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| 8086408 | Method for positioning a wire using sensor information A method for positioning a wire having nodes and streamers is provided herein. The wire can be secured to tow lines secured to a floating vessel for detecting near surface geology formations. The method can use in-water sensors deployed proximate to the wire near th... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082105 | Method and apparatus for measuring in-situ stress of rock using thermal crack Disclosed is a method and apparatus for measuring in-situ stress in rock using a thermal crack. The method involves forming a borehole, cooling a wall of the borehole, applying tensile thermal stress, forming a crack in the borehole wall, and measuring temperature a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078403 | Determining permeability using formation testing data A method, system and computer program product for determining permeability of an earth formation of a reservoir are disclosed. A method may include: providing formation testing data of the earth formation; defining layering of the earth formation; determining a geol... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8055448 | Imaging of formation structure ahead of the drill-bit A downhole acoustic logging tool is used for generating a guided borehole wave that propagates into the formation as a body wave, reflects from an interface and is converted back into a guided borehole wave. Guided borehole waves resulting from reflection of the bod... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8036830 | Resistivity imager in non-conductive mud for LWD and wireline applications An apparatus, method and computer-readable medium for imaging an earth formation. A downhole assembly having a resistivity sensor is conveyed in a borehole penetrating the earth formation. The resistivity sensor includes a plurality of antenna coils arranged along a... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8024123 | Subterranean formation properties prediction A method for predicting subterranean formation properties of a wellsite. The method includes obtaining seismic data for an area of interest, obtaining an initial seismic cube using the seismic data, and obtaining a shifted seismic cubes using the seismic data, where... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024125 | Methods and apparatus to monitor contamination levels in a formation fluid Apparatus and methods to monitor contamination levels in a formation fluid are disclosed. An example method involves obtaining first property data indicative of a first fluid property of a formation fluid and second property data indicative of a second fluid propert... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024124 | Determining maximum horizontal stress in an earth formation The invention relates to a method for determining maximum horizontal stress in an earth formation. The method includes obtaining fast shear wave velocities (Vs1) and slow shear wave velocities (Vs2) for various depths in the earth formation, ca... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019548 | Enabling analysis of a survey source signal using a time-based visualization of the survey source signal To enable analysis of a signal associated with surveying a subterranean structure, a processing system receives a time series of the signal associated with surveying the subterranean structure. A visualization of the time series is generated, where the visualization... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010291 | Processing measurement data that involves computing a derivative of the measurement data that represents a subterranean structure To process measurement data representing a subterranean structure, a derivative of the measurement data collected by at least one survey receiver is computed, with respect to frequency. A response representing the subterranean structure is then computed based on the... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7996154 | Methods and apparatus for analysis of downhole asphaltene gradients and applications thereof A method and system for characterizing asphaltene gradients of a reservoir of interest and analyzing properties of the reservoir of interest based upon such asphaltene gradients. The analysis employs a correlation that relates insoluble asphaltene concentration to s... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996153 | Method and apparatus for formation testing A method includes calculating a correction factor that uses a tool component volume change model to estimate a system volume change resulting from a change in the tool component. An apparatus includes a carrier conveyable into a well borehole, a formation test tool ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991556 | Methodology and application of multimodal decomposition of a composite distribution A method for analyzing formation data includes decomposing the formation data into simple components that can be used to reconstruct the formation data, wherein the decomposing is performed at a first location and includes a process to minimize an overlap between th... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983846 | Systems and methods for determining in-situ gas hydrate saturation Systems and methods for determining in-situ hydrate saturation of hydrate-bearing formations using dielectric properties of gas hydrate amounts are described. In accordance with one aspect, a method for determining gas-hydrate saturation concentration of hydrate-bea... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7970545 | Attaching drilling information to three-dimensional visualizations of earth models A system and method for perceiving drilling learning through visualization is provided. In one embodiment using three-dimensional visualization of the earth model as a foundation, a new IT development strategy focuses on perceiving “Drilling Learning” by an intu... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970544 | Method and apparatus for characterizing and estimating permeability using LWD Stoneley-wave data Stoneley-wave data acquired in the LWD environment are used to characterize/estimate formation permeability. Real-time Stoneley-wave time-delay/slowness and center-frequency/attenuation data are used to indicate/characterize formation permeability even during drilli... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7957905 | Data processing method for determining acoustic velocities from acoustic well logging instruments A method for estimating interval travel time of an Earth formation using an acoustic well logging instrument having a plurality of spaced apart acoustic transmitters and acoustic receivers includes measuring travel time between a transmitter and a receiver for subst... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7949470 | Processing measurement data in a deep water application To process subterranean survey data, measurement data is collected by a receiver positioned in deep water, where the collected measurement data is responsive to signals emitted by at least one signal source located at or near an air-water interface of the body of wa... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949471 | Method and system of measuring cetane values for middle distillate fuels A method and a system is disclosed for determining cetane values from constant volume combustion chamber apparatuses capable of producing pressure versus time combustion profiles having a fast combustion region and a slow combustion region, where data from the two r... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7933718 | Method and tool for determination of fracture geometry in subterranean formations based on in-situ neutron activation analysis A method for determining fracture geometry of a subterranean formation from radiation emitted from a fracture in the formation, including measuring gamma-radiation emitted from the fracture; subtracting background radiation from the measured gamma-radiation to obtai... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7920970 | Methods and apparatus for characterization of petroleum fluid and applications thereof An improved method and system for characterizing the compositional components of a hydrocarbon reservoir of interest and analyzing fluid properties of the reservoir of interest based upon its compositional components. ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7869954 | Using microseismic data to characterize hydraulic fractures Methods and apparatus that use microseismic event data, stress data, seismic data, and rock properties to predict the hydrocarbon production success of a well location are disclosed. An example method generates a hydrocarbon production function based on information ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7860655 | Electromagnetically detecting thin resistive bodies in shallow water and terrestrial environments A technique includes using a first sensor to perform a first electromagnetic field measurement to obtain first data, which is indicative of the presence of a resistive body. The first data is relatively sensitive to an effect that is caused by an air layer boundary.... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7840356 | Method for determining receiver orientations Method for completely specifying orientation of electromagnetic receivers dropped to the ocean bottom in an electromagnetic survey. Survey data are selected, rejecting noisy data with long offsets and data where the receiver has saturated with short offsets (61 | 11/23/2010 |
| 7809508 | Standoff correction for LWD density measurement A method for conducting density measurements in downhole environments corrects for high standoff, by adding a second correction term to the spine and rib method. This second term is a correction based on an apparent standoff estimated using the photo electric effect... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805249 | Method for performing controlled source electromagnetic surveying with multiple transmitters Method for separating responses of multiple transmitters m a controlled source electromagnetic survey by using mutually orthogonal transmitter waveforms and transforming the combined response to the frequency domain (144) The mutual orthogonality can be based... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797111 | Wellbore logging performance verification method and apparatus A method for correcting a measurement of a property of a subsurface material includes: selecting an instrument that includes a test circuit and a separate sensor, the sensor adapted for transmitting an electric signal into the subsurface material and receiving a dat... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7797110 | Method for velocity analysis using waveform inversion in Laplace domain for geophysical imaging A Laplace transform system comprising a processor, a measured time domain wavefield, a velocity model, and Laplace damping constants, wherein the processor is programmed to calculate a substantially about zero frequency component of a Fourier transform of a time dom... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7778779 | Method of identifying a chemical entity which is a hydroxylase modulator A method of identifying, screening, characterising or designing a chemical entity, which mimics or binds to FIH, is described. The method comprises comparing a structural model of FIH with a structural model for said chemical entity, wherein said structural model of... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774141 | Methods for the identification of bubble point pressure A method includes acquiring formation fluid sample information including pressure, volume, and temperature. Monotonic formation fluid information is extracted from the formation fluid sample information and a pressure, volume, temperature information set is construc... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774140 | Method and an apparatus for detecting fracture with significant residual width from previous treatments A refracture-candidate diagnostic test is an injection of compressible or slightly compressible fluid at pressures in excess of minimum in-situ stress and formation fracture pressure with pressure decline following injection test recorded to detect a fracture retain... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7751980 | Method and apparatus for evaluating elastic mechanical properties of a transversely isotropic formation A method of TI formation evaluation is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plurality of borehole measurements; deriving a correlation between a first TI stiffness parameter and other TI stiffness parameters where the first and other TI stiffness parameters r... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7751979 | Determining in-situ the relation between seismic velocity and state of stress in an underground formation A method of determining in-situ a relation between the seismic velocity and the state of stress in an underground formation located under a surface subjected to time-changing surface loading conditions. A relation is selected between the seismic velocity and the sta... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7747388 | Systems and methods for acquiring data in thermal recovery oil wells In connection with thermal recovery projects, a system determines temperature gradients for a heat affected zone associated with a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir. An exemplary system includes a plurality of temperature sensors distributed in the wellbore at leas... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7729861 | Method and apparatus for formation testing A method for conducting a formation test includes providing a volume change model for a tool component, and providing a control program that uses the volume change model to estimate a system volume change resulting from a change in the tool component during a downho... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7720607 | Method for treating seismic cubes corresponding, for a common zone on the ground, to different source/receiver and/or angle of incidence offset values Method for processing a set of seismic cubes corresponding to the same acquisition zone and at different source/receiver offset and/or angle of incidence values, characterized in that at least one seismic cube is determined, which is an estimation of the component c... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720608 | Method and signal processing means for detecting and discriminating between structural configurations and geological gradients encountered by kinetic energy subterranean terra-dynamic crafts The present invention is directed to signal processing means for detecting and discriminating between geological layers encountered by kinetic energy subterranean vehicles in flight (terra-craft), using a raw signal representing deceleration of the terra-craft. The ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715984 | Method for continuous interpretation of monitoring data It is shown that a pressure pulse originating in a well is correlated to a pulse observed at a distant well with a characteristic time. The correlation time is directly related to the diffusion time scale arising out of the pressure diffusion equation. The relations... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7711487 | Methods for maximizing second fracture length The present invention relates to methods, systems, and apparatus for inducing fractures in a subterranean formation and more particularly to methods and apparatus to place a first fracture with a first orientation in a formation followed by a second fracture with a ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711488 | Methods and apparatus to monitor contamination levels in a formation fluid Apparatus and methods to monitor contamination levels in a formation fluid arc disclosed. An example method involves obtaining first property data indicative of a first fluid property of a formation fluid and second property data indicative of a second fluid propert... | 05/04/2010 |
