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US 2017/0248016 A1Published application
Attribute- indexed multi-instrument logging of drill cuttings
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorDandan Hu
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Abstract
A method according to some embodiments comprises obtaining a formation sample from a borehole, identifying minerals present in a first portion of the formation sample and determining densities of the minerals. The method also comprises determining, using a second portion of the formation sample, material properties associated with the mineral densities. The method further comprises associating the material properties with the identified minerals using the mineral densities, and generating a log comprising the associations.
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A method, comprising:
- obtaining a formation sample from a borehole;
- identifying minerals present in a first portion of the formation sample and determining densities of the minerals;
- determining, using a second portion of the formation sample, material properties associated with said mineral densities;
- associating said material properties with the identified minerals using the mineral densities;
- and
- generating a log comprising the associations.
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A method, comprising:
- using energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS), identifying minerals present in a surface layer of a formation sample and determining densities associated with each of said minerals;
- generating a list of the identified minerals ordered according to their corresponding densities;
- using computerized tomography (CT) on a portion of the formation sample, identifying material properties associated with said mineral densities;
- generating a list of the material properties ordered according to their corresponding densities;
- comparing the densities in the ordered lists to determine relationships between the identified minerals and the identified material properties;
- and
- generating a log comprising the relationships.
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A method, comprising:
- obtaining a container having multiple partitions;
- positioning multiple formation samples between said partitions such that each formation sample contacts two or more partitions;
- using computerized tomography (CT), identifying material properties corresponding to the multiple formation samples and mineral densities corresponding to the multiple formation samples;
- matching the identified mineral densities to densities obtained from the multiple formation samples using energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS);
- based on said matching, determining relationships between minerals in the formation samples and said material properties;
- and
- generating a log comprising the relationships.
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