Patents by Inventor Xiao Bo Hong

Xiao Bo Hong 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: 11774631
    Abstract: A method can include receiving neutron data and density data for a borehole in a geologic formation; determining a migration length value for a layer of the geologic formation based at least in part on the neutron data; forward modeling at least the layer based at least in part on the migration length value and the density data; and outputting, based at least in part on the forward modeling, modeled neutron data for the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporaton
    Inventors: Joan Abadie, Mohammad Taghi Salehi, Koji Ito, John Rasmus, Xiao Bo Hong
  • Publication number: 20230102131
    Abstract: A method can include receiving neutron data and density data for a borehole in a geologic formation; determining a migration length value for a layer of the geologic formation based at least in part on the neutron data; forward modeling at least the layer based at least in part on the migration length value and the density data; and outputting, based at least in part on the forward modeling, modeled neutron data for the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Joan ABADIE, Mohammad Taghi SALEHI, Koji ITO, John RASMUS, Xiao Bo HONG
  • Publication number: 20230041525
    Abstract: A method can include receiving data for a geologic region; based at least in part on the data, selecting a model from a plurality of models using a trained machine learning model, and inverting the data using the selected model to determine parameters of the selected model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Xiao Bo Hong, Keli Sun, Koji Ito, Xiaoyan Zhong
  • Patent number: 11255994
    Abstract: A method includes receiving information for a subsurface region; based at least in part on the information, identifying sub-regions within the subsurface region; assigning individual identified sub-regions a dimensionality of a plurality of different dimensionalities that correspond to a plurality of different models; via a model-based computational framework, generating at least one result for at least one of the individual identified sub-regions based at least in part on at least one assigned dimensionality; and consolidating the at least one result for multiple sub-regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Ito, Xiao Bo Hong, Keli Sun, Aria Abubakar
  • Patent number: 11204438
    Abstract: Properties of a geological formation, such as vertical resistivity values, horizontal resistivity values, dip, and azimuth may be determined by inverting electromagnetic (EM) well log data based at least in part on an anisotropic formation model and a cost function. The cost function may include a data misfit term, a smoothness term, and an entropy term. In some embodiments, one or more of the data misfit term, the smoothness term, and the entropy term may be represented as functions of vertical conductivity and horizontal conductivity. The cost function may include one or more regularization parameters that are based at least in part on the data misfit term. Further, the cost function may include one or more relaxation factors that are based at least in part on a ratio of the Hessians of the smoothness term and the data misfit term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gong Li Wang, Koji Ito, Xiao Bo Hong
  • Publication number: 20210124082
    Abstract: Properties of a geological formation, such as vertical resistivity values, horizontal resistivity values, dip, and azimuth may be determined by inverting electromagnetic (EM) well log data based at least in part on an anisotropic formation model and a cost function. The cost function may include a data misfit term, a smoothness term, and an entropy term. In some embodiments, one or more of the data misfit term, the smoothness term, and the entropy term may be represented as functions of vertical conductivity and horizontal conductivity. The cost function may include one or more regularization parameters that are based at least in part on the data misfit term. Further, the cost function may include one or more relaxation factors that are based at least in part on a ratio of the Hessians of the smoothness term and the data misfit term.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Gong Li Wang, Koji Ito, Xiao Bo Hong
  • Publication number: 20190265373
    Abstract: A method includes receiving information for a subsurface region; based at least in part on the information, identifying sub-regions within the subsurface region; assigning individual identified sub-regions a dimensionality of a plurality of different dimensionalities that correspond to a plurality of different models; via a model-based computational framework, generating at least one result for at least one of the individual identified sub-regions based at least in part on at least one assigned dimensionality; and consolidating the at least one result for multiple sub-regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Koji Ito, Xiao Bo Hong, Keli Sun, Aria Abubakar