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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7895220 | Middleware method and apparatus and program storage device adapted for linking data sources to software applications Middleware services link multiple data sources to multiple software applications. In one implementation, the middleware receives data requests from different applications, each request including a set of data descriptions that specify which type of data is sought fr... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7526385 | Method, system and apparatus for determining rock strength using sonic logging A method is disclosed for determining a rock strength of an Earth formation, including: receiving a signal representing a measured variation of velocities or slownesses as function of radius from and azimuth around a borehole; generating predictions from a Mechanica... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7398158 | Method and apparatus for detecting fractures using frequency data derived from seismic data A unique method has been developed which can show the presence of fractures in an Earth formation as a mappable attribute. This method uses the frequency spectra derived from P-wave seismic data over a pair of specific time windows above and below a seismic horizon ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 6940507 | Method and apparatus for visualization of 3D voxel data using lit opacity volumes with shading A volume rendering process is disclosed for improving the visual quality of images produced by rendering and displaying volumetric data in voxel format for the display of three-dimensional (3D) data on a two-dimensional (2D) display with shading and opacity to contr... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6887651 | Electrodeposited photoresist and dry film photoresist photolithography process for printed circuit board patterning A hybrid photolithography process for printed circuit board patterning combines two types of photoresist applications to achieve superior protection of printed circuit board (PCB) ‘plated through holes’ (PTH). In a first step, electro-deposited (ED) photoresist ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6441618 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the advance of seawater into fresh water aquifers near coastal cities Sensors are permanently placed in the ground near observation and injection wells in order to passively and continuously monitor the status of seawater advance toward fresh water aquifers near coastal cities as well as the status of fresh water injected i... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6311131 | Method of and apparatus for determining the quality of seismic data A method of determining the quality of seismic data comprises the steps of defining a predetermined threshold (step 12) from a characteristic of a first set of seismic data and translating the difference between the predetermined threshold and the corresp... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6305308 | Deflector with shock absorber A deflector assembly of the kind used to pull one or more seismic streamers being towed by a seismic survey vessel out to a desired lateral offset from the vessel comprises a wing-shaped deflector body suspended by a cable or chain between a float. In ord... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6257161 | Fairings for cables A fairing for reducing the drag produced by a lead-in cable which is being used to tow one or more seismic streamers forming part of a wide streamer array comprises a plurality of fairing sections, each having a central bore to receive the lead-in and a s... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6201884 | Apparatus and method for trend analysis in graphical information involving spatial data A method and apparatus are disclosed for testing a large plurality of displayed data points of recorded spatial data to determine and display trends created by different sets of the data points within the recorded spatial data. An analysis operator intera... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6151555 | Seismic signal processing method and apparatus for generating a cube of variance values A workstation computer system, and its associated method and program storage device, stores a novel software package known as "Variance Cube". The computer system is responsive to a plurality of seismic signals propagating through a cubic volume of an ear... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6138076 | Automatic non-artificially extended fault surface based horizon modeling system An automatic, non-artificially extended, fault surface based horizon modeling method and apparatus produces a final faulted horizon model which is a three dimensional representation of a faulted earth formation including all the horizons and all the fault... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6073139 | Integrated data communication and data access system including the application data interface An integrated data communication and data access system includes a first cache memory operatively connected to a first application and a first conversion means operatively connected to the first cache memory and interfacing between a first operator of the... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6014343 | Automatic non-artificially extended fault surface based horizon modeling system An automatic, non-artificially extended, fault surface based horizon modeling method and apparatus produces a final faulted horizon model which is a three dimensional representation of a faulted earth formation including all the horizons and all the fault... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5999885 | Method and apparatus for automatically identifying fault cuts in seismic data using a horizon time structure An interpretation workstation based apparatus having an "Auto Fault" software stored therein automatically identifies a plurality of fault cuts in each of a plurality of horizons in a seismic data volume in response to a plurality of predetermined "horizo... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5995907 | Seismic signal processing method and apparatus for generating time slice or horizon maps in response to seismic traces and quadrature traces to determine geologic features A method and associated apparatus for generating time slice maps and/or horizon maps, representative of a time slice or a horizon in an earth formation that is subject to a seismic operation, in response to received seismic data includes the steps of: (a)... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5873051 | Method and apparatus for processing at least two seismic data sets during a step to derive a third data set A processing system stores a special software known as the Cubemath software. The Cubemath software allows the processing system to process, analyze, and interpret a second set of seismic data relative to a first set of seismic data obtained from either a... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5574371 | Method and apparatus for measuring mud resistivity in a wellbore including a probe having a bottom electrode for propagating a current from and to the bottom electrode in a direction approximately parallel to a longitudinal axis of the probe A logging apparatus is adapted to be disposed in a mud filled wellbore, and a measurement probe is connected to a bottom of a tool string of the logging apparatus. The measurement probe is adapted for measuring a resistivity of a mud in the mud filled wel... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5509312 | Diaphragm pressure sensor including anti-stock protection means and gradiomanometer incorporating such a sensor A pressure sensor (20) comprises a deformable diaphragm (22) which closes a fluid passage (18) in sealed manner. In order to protect the diaphragm (22) from shocks, the passage includes a restriction (44) whose dimensions are so designed as to limit the p... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509481 | Method of perforating including an automatic release apparatus suspending by wireline or coiled tubing in a wellbore for perforating a long length interval of the wellbore in a single run using a gun string longer than a wellhead lubricator A new perforating method and release apparatus enables a wellbore operator to perforate long length intervals of a wellbore during a single perforating run into the wellbore, the interval of the wellbore being perforated being longer in length than the le... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5507341 | Inflatable packer with bladder shape control An inflatable packer assembly used in well service work and having a mandrel that carries a normally retracted inflatable packer unit. The unit includes an inner elastomer bladder surrounded by a reinforcement. To control the shape of the unit during infl... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5505134 | Perforating gun having a plurality of charges including a corresponding plurality of exploding foil or exploding bridgewire initiator apparatus responsive to a pulse of current for simultaneously detonating the plurality of charges A perforating apparatus adapted to be disposed in a wellbore includes a plurality of shaped charges, an electrical current carrying conductor, and a plurality of exploding foil or exploding bridgewire initiators disposed, respectively, between the plurali... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5486762 | Apparatus including multi-wait time pulsed NMR logging method for determining accurate T2-distributions and accurate T1/T2 ratios and generating a more accurate output record using the updated T2-distributions and T1/T2 ratios When a pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) well logging tool is traversing a wellbore, a NMR well logging method includes magnetizing the hydrogen nuclei in a formation traversed by the tool with a static magnetic field, waiting for a first period of ... | 01/23/1996 |
| 4967343 | Pipelined parallel vector processor including parallel configured element processors for processing vector elements in parallel fashion A pipelined parallel vector processor is disclosed. In order to increase the performance of the parallel vector processor, the present invention decreases the time required to process a pair of vectors stored in a pair of vector registers. The vector regi... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4864843 | Method and apparatus for chromatographic analysis, in particular of petroleum liquids A liquid sample to be analyzed is subjected to a vaporizing step. The vaporized components are submitted to a first separation stage by introducing said components into a packed chromatography column and flowing carrier gas through said column. The efflue... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4862991 | Sonic well logging tool transmitter A transmitter for a sonic wall logging tool contains a piston, the plane of the piston being disposed along the longitudinal axis of the tool. The piston moves, in its entirety, transversely with respect to the tool when an alternating current flows in tw... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4860581 | Down hole tool for determination of formation properties The apparatus of the present invention relates to a down hole tool capable of extraction of valid samples and making pressure measurements useful in calculating formation permeability. The tool incorporates the features of a staddle packing to allow forma... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4856595 | Well tool control system and method In accordance with illustrative embodiments disclosed herein, a formation testing tool suspended in a well on a pipe string includes a valve actuator control system which responds to a command signal having a certain signature. The command signal is appli... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4852067 | Low frequency sonic logging Methods and apparatus are described utilizing low frequency tube waves in determining characteristics of formations traversed by a borehole. Data received from three spaced receiving transducers are utilized in formulating quantities representative of com... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4837517 | Spatial frequency method and apparatus for investigating earth conductivity with high vertical resolution by induction techniques An electrical induction sonde for measuring a characteristic of an earth formation traversed by a borehole having improved vertical resolution and excellent depth of penetration. The sonde has two or more transmitter-receiver spacings preselected to provi... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4827457 | Method and apparatus for acoustically measuring the transverse dimensions of a borehole An apparatus and method for the measuring the transverse dimensions of a hole such as in an oil well including a sonde on which an electro-acoustic transducer is mounted in an off centered position in relation to the axis of the sonde. This transducer has... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4827401 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing clocks prior to the execution of a flush operation In a multiprocessor system, including a first processor, a second processor, a main memory (otherwise termed a Basic Storage Module - BSM), and a control circuit (termed BSM controls), the first processor may attempt to locate specific data in its cache a... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4818946 | Method and apparatus for enhancing the resolution of an induction logging tool in measuring a characteristic of a borehole formation A method and apparatus for enhancing the resolution of an induction logging tool at a desired depth of investigation comprising receiving an induction signal from the formation corresponding to the desired depth of investigation, receiving a second signal... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4813028 | Acoustic well logging method and apparatus An acoustic well logging method and apparatus utilizes a rare earth acoustic transducer to provide low frequency acoustic energy within the borehole, and characteristics of a subsurface geological formation may be obtained, such as the formation permeabil... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4808929 | Shielded induction sensor for well logging A shielded solenoid for use in well logging is disclosed in which a cylindrical or solenoidal coil is provided in a support member. A shield is spirally wrapped about the wall of the support member and the coil. The resulting toroidally shaped shield has ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4806928 | Apparatus for electromagnetically coupling power and data signals between well bore apparatus and the surface In the representative embodiment of the new and improved apparatus disclosed herein, a downhole tool adapted to be coupled in a pipe string and positioned in a well bore is provided with one or more electrical devices cooperatively arranged to receive pow... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4805726 | Controlled implosive downhole seismic source A controlled implosive downhole seismic source having a substantially hollow closed vessel body adapted to be lowered in a borehole and means for selectively causing at least a portion of the vessel body to implode under pressure thereby producing seismic... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4803873 | Process for measuring flow and determining the parameters of multilayer hydrocarbon producing formations The invention concerns a process for measuring the flow as a function of time of the several layers of a subterranean multilayer hydrocarbon-producing formation through which a well is drilled, and for determining the parameters of formation by comparison... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4802359 | Tool for measuring pressure in an oil well The invention relates to a tool for measuring pressure in the annular space lying between casing and the production string of an oil well. The tool comprises two sliding elements, with the first element being temporarily locked in a section of the string ... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4800752 | Flow restricting logging tool and method A well-logging tool, for use within a well borehole for measuring a characteristic of a flowing fluid therein, is shown to include a housing and a spinner for measuring the flow rate of the fluid. The spinner is disposed within the housing. To divert the ... | 01/31/1989 |
