US Patent Issued to Landmark Graphics on Sept. 29 for "Learning hydrocarbon distribution from seismic image" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,229, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Landmark Graphics Corp. (Houston).

"Learning hydrocarbon distribution from seismic image" was invented by Konstantin Osypov (Houston), Fan Jiang (Houston), Marcelo Gomes (Houston) and Satyan Singh (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to determining rock properties of subterranean formations and learning the distribution of hydrocarbons in the formations. A geometrical element spread function is disclosed that quantifies distortion of the geology as seen by the geophysicists who process seismic images of the subterranean formations. A method of determining the rock pr...