ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,621, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Visualization of directional influence of wells on correlation" was invented by Robert Chadwick Holmes (Houston) and Fabien J. Laugier (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A well may be selected from a group of wells. Multiple scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well may be determined based on propagation of boundaries from other wells to the selected well. A visual representation of the multiple scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well may be provided based on spatial arrangement of the wells within the group of wells...