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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Marcus Ganz, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Marcus Ganz, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Ingrain, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01); G01N 2223/419 (2013.01); G01N 2223/423 (2013.01); G01N 2223/616 (2013.01); G01N 2223/635 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a system are provided to characterize subterranean formations, which includes extracting drill cuttings from a drilling fluid, and grouping the drill cuttings into a group of cuttings based on a time of arrival of the drill cuttings at the Earth's surface, wherein these steps can be repeated at least once to provide a plurality of groups of drill cuttings that arrive sequentially at different recorded times that correspond to different downhole locations.