ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,313, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TotalEnergies OneTech (Courbevoie, France).

"Method for modelling the formation of a sedimentary area by simulating current-induced particle transport" was invented by Gerard Massonnat (Pau, France) and Charles Danquigny (Pau, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for modelling the formation of a sedimentary area is disclosed, comprising: *-a setup step comprising defining a geological gridded model of the area comprising a plurality of cells, and setting a reference water level, *-a step of simulating the evolution of the model over a period of time, comprising: *a. assigning a water de...