Jason M Mclennan

US Patent:

20130124162, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Oct 19, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/655496

Inventors:

Patricia F. ALLWARDT - Houston TX, US
Jason A. MCLENNAN - Anchorage AK, US

Assignee:

CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 17/10

US Classification:

703 2

Abstract:

A method of calculating a shape factor may include identifying a first fracture set, a second fracture set and a third fracture set within a subterranean formation; determining the azimuth and the dip of the first fracture set; determining the azimuth and the dip of the second fracture set; determining the azimuth and the dip of the third fracture set; determining the fracture spacing intensity of each fracture set, measuring an angle formed by an intersection of the first and second fracture sets; measuring an angle formed by an intersection of the first and third fracture sets; measuring an angle formed by an intersection of the second and third fracture sets; calculating a shape factor for each particular configuration of the plurality of fracture sets; and developing an ellipse-based equation utilizing the shape factors of these particular configurations and angles formed between each pair of the plurality of fracture sets.

US Patent:

20110119040, May 19, 2011

Filed:

Nov 8, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/941455

Inventors:

Jason A. MCLENNAN - Katy TX, US

Assignee:

CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 17/10

US Classification:

703 2

Abstract:

Parametric Bayesian Updating method is described for attribute importance measures. AIM is a quantitative measure of the relative importance of multiple attributes used in a Bayesian Updating parametric multivariate modeling approach. The AIM is a function of the correlation coefficients between the attributes themselves and the attributes with collocated target variable. The importance calculation is straightforward, repeatable, and objective.