# US 2009/0260883 A1 · Continuous measurement of heterogeneity of geomaterials > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2009/0260883 A1 - Document ID: US20090260883A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/417,694 - Filed: 2009-04-03 - Published: 2009-10-22 - Earliest claimed: 2008-04-16 - Assignees: TerraTek, Inc. - Inventors: ROBERTO SUAREZ-RIVERA; SIDNEY J. GREEN; JOEL WESLEY MARTIN; ROBERT MICHAEL GRIFFIN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20090260883A1 ## CPC - G01V 11/00: Prospecting or detecting by methods combining techniques covered by two or more of main groups G01V1/00 - G01V9/00 - G01V: GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS (means for indicating the location of accidentally buried, e.g. snow-buried, persons A63B29/02) ## Abstract A method for continuous measurement of heterogeneity of geomaterials. The method includes identifying a core section from a first well within a field, obtaining the core section from the first well, and obtaining a continuous measurement of the core section. The method further includes overlaying the continuous measurement with a portion of a log response for the first well to obtain an overlay, associating an observation with the overlay to obtain an integrated overlay, and analyzing the integrated overlay to determine a heterogeneity of the core section. The method further includes identifying a location in the core section from which to obtain a sample based on the heterogeneity, obtaining the sample from the core section, and analyzing the sample to obtain an analysis result. The method further includes developing a continuous model for the first well using the integrated overlay and the analysis result and presenting the continuous model. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for continuous measurement of heterogeneity of geomaterials, comprising: identifying a core section from a first well within a field; obtaining the core section from the first well; obtaining a continuous measurement of the core section; overlaying the continuous measurement with a portion of a log response for the first well to obtain an overlay; associating an observation with the overlay to obtain an integrated overlay; analyzing the integrated overlay to determine a heterogeneity of the core section; identifying a location in the core section from which to obtain a sample based on the heterogeneity; obtaining the sample from the core section; analyzing the integrated overlay based on the sample to obtain an analysis result; developing a continuous model for the first well using the log response and the analysis result; and presenting the continuous model. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: predicting a material property for a second well in the field using the continuous model. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the observation comprises geologic properties. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the observation comprises petrologic properties. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the observation comprises a visual representation of the core section. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the core section comprises: obtaining a log response for a second well in the field; and performing a cluster analysis on the log response for the second well to identify a cluster for which continuous measurement is required, wherein the core section is associated with the cluster. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the integrated overlay based on the sample to obtain the analysis result comprises: performing discrete measurements of the sample; updating the integrated overlay based on the discrete measurements; and performing a statistical analysis of the updated integrated overlay to obtain the analysis result. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the continuous measurement of the core section comprises analyzing a composition of the core sample and a texture of the core sample, and wherein the analysis is presented on a ternary diagram. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein results of the analysis of the texture of the core sample comprises information associated with grain size distribution. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein results of the analysis of the texture of the core sample comprises information associated with bed boundaries. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein results of the analysis of the texture of the core sample comprises information associated with distance between beds. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein overlaying the continuous measurement with the portion of the log response comprises: determining a common scale based on the log response; and scaling the continuous measurement to the common scale prior to generate the integrated overlay. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the continuous measurement is used to measure fracture characteristics in the core sample. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the continuous measurement is conducted under a simulated in-situ condition. ### Claim 15 A computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform a method, the method comprising: identifying a core section from a well within a field; obtaining the core section from the well; obtaining a continuous measurement of the core section; overlaying the continuous measurement with a first log response for the core section to obtain an overlay; associating an observation with the overlay to obtain a first integrated overlay; comparing the first log response with a second log response for the core section; determining that the second log response more accurately characterizes the core section; repeating the overlaying and associating using the second log response to obtain a second integrated overlay; analyzing the second integrated overlay to identify a location in the core section from which to obtain a sample; obtaining the sample from the core section; analyzing the sample to obtain an analysis result; and developing a model for the field using the analysis result. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the second log response for the core section is obtained by using a relationship between a log response for the well and a depth of the core section. ### Claim 17 A device for determining heterogeneity of a core section, comprising: means for performing a first pass over of the core section to obtain continuous measurements of the core section; means for combining the continuous measurements with a log response and an observation to obtain an integrated overlay, the observation associated with data related to the core section; means for identifying locations within the core section from which to obtain samples using the integrated overlay; and means for obtaining the samples using the identified locations during a second pass over the core section, the samples selected to provide information associated with heterogeneous portions of the core section. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The device of claim 17, further comprising: means for developing a model of the core section based on the analysis of the sample, wherein the model defines a material property for each of the heterogeneous portions of the core section. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The device of claim 17, further comprising: means for evaluating the validity of a cluster analysis, wherein the cluster analysis is used to identify the core section is to be obtained for analysis using continuous measurements. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The device of claim 17, further comprising: a display means for presenting the integrated overlay.