Systems and methods for electromagnetic waterfront surveillance in a vicinity of an oil well

D Colombo, GW McNeice… - US Patent 11,035,972, 2021 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems, methods, and devices for performing real-time detecting and spatially-
positioning a waterfront in an oil-producing reservoirs are disclosed. An example method of …

Automated near surface analysis by surface-consistent refraction methods

D Colombo, F Miorelli - US Patent 10,386,519, 2019 - Google Patents
A surface-consistent refraction analysis automatically derives near surface corrections
during seismic data processing. Residual time lags are evaluated in multiple CMP-offset …

Selection of pick values for automated near surface analysis

D Colombo, F Miorelli - US Patent 11,073,631, 2021 - Google Patents
A surface-consistent refraction analysis automatically derives near surface corrections
during seismic data processing. Residual time lags are evaluated in multiple CMP-offset …

Final statics calculation for automated near surface analysis

D Colombo, F Miorelli - US Patent 10,976,459, 2021 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A surface-consistent refraction analysis automatically derives near surface
corrections during seismic data pro cessing. Residual time lags are evaluated in multiple …

Residual refraction statics calculation for automated near surface analysis

D Colombo, F Miorelli - US Patent 10,914,854, 2021 - Google Patents
US10914854B2 - Residual refraction statics calculation for automated near surface analysis -
Google Patents US10914854B2 - Residual refraction statics calculation for automated near …

Automatic quality control of seismic travel time

D Colombo, F Miorelli, D Rovetta… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Seismic data from seismic exploration surveys are mapped into a hypercube of bins or
voxels in a four-dimensional space (X, Y, Offset, and Azimuth) according to Common Mid …

Refraction-based surface-consistent amplitude compensation and deconvolution

D Colombo, D Rovetta - US Patent 10,852,450, 2020 - Google Patents
A method for refraction-based surface-consistent amplitude compensation and
deconvolution includes receiving seismic traces, the seismic traces generated using at least …

Generating a model for seismic velocities in a subsurface region using inversion with lateral variations

Y He, TW Fei, YS Kim - US Patent 11,221,425, 2022 - Google Patents
A method for building a three dimensional (3D) model of a subsurface formation includes
selecting, from a set of seis mic shots, a plurality of first arrival signals representing the …

Full waveform inversion in the midpoint-offset domain

D Colombo, D Rovetta, A Kontakis… - US Patent 11,397,273, 2022 - Google Patents
Methods for full waveform inversion (FWI) in the midpoint-offset domain include using a
computer system to sort seismic traces into common midpoint-offset bins (XYO bins). For …

Method and system for seismic processing using virtual trace bins based on offset attributes and azimuthal attributes

D Colombo, E Sandoval-Curiel, D Rovetta… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
A method may include obtaining various seismic traces for a geological region of interest.
The method may further include determining an offset attribute and an azimuthal attribute …