US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Aug. 11 for "Validation of the effectiveness of facies prediction methods used for geological models" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,056, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Validation of the effectiveness of facies prediction methods used for geological models" was invented by Paul Joseph Tarabbia (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for updating a geological model of a subsurface region are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a first non-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) well log and a core sample from a first wellbore, and determining a hydrocarbon pore volume (HcPV) prediction method. The method also includes obtaining, from a second wellbore, a second non-NMR well log ...