Automating microfacies analysis of petrographic images
US11062439B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30181
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and systems that determine a microfacies or a microfacies characteristic of a sample of a subterranean formation based on a segmented image of a petrographic image of the sample, wherein the segmented image is derived from the petrographic image using a machine-learning algorithm.
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