Microanalysis of Fine Grained Rock for Reservoir Quality Analysis
First Claim
1. A method of analyzing a rock sample, comprising:
- analyzing one or more large-area, low-resolution micrographs of the rock sample obtained with large-area, low-resolution microscopy and identifying and geo-locating areas requiring higher-resolution imaging;
selecting one or more analysis regions from the areas requiring higher-resolution imaging;
using multi-spectral imaging on the one or more analysis regions and thereby obtaining a corresponding one or more high-resolution, multi-spectral images; and
identifying one or more features of the rock sample from the corresponding one or more high-resolution, multi-spectral images.
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Abstract
A method of analyzing a rock sample includes analyzing one or more large-area, low-resolution micrographs to identify areas requiring higher-resolution imaging, and selecting one or more analysis regions from the areas requiring higher-resolution imaging. Multi-spectral imaging is used on the one or more analysis regions to obtain one or more high-resolution, multi-spectral images, and one or more features of the rock sample are identified from the corresponding one or more high-resolution, multi-spectral images. The method further includes upscaling the one or more high-resolution, multi-spectral images and thereby geo-locating the features of the rock sample to key regions of the rock sample.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of analyzing a rock sample, comprising:
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analyzing one or more large-area, low-resolution micrographs of the rock sample obtained with large-area, low-resolution microscopy and identifying and geo-locating areas requiring higher-resolution imaging; selecting one or more analysis regions from the areas requiring higher-resolution imaging; using multi-spectral imaging on the one or more analysis regions and thereby obtaining a corresponding one or more high-resolution, multi-spectral images; and identifying one or more features of the rock sample from the corresponding one or more high-resolution, multi-spectral images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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one or more processors; and a memory having embodied thereon processor executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to; identify and select one or more key regions of a rock sample based on one or more attributes of the rock sample; analyze one or more optical thin sections of the rock sample with large-area, low resolution microscopy and thereby obtain one or more large-area, low-resolution micrographs; analyze the one or more large-area, low-resolution micrographs and identifying areas requiring higher-resolution imaging; select one or more analysis regions from the areas requiring higher-resolution imaging; use multi-spectral imaging on the one or more analysis regions and thereby obtain a corresponding one or more high-resolution, multi-spectral images; and identify one or more features of the rock sample from the corresponding one or more high-resolution, multi-spectral images. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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