ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,033, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for analyzing clusters of type curve regions as a function of position in a subsurface volume of interest" was invented by Shane J. Prochnow (Fredericksburg, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for analyzing type curve regions in a subsurface volume of interest are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may include: obtaining initial clusters of type curve regions in the subsurface volume of interest; obtaining production values as a function of position; generating an autocor...