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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);

Inventors:

Bo Gong, Houston, TX (US);

Hanming Wang, Fulshear, TX (US);

Assignee:

CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2022.01); G01V 99/00 (2009.01); G06V 10/75 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6268 (2013.01); G01V 99/005 (2013.01); G06K 9/6262 (2013.01); G06V 10/751 (2022.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of categorizing fractures in a subsurface formation are provided herein. One embodiment comprises obtaining at least one borehole image for a plurality of fractures in a subsurface formation and at least one resistivity log for the plurality of fractures of the surface formation. The embodiment comprises determining first aperture data based on the at least one borehole image for the plurality of fractures and determining second aperture data based on the at the least one resistivity log for the plurality of fractures. The embodiment comprises comparing the first aperture data based on the at least one borehole image and the second aperture data based on at least one resistivity log to determine whether to categorize each fracture of the plurality of fractures as a naturally occurring fracture or a non-naturally occurring fracture. The embodiment comprises generating an output indicating the categorization of each fracture and displaying the output.


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