Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Pierle

Thomas A. Pierle 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).

  • DETERMINING A POSITION OF A GEOLOGICAL LAYER RELATIVE TO A WAVELET RESPONSE IN SEISMIC DATA
    Publication number: 20120044784
    Abstract: Determining geological layer location in a subterranean formation, including receiving seismic data representing an interaction of the geological layer with propagation of a seismic wave, identifying a source wavelet representing a portion of the seismic wave impinging on a boundary of the geological layer, providing a geological layer template of the geological layer including primary and secondary reflection interfaces associated with reflectivity based on material properties of the geological layer, generating a wavelet response template by applying the source wavelet to the geological layer template using a mathematical convolution operation to model seismic wave interference caused by the primary and secondary reflection interfaces, identifying an extremum of the seismic data, and determining, based on the extremum, the location of the geological layer in the subterranean formation using the wavelet response template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Thomas A. Pierle