Patents by Inventor Niranjan C. Banik

Niranjan C. Banik 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).

  • Subsalt velocity model building
    Patent number: 9417350
    Abstract: Method for building a subsalt velocity model. In one implementation, the method may include determining a velocity of a sedimentary area surrounding a salt body, determining an initial velocity of a subsalt sedimentary area disposed below the salt body by interpolating the velocity of the surrounding sedimentary area with one or more boundaries defining the salt body, and updating the initial velocity of the subsalt sedimentary area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: WESTERNGECO, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Niranjan C. Banik
  • Providing a Transform Function to Produce a Mechanical Property of a Subterranean Structure
    Publication number: 20110246075
    Abstract: A transform function is useable to map a characteristic (e.g., acoustic impedance, shear impedance, density, and/or other characteristic) to a mechanical property (e.g., Young's modulus or other mechanical property). Values of the characteristic can be derived based on surface survey data, and such values can be mapped to respective values of the mechanical property using the transform function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Niranjan C. Banik
  • SUBSALT VELOCITY MODEL BUILDING
    Publication number: 20090290451
    Abstract: Method for building a subsalt velocity model. In one implementation, the method may include determining a velocity of a sedimentary area surrounding a salt body, determining an initial velocity of a subsalt sedimentary area disposed below the salt body by interpolating the velocity of the surrounding sedimentary area with one or more boundaries defining the salt body, and updating the initial velocity of the subsalt sedimentary area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventor: Niranjan C. Banik
  • Subsalt velocity model building
    Patent number: 7586811
    Abstract: Method for building a subsalt velocity model. In one implementation, the method may include determining a velocity of a sedimentary area surrounding a salt body, determining an initial velocity of a subsalt sedimentary area disposed below the salt body by interpolating the velocity of the surrounding sedimentary area with one or more boundaries defining the salt body, and updating the initial velocity of the subsalt sedimentary area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.
    Inventor: Niranjan C. Banik
  • Subsalt Velocity Model Building
    Publication number: 20070291588
    Abstract: Method for building a subsalt velocity model. In one implementation, the method may include determining a velocity of a sedimentary area surrounding a salt body, determining an initial velocity of a subsalt sedimentary area disposed below the salt body by interpolating the velocity of the surrounding sedimentary area with one or more boundaries defining the salt body, and updating the initial velocity of the subsalt sedimentary area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventor: Niranjan C. Banik