Patents by Inventor Tim B. Berge

Tim B. Berge 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: 7177765
    Abstract: A method designed to combine both pseudo compressional interval velocity and pseudo shear interval velocity from seismic data for predicting fluid type and porosity in oil and gas exploration. The first step is the generation of ?S, pseudo shear reflectivity data, and P, pseudo compressional reflectivity data from the seismic data. The second step of the method is to produce scaled pseudo shear reflectivity ?Vs and scaled pseudo compressional reflectivity ?Vp from both the ?S and P data and then combine and re-project the ?Vs and the ?Vp data. The compression and shear reflectivity data are inverted, scaled to pseudo-velocity and then calibrated to well control. The resulting ?Vp and ?Vs volumes produce fluid volume and porosity volume. The fluid and porosity volumes can be stored in an electronic storage medium for analysis to distinguish between commercial and non-commercial gas accumulations prior to drilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Inventor: Tim B. Berge