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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2012
Gang LI, Houston, TX (US);
David B. Allison, Spring, TX (US);
Andrew J. Eis, Spring, TX (US);
Ahmed Kenawi, Katy, TX (US);
Gang Li, Houston, TX (US);
David B. Allison, Spring, TX (US);
Andrew J. Eis, Spring, TX (US);
Ahmed Kenawi, Katy, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods for acquiring, cataloguing, and analyzing digital core samples taken of subterranean formations are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method that includes obtaining an image or a series of images of at least a portion of a subterranean formation; simulating, by a computing device, a fracturing characteristic of the subterranean formation based on the image or the series of images; and cataloguing the image or the series of images in a formation fingerprinting database.