US Patent Issued to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering on Nov. 11 for "Detection of hydrocarbon presence in subsurface from seismic images using relational learning" (New Jersey, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,057, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co. (Spring, Texas).

"Detection of hydrocarbon presence in subsurface from seismic images using relational learning" was invented by Kuang-Hung Liu (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Huseyin Denli (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Mary Johns (Houston) and Jacquelyn Daves (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for detecting geological elements or fluid in a subsurface from seismic images is disclosed. Seismic data may be analyzed to identify one or both of fluid or geologic elements in the subsurface. As one example, the analysis may include unsuperv...