Identifying Geological Structural Style in Seismic Reflections

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Identifying Geological Structural Style in Seismic Reflections - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18119581 titled 'Identifying Geological Structural Style in Seismic Reflections

The patent application describes methods and systems for determining the geological structural style of a subterranean formation using seismic reflection measurements.

Acquiring seismic reflection measurements of the subterranean formation.
Isolating signals with larger amplitudes relative to others in the acquired measurements.
Obtaining a set of structural geology geometric primitives representing known structural geological styles.
Identifying best fits between isolated signals and geometric primitives.
Determining a degree of confidence for the identified best fits.
Determining the geological structural style based on the best fits and confidence levels.

Potential Applications: - Oil and gas exploration - Geothermal energy exploration - Mining operations

Problems Solved: - Accurately determining geological structural styles - Improving resource exploration efficiency

Benefits: - Enhanced understanding of subterranean formations - Increased accuracy in resource exploration - Cost-effective exploration methods

Commercial Applications: Title: "Geological Structural Style Determination Technology for Resource Exploration" This technology can be used in the oil and gas industry, geothermal energy sector, and mining companies to optimize resource exploration efforts and increase success rates in locating valuable reserves.

Questions about Geological Structural Style Determination: 1. How does this technology improve resource exploration efficiency?

  - This technology helps in accurately determining the geological structural style of subterranean formations, leading to more targeted exploration efforts.

2. What are the potential applications of this technology beyond resource exploration?

  - This technology can also be applied in civil engineering projects to understand the subsurface geological structures for construction purposes.

Original Abstract Submitted

Methods and systems for determining a geological structural style of a subterranean formation include acquiring seismic reflection measurements of the subterranean formation; isolating one or more signals in the acquired measurements, the one or more signals having larger amplitudes relative to one or more other signals in the acquired measurements; obtaining a set of structural geology geometric primitives wherein each structural geology geometric primitive comprises geometric data representing a known structural geological style; identifying at least one best fit between a set of the one or more isolated signals and a structural geology geometric primitive from the set of structural geology geometric primitives; determining a degree of confidence for at least one best fit identified; and determining a geological structural style of the subterranean formation based on the identified at least one best fit and based on the determined degree of confidence for that best fit.