ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,513, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Methods and systems for analyzing seismic amplitude" was invented by Mukarram Ahmed (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Hassan Almomin (Saihat, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The identification of prospective hydrocarbon deposits within a subterranean formation suitable for exploration and production activities may be achieved with methods and systems that analyze seismic amplitude anomalies and identify prospective hydrocarbon deposits based on said analysis. For example, the methods and systems may generate and/or use a collection of seis...