Patents
US 12585037 B2: Method and system for augmented inversion and uncertainty quantification for characterizing geophysical bodies
- Granted
- 2026-03-24
- Filed
- 2022-06-13 application 17806627
- Type
- Utility · 24 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for augmented inversion and uncertainty quantification for characterizing geophysical bodies is disclosed. The method includes machine-learning-augmented inversion that also facilitates the characterization of uncertainties in geophysical bodies. The method may further estimate wavelets without a well-log calibration, thereby enabling a pre-discovery exploration phase when well log data is unavailable. The machine learning component incorporates a priori knowledge about the subsurface and physics, such as distributions of expected rock types and rock properties, geological structures, and wavelets, through learning from examples. The methodology also allows for conditioning the characterization with the information extracted a priori about the geobodies, such as probabilities of rock types, using other analysis tools. Thus, the conditioning strategy may make the inversion more robust even when a priori distributions are not well balanced. Using the method, a scenario testing workflow may evaluate different candidate subsurface models, facilitating the management of uncertainty in decision-making processes.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-24 (ipgb20260324.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company 1,118 patents | US company or organization | Spring, TX | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-24 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dongzhuo Li | Katy, TX | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-24 | ||
| Huseyin Denli | Basking Ridge, NJ | 15 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-24 | |
| Cody MacDonald | Houston, TX | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-24 | ||
| Kyle J. Basler-Reeder | Spring, TX | 3 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-24 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G01V | Geophysics; gravitational measurements; detecting masses or objects; tags | G01V1/50 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-24 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
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