Method of generating and combining multiple horizons to determine a seismic horizon and its uncertainty
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1. A method of generating a horizon surface based on multiple candidate horizon surfaces, the method comprising:
- selecting seeds that represent different starting locations within a desired horizon surface;
generating a plurality of candidate horizons from the selected seeds;
generating the horizon surface by combining, for each point on the horizon surface, depth values from corresponding points on the plurality of candidate horizons into a single representative depth value;
computing an uncertainty for each point on the horizon surface based on a difference between two or more depth values from the plurality of candidate horizons that create the single representative depth value, respectively; and
creating a model of the subsurface region using the horizon surface.
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Abstract
There is provided a system and method for creating model of a subsurface region based on multiple depth values. The method includes selecting seeds that represent a starting location within a desired horizon surfaces and generating a plurality of candidate horizons from the selected seeds. A number of depth values from the candidate horizons may be combined into a representative depth value and an uncertainty may be computed based on discrepancies among the depth values. A model of the subsurface region may be created using the depth values and the uncertainty.
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1. A method of generating a horizon surface based on multiple candidate horizon surfaces, the method comprising:
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selecting seeds that represent different starting locations within a desired horizon surface; generating a plurality of candidate horizons from the selected seeds; generating the horizon surface by combining, for each point on the horizon surface, depth values from corresponding points on the plurality of candidate horizons into a single representative depth value; computing an uncertainty for each point on the horizon surface based on a difference between two or more depth values from the plurality of candidate horizons that create the single representative depth value, respectively; and creating a model of the subsurface region using the horizon surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer system that is configured to generate a horizon surface based on multiple candidate surfaces, the computer system comprising:
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a processor; and a non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium that stores machine-readable instructions for execution by the processor, the machine-readable instructions comprising; code that is configured to cause the processor to select seeds that represent different starting locations within a desired horizon surface; code that is configured to cause the processor to generate a plurality of candidate horizons from the selected seeds; code that is configured to cause the processor to generate the horizon surface by combining, for each point on the horizon surface, depth values from corresponding points on the plurality of candidate horizons into a single representative depth value; code that is configured to cause the processor to compute an uncertainty for each point on the horizon surface based on a difference between two or more depth values from the plurality of candidate horizons that create the single representative depth value, respectively; and code that is configured to cause the processor to render a model of the subsurface region using the horizon surface. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory, computer readable medium comprising code, which when executed by a processor causes the processor to execute a method of generating a horizon surface based on multiple candidate horizon surfaces, the method comprising:
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selecting seeds that represent different starting locations within a desired horizon surface; generating a plurality of candidate horizons from the selected seeds; generating the horizon surface by combining, for each point on the horizon surface, depth values from corresponding points on the plurality of candidate horizons into a representative depth value; computing an uncertainty for each point on the horizon surface based on a difference between two or more depth values from the plurality of candidate horizons that create the single representative depth value, respectively; and creating a model of the subsurface region using the horizon surface. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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