivity pattern of a respective seismic wavefield based on a respective location of the respective seismic source. The seismic survey may also include seismic receivers that may receive the seismic data. The method may also include generating one or more basis functions that correspond to measurements of the seismic data, modelling a signal component of the seismic data as a sum of the one or more basis functions, and storing the signal component in a storage component. The signal component may be used to acquire an image of a subsurface region of the earth for identifying a feature in the subsurface region of the earth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: David Fraser Halliday, Nihed El Allouche
  • Publication number: 20170363756
    Abstract: A seismic receiver may acquire seismic data reflected from one or more subterranean features of the Earth. The seismic receiver may include a housing and a four-component sensor that may measure four properties of a seismic wavefield. The four-component sensor may be disposed within the housing. The seismic receiver may also include a particle motion sensor that may measure a particle motion of the seismic wavefield in at least one direction. The particle motion sensor may be disposed within the housing, such that the four-component sensor and the particle motion sensor are separated by a distance in a first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Nihed El Allouche, David Fraser Halliday