4D time lapse seismic data are important for reservoir monitoring, CO2 injection and storage monitoring, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) monitoring, and other applications. Sequential shooting technology is currently used to perform seismic surveys. When using sequential shooting technology, a cycle is performed that includes firing a shot, collecting data after the firing, and waiting a period of time, during which effects of the shot fade out. The cycle is then repeated for a next shot. As a result, sequential shooting technology can be time consuming and tie up manpower and equipment resources for a relatively long amount of time. A more efficient way to conduct a survey is needed.
Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a method for deblending of simultaneous source monitoring of seismic data in a time lapse seismic application. A computing device acquires unblended baseline seismic data. Blended baseline seismic data is generated by numerically blending the unblended baseline seismic data according to a simultaneous shooting schedule scheme. Pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data is generated by applying a pseudo-deblending procedure to the blended baseline seismic data. Labels for machine learning are generated from common gathers of the pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data and common gathers of the acquired unblended baseline seismic data. A neural network is trained using the labels, the common gathers of the pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data, and the common gathers of the acquired unblended baseline seismic data. The neural network is trained to produce common gathers of deblended seismic data from the common gathers of the pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data.
In an embodiment, the method may include for each one of a plurality of second simultaneous shooting schedule schemes: generating blended monitoring data by numerically blending acquired unblended monitoring data according to a respective one of the plurality of the second simultaneous shooting schedule schemes; generating pseudo-deblended monitoring data by applying the pseudo-deblending procedure to the blended monitoring data; generating common gathers of the deblended monitoring data by inputting common gathers of the pseudo-deblended monitoring data to a neural network trained to produce the common gathers of the deblended monitoring data based on the respective one of the plurality of the second simultaneous shooting schedule schemes; comparing the common gathers of the deblended monitoring data with common gathers of the unblended monitoring data to evaluate deblending accuracy of the neural network. One of the multiple second simultaneous shooting schedule schemes is recommended based on accuracy and acquisition time.
In an embodiment, the method may include preprocessing the unblended baseline seismic data to remove noise and to match a frequency spectrum of the baseline seismic data to that of the monitoring data.
In an embodiment, the method may include shifting data points of the baseline seismic data and the monitoring data to a nearest grid so that both the baseline seismic data and the monitoring data have a same source geometry and a same receiver geometry.
In an embodiment, the method may include acquiring blended monitoring data blended according to the simultaneous shooting scheme; generating pseudo-deblended monitoring data by applying the pseudo-deblending procedure to the blended monitoring data; generating common gathers of first-stage deblended monitoring data by inputting common gathers of the pseudo-deblended monitoring data to the trained neural network. A second-stage neural network is trained to produce common gathers of second-stage deblended monitoring data from the common gathers of the first-stage deblended monitoring data.
In an embodiment, the method may include acquiring second monitoring data produced by the simultaneous shooting schedule scheme; generating pseudo-deblended second monitoring data by applying the pseudo-deblending procedure to the second monitoring data; and generating common gathers of second-stage deblended second monitoring data by inputting the common gathers of the first-stage deblended second monitoring data to the second-stage neural network, wherein the common gathers of the second-stage deblended second monitoring data are included in collected survey data.
Embodiments of the present disclosure may also provide a computing system that includes at least one processor and a memory including at least one non-transitory, computer-readable medium that stores instructions. When executed by at least one of the at least one processor, the computing system is caused to perform operations. The operations include acquiring blended monitoring data blended according to a simultaneous shooting schedule scheme; generating pseudo-deblended monitoring data by applying a pseudo-deblending procedure to the blended monitoring data; and generating common gathers of deblended monitoring data by inputting common gathers of the pseudo-deblended monitoring data to a neural network trained to produce the common gathers of the deblended monitoring data from the common gathers of the pseudo-deblended monitoring data produced from the blended monitoring data blended according to the simultaneous shooting schedule scheme.
Embodiments of the present disclosure may also provide a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions for at least one processor stored thereon such that, when the at least one processor executes the instructions, the at least one processor performs operations. The operations include acquiring unblended baseline seismic data is acquired; generating blended baseline seismic data by numerically blending the unblended baseline seismic data according to a simultaneous shooting schedule scheme; generating pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data by applying a pseudo-deblending procedure to the blended baseline seismic data; generating labels for machine learning from common gathers of the pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data and common gathers of the acquired unblended seismic data; and training a neural network using the labels, the common gathers of the pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data, and the common gathers of the acquired unblended baseline seismic data, wherein the neural network is trained to produce common gathers of deblended seismic data from the common gathers of the pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data.
Embodiments of the present disclosure may further provide a computing system that includes at least one means for processing instructions, and a non-transitory means for storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the at least one means for processing cause operations to be performed by: acquiring unblended baseline seismic data; generating blended baseline seismic data by numerically blending the unblended baseline seismic data according to a simultaneous shooting schedule scheme; generating pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data by applying a pseudo-deblending procedure to the blended baseline seismic data; generating labels for machine learning from common gathers of the pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data and common gathers of the acquired unblended seismic data; and training a neural network using the labels, the common gathers of the pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data, and the common gathers of the acquired unblended baseline seismic data. The neural network being trained to produce common gathers of deblended seismic data from the common gathers of the pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data.
Embodiments of the present disclosure may further provide a computing system including at least one processor and a memory including at least one non-transitory, computer-readable medium that stores instructions. When the instructions are executed by at least one of the at least one processor, the at least one processor is configured to: acquire blended monitoring data; generate pseudo-deblended monitoring data by applying a pseudo-deblending procedure to the blended monitoring data; and generate common gathers of deblended monitoring data by inputting common gathers of the pseudo-deblended monitoring data to a neural network trained to produce the common gathers of the deblended monitoring data from the common gathers of the pseudo-deblended monitoring data produced from the blended monitoring data blended according to the simultaneous shooting schedule scheme.
Thus, the computing systems and methods disclosed herein are more effective methods for processing collected data that may, for example, correspond to a surface and a subsurface region. These computing systems and methods increase data processing effectiveness, efficiency, and accuracy. Such methods and computing systems may complement or replace conventional methods for processing collected data. This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts that are further described below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify key or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in limiting the scope of the claimed subject matter.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the present teachings and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present teachings. In the figures:
Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and figures. In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. However, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components, circuits and networks have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the embodiments.
It will also be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first object could be termed a second object, and, similarly, a second object could be termed a first object, without departing from the scope of the invention. The first object and the second object are both objects, respectively, but they are not to be considered the same object.
The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the description of the invention and the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will also be understood that the term “and/or” as used herein refers to and encompasses any possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. It will be further understood that the terms “includes,” “including,” “comprises” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. Further, as used herein, the term “if” may be construed to mean “when” or “upon” or “in response to determining” or “in response to detecting,” depending on the context.
Attention is now directed to processing procedures, methods, techniques and workflows that are in accordance with some embodiments. Some operations in the processing procedures, methods, techniques and workflows disclosed herein may be combined and/or the order of some operations may be changed.
Computer facilities may be positioned at various locations about the oilfield 100 (e.g., the surface unit 134) and/or at remote locations. Surface unit 134 may be used to communicate with the drilling tools and/or offsite operations, as well as with other surface or downhole sensors. Surface unit 134 may communicate with the drilling tools to send commands to the drilling tools, and to receive data therefrom. Surface unit 134 may also collect data generated during the drilling operation and produce data output 135, which may then be stored or transmitted.
Sensors (S), such as gauges, may be positioned about oilfield 100 to collect data relating to various oilfield operations as described previously. As shown, sensor (S) is positioned in one or more locations in the drilling tools and/or at rig 128 to measure drilling parameters, such as weight on bit, torque on bit, pressures, temperatures, flow rates, compositions, rotary speed, and/or other parameters of the field operation. Sensors (S) may also be positioned in one or more locations in the circulating system.
Drilling tools 106b may include a bottom hole assembly (BHA) (not shown), generally referenced, near the drill bit (e.g., within several drill collar lengths from the drill bit). The bottom hole assembly includes capabilities for measuring, processing, and storing information, as well as communicating with surface unit 134. The bottom hole assembly further includes drill collars for performing various other measurement functions.
The bottom hole assembly may include a communication subassembly that communicates with surface unit 134. The communication subassembly is adapted to send signals to and receive signals from the surface using a communications channel such as mud pulse telemetry, electro-magnetic telemetry, or wired drill pipe communications. The communication subassembly may include, for example, a transmitter that generates a signal, such as an acoustic or electromagnetic signal, which is representative of the measured drilling parameters. It will be appreciated by one of skill in the art that a variety of telemetry systems may be employed, such as wired drill pipe, electromagnetic or other known telemetry systems.
Typically, the wellbore is drilled according to a drilling plan that is established prior to drilling. The drilling plan typically sets forth equipment, pressures, trajectories and/or other parameters that define the drilling process for the wellsite. The drilling operation may then be performed according to the drilling plan. However, as information is gathered, the drilling operation may need to deviate from the drilling plan. Additionally, as drilling or other operations are performed, the subsurface conditions may change. The earth model may also need adjustment as new information is collected
The data gathered by sensors (S) may be collected by surface unit 134 and/or other data collection sources for analysis or other processing. The data collected by sensors (S) may be used alone or in combination with other data. The data may be collected in one or more databases and/or transmitted on or offsite. The data may be historical data, real time data, or combinations thereof. The real time data may be used in real time, or stored for later use. The data may also be combined with historical data or other inputs for further analysis. The data may be stored in separate databases, or combined into a single database.
Surface unit 134 may include transceiver 137 to allow communications between surface unit 134 and various portions of the oilfield 100 or other locations. Surface unit 134 may also be provided with or functionally connected to one or more controllers (not shown) for actuating mechanisms at oilfield 100. Surface unit 134 may then send command signals to oilfield 100 in response to data received. Surface unit 134 may receive commands via transceiver 137 or may itself execute commands to the controller. A processor may be provided to analyze the data (locally or remotely), make the decisions and/or actuate the controller. In this manner, oilfield 100 may be selectively adjusted based on the data collected. This technique may be used to optimize (or improve) portions of the field operation, such as controlling drilling, weight on bit, pump rates, or other parameters. These adjustments may be made automatically based on computer protocol, and/or manually by an operator. In some cases, well plans may be adjusted to select optimum (or improved) operating conditions, or to avoid problems.
Wireline tool 106c may be operatively connected to, for example, geophones 118 and a computer 122a of a seismic truck 106a of
Sensors (S), such as gauges, may be positioned about oilfield 100 to collect data relating to various field operations as described previously. As shown, sensor S is positioned in wireline tool 106c to measure downhole parameters which relate to, for example porosity, permeability, fluid composition and/or other parameters of the field operation.
Sensors (S), such as gauges, may be positioned about oilfield 100 to collect data relating to various field operations as described previously. As shown, the sensor (S) may be positioned in production tool 106d or associated equipment, such as Christmas tree 129, gathering network 146, surface facility 142, and/or the production facility, to measure fluid parameters, such as fluid composition, flow rates, pressures, temperatures, and/or other parameters of the production operation.
Production may also include injection wells for added recovery. One or more gathering facilities may be operatively connected to one or more of the wellsites for selectively collecting downhole fluids from the wellsite(s).
While
The field configurations of
Data plots 208a-208c are examples of static data plots that may be generated by data acquisition tools 202a-202c, respectively; however, it should be understood that data plots 208a-208c may also be data plots that are updated in real time. These measurements may be analyzed to better define the properties of the formation(s) and/or determine the accuracy of the measurements and/or for checking for errors. The plots of each of the respective measurements may be aligned and scaled for comparison and verification of the properties.
Static data plot 208a is a seismic two-way response over a period of time. Static plot 208b is core sample data measured from a core sample of the formation 204. The core sample may be used to provide data, such as a graph of the density, porosity, permeability, or some other physical property of the core sample over the length of the core. Tests for density and viscosity may be performed on the fluids in the core at varying pressures and temperatures. Static data plot 208c is a logging trace that typically provides a resistivity or other measurement of the formation at various depths.
A production decline curve or graph 208d is a dynamic data plot of the fluid flow rate over time. The production decline curve typically provides the production rate as a function of time. As the fluid flows through the wellbore, measurements are taken of fluid properties, such as flow rates, pressures, composition, etc.
Other data may also be collected, such as historical data, user inputs, economic information, and/or other measurement data and other parameters of interest. As described below, the static and dynamic measurements may be analyzed and used to generate models of the subterranean formation to determine characteristics thereof. Similar measurements may also be used to measure changes in formation aspects over time.
The subterranean structure 204 has a plurality of geological formations 206a-206d. As shown, this structure has several formations or layers, including a shale layer 206a, a carbonate layer 206b, a shale layer 206c and a sand layer 206d. A fault 207 extends through the shale layer 206a and the carbonate layer 206b. The static data acquisition tools are adapted to take measurements and detect characteristics of the formations.
While a specific subterranean formation with specific geological structures is depicted, it will be appreciated that oilfield 200 may contain a variety of geological structures and/or formations, sometimes having extreme complexity. In some locations, typically below the water line, fluid may occupy pore spaces of the formations. Each of the measurement devices may be used to measure properties of the formations and/or its geological features. While each acquisition tool is shown as being in specific locations in oilfield 200, it will be appreciated that one or more types of measurement may be taken at one or more locations across one or more fields or other locations for comparison and/or analysis.
The data collected from various sources, such as the data acquisition tools of
Each wellsite 302 has equipment that forms wellbore 336 into the Earth. The wellbores extend through subterranean formations 306 including reservoirs 304. These reservoirs 304 contain fluids, such as hydrocarbons. The wellsites draw fluid from the reservoirs and pass them to the processing facilities via surface networks 344. The surface networks 344 have tubing and control mechanisms for controlling the flow of fluids from the wellsite to processing facility 354.
Attention is now directed to
The component(s) of the seismic waves 368 may be reflected and converted by seafloor surface 364 (i.e., reflector), and seismic wave reflections 370 may be received by a plurality of seismic receivers 372. Seismic receivers 372 may be disposed on a plurality of streamers (i.e., streamer array 374). The seismic receivers 372 may generate electrical signals representative of the received seismic wave reflections 370. The electrical signals may be embedded with information regarding the subsurface 362 and captured as a record of seismic data.
In one implementation, each streamer may include streamer steering devices such as a bird, a deflector, a tail buoy and the like, which are not illustrated in this application. The streamer steering devices may be used to control the position of the streamers in accordance with the techniques described herein.
In one implementation, seismic wave reflections 370 may travel upward and reach the water/air interface at the water surface 376, a portion of reflections 370 may then reflect downward again (i.e., sea-surface ghost waves 378) and be received by the plurality of seismic receivers 372. The sea-surface ghost waves 378 may be referred to as surface multiples. The point on the water surface 376 at which the wave is reflected downward is generally referred to as the downward reflection point.
The electrical signals may be transmitted to a vessel 380 via transmission cables, wireless communication or the like. The vessel 380 may then transmit the electrical signals to a data processing center. Alternatively, the vessel 380 may include an onboard computer capable of processing the electrical signals (i.e., seismic data). Those skilled in the art having the benefit of this disclosure will appreciate that this illustration is highly idealized. For instance, surveys may be of formations deep beneath the surface. The formations may typically include multiple reflectors, some of which may include dipping events, and may generate multiple reflections (including wave conversion) for receipt by the seismic receivers 372. In one implementation, the seismic data may be processed to generate a seismic image of the subsurface 362.
Marine seismic acquisition systems tow each streamer in streamer array 374 at the same depth (e.g., 5-10 m). However, marine based survey 360 may tow each streamer in streamer array 374 at different depths such that seismic data may be acquired and processed in a manner that avoids the effects of destructive interference due to sea-surface ghost waves. For instance, marine-based survey 360 of
Referring now to
The method 400 may receive, as input, unblended baseline seismic data acquired using any acquisition method, and one or more blended monitoring data acquired by a simultaneous shooting acquisition method.
A top portion of
A bottom portion of
The method 400 may begin by preprocessing to remove noise (e.g., ground roll and other types of noise) and matching the frequency spectra of the baseline data and the monitoring data, as at 402. This may include spectral content matching through spectral shaping between baseline data and monitoring data, amplitude matching on baseline data, and, if baseline and monitoring data have different source and receiver geometry, shifting data points of the baseline seismic data and the monitoring data to a nearest grid so that both the baseline seismic data and the monitoring data have a same source and receiver geometry (e.g., same source spacing, same receiver spacing), as at 404. Further, various preprocessing procedures may be implemented to match the frequency spectrum of the baseline data to that of the monitoring data.
The method 400 may then include generating blended baseline seismic data by numerically blending baseline seismic data, as at 406, according to a same simultaneous blending scheme by which monitoring data is to be blended.
The method 400 may further include generating pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data by applying a pseudo-deblending procedure, according to any known method, to the blended baseline seismic data, as at 408.
The method 400 may also include generating labels, as at 410. Label generation may include extracting one or multiple common gathers (common receiver gathers, common offset gathers, or common mid-point gathers) from the pseudo-deblended baseline data, along with corresponding original unblended common gathers (common receiver gathers, common offset gathers, or common mid-point gathers), generating multiple pairs of labels for the subsequent neural network (NN) (or any other artificial intelligence/machine learning model) training. Neural network algorithms include a convolutional neural network (CNN), a transformer, etc.
Next, the NN may be trained using the labels, the common gathers of the pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data, and the common gathers of the acquired unblended baseline seismic data to deblend common gathers of pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data, as at 412.
Returning to
Embodiments of the disclosure may also include providing a deep-learning-based simultaneous shooting scheduling scheme recommendation for monitoring a seismic data acquisition survey.
The method 600 may then include numerical blending of baseline seismic data, as at 606, to produce blended baseline seismic data. In this numerical blending procedure, the blending schemes are preferred to be the same as the blending schemes of the multiple monitoring datasets that are acquired using simultaneous shooting. To generate more training data, other blending schemes can also be adopted. The method 600 may further include pseudo-deblending of the blended baseline seismic data, as at 608. The method 600 may also include generating labels, as at 610. Label generation may include extracting one or multiple common gathers (common receiver gathers, common offset gathers, or common mid-point gathers) from the pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data, along with corresponding original unblended common gathers (common receiver gathers, common offset gathers, or common mid-point gathers), generating multiple pairs of labels for the subsequent neural network (NN) (or any other artificial intelligence/machine learning model) training.
Next, the NN may be trained, as at 612. The training may be identical to the NN training described with respect to process 500 in various embodiments.
After fully training the NN, a current simultaneous shooting schedule scheme may be set to a next simultaneous shooting schedule scheme at 614 and unblended monitoring data may be blended according to the current simultaneous shooting schedule scheme 616.
Next, the blended monitoring data may be pseudo-deblended by the pseudo-deblending procedure, as at 618. The NN then may be tested by extracting one or more common gathers from the pseudo-deblended monitoring data and inputting the one or more common gathers to the fully trained NN to obtain common gathers of deblended monitoring data, as at 620. At 622, the common gathers of the deblended monitoring data may be compared with common gathers of the unblended monitoring data to evaluate deblending accuracy. For example, the comparing may include comparing the common gathers of deblended monitoring data, obtained at 620, with common gathers of unblended monitoring data.
Next, a determination may be made regarding whether there are any additional simultaneous shooting schedule schemes, as at 624. If there are additional simultaneous shooting schedule schemes, then 614-624 again may be performed.
If, at 624 a determination is made that there are no additional simultaneous shooting schedule schemes, then at least one of the simultaneous shooting schedule schemes may be recommended by the process based on having a relatively accurate deblending accuracy and a low acquisition time with respect to others of the simultaneous shooting schedule schemes, as at 626. The recommendation may be displayed on a display screen, output via a speaker, sent to a user via email or an electric message, or provided via another means.
The method 700 may then numerically blend the baseline seismic data, as at 706, and may pseudo-deblend the blended baseline seismic data, as at 708.
The method 700 may further generate labels, as at 710. Label generation may include extracting one or multiple common gathers (common receiver gathers, common offset gathers, or common mid-point gathers) from the pseudo-deblended baseline seismic data, along with corresponding original unblended common gathers (common receiver gathers, common offset gathers, or common mid-point gathers), and generating multiple pairs of labels for the subsequent neural network (NN) (or any other artificial intelligence/machine learning model) training. Neural network algorithms may include convolutional neural network (CNN), transformer, etc.
Next, the NN may be trained, as at 712. Method 500, discussed previously, may fully train the NN.
Blended monitoring data then may be acquired, wherein the monitoring data is blended according to a simultaneous shooting schedule scheme, as at 714, and is not numerically blended. The blended monitoring data may be pseudo-deblended by a pseudo-deblending procedure to produce pseudo-deblended monitoring data, as at 716. Common gathers may be extracted from the pseudo-deblended monitoring data and inputted to the fully trained NN to produce common gathers of first-stage deblended monitoring data, as at 718. A second-stage NN then may be fully trained, as at 720.
A second-stage residual may be determined by determining a difference between the common gathers of the second-stage blended monitoring data and the blended monitoring data acquired at 714 to produce the second-stage residual, as at 806. A second-stage loss function then may be constructed, as at 808. For example, L=∥dM−dM∥, where L is loss, dM is blended monitoring data acquired in a survey, and dM is a numerically blended version of the deblended monitoring data. Whether the second-stage NN is fully trained may be determined by a value of the residual, as at 810. For example, if the value of the residual converges, then the second-stage NN may be considered to be fully trained.
If, at 810, the second-stage NN is determined to be fully trained, then the process may be completed. Otherwise, the second-stage loss function may be backpropagated to update second-stage NN parameters, as at 812, and 802-812 may be repeated until the second-stage NN is fully trained.
In one or more embodiments, the functions described can be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. For a software implementation, the techniques described herein can be implemented with modules (e.g., procedures, functions, subprograms, programs, routines, subroutines, modules, software packages, classes, and so on) that perform the functions described herein. A module can be coupled to another module or a hardware circuit by passing and/or receiving information, data, arguments, parameters, or memory contents. Information, arguments, parameters, data, or the like can be passed, forwarded, or transmitted using any suitable means including memory sharing, message passing, token passing, network transmission, and the like. The software codes can be stored in memory units and executed by processors. The memory unit can be implemented within the processor or external to the processor, in which case it can be communicatively coupled to the processor via various means as is known in the art.
In some embodiments, any of the methods of the present disclosure may be executed using a system, such as a computing system.
A processor can include a microprocessor, microcontroller, processor module or subsystem, programmable integrated circuit, programmable gate array, or another control or computing device.
The storage media 1506 can be implemented as one or more computer-readable or machine-readable storage media. Note that while in the example embodiment of
In some embodiments, computing system 1500 contains one or more deblending module(s) 1508. In the example of computing system 1500, computer system 1501a includes the deblending module 1508. In some embodiments, a single deblending module may be used to perform some or all aspects of one or more embodiments of the methods. In alternate embodiments, a plurality of deblending modules may be used to perform some or all aspects of methods.
It should be appreciated that computing system 1500 is only one example of a computing system, and that computing system 1500 may have more or fewer components than shown, may combine additional components not depicted in the example embodiment of
Further, the steps in the processing methods described herein may be implemented by running one or more functional modules in information processing apparatus such as general purpose processors or application specific chips, such as ASICs, FPGAs, PLDs, or other appropriate devices. These modules, combinations of these modules, and/or their combination with general hardware are all included within the scope of protection of the invention.
Geologic interpretations, models and/or other interpretation aids may be refined in an iterative fashion; this concept is applicable to embodiments of the present methods discussed herein. This can include use of feedback loops executed on an algorithmic basis, such as at a computing device (e.g., computing system 1500,
The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings. Moreover, the order in which the elements of the methods are illustrated and described may be re-arranged, and/or two or more elements may occur simultaneously. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical applications, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 63/260,628, which was filed on Aug. 27, 2021. The entirety of this provisional application is incorporated herein by reference.
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