US Patent Issued to Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences on Feb. 24 for "Virtual drilling modeling method and system based on outcrop fine characterization" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,055, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing).

"Virtual drilling modeling method and system based on outcrop fine characterization" was invented by Zhendong Cui (Beijing), Shengwen Qi (Beijing), Tao Wei (Beijing), Leilei Zhao (Beijing), Xiaojie Jiao (Beijing), Jiayi Li (Beijing) and Xuehui Zhang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a virtual drilling modeling method and system based on outcrop fine characterization. The method includes: selecting multiple typical sedimentary stratigraphic point positions respectively, and using an outcrop fine observa...