Microbiome based systems, apparatus and methods for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons

A system comprising:

• a database to store extraction data corresponding to one or more sample materials obtained during a production activity or industrial operation at a resource production field, the extraction data including microbiome data corresponding to the one or more sample materials;
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• a computer system including one or more memories and one or more processors, one or more computer instructions incorporated into the one or more memories to configure the one or more processors to perform operations for evaluating the microbiome data, the operations comprising:
• accessing the database to obtain the microbiome data;
• generating, by the one or more processors and from the microbiome data, first derived microbiome data, the first derived microbiome data computationally linking a first subset of the microbiome data to a first zone of a plurality of subsurface zones associated with the resource production field;
• generating, by the one or more processors and from the microbiome data, second derived microbiome data, the second derived microbiome data computationally linking a second subset of the microbiome data to a second subsurface zone of the plurality of subsurface zones;
• generating, by the one or more processors, predictive microbiome data that includes a prediction associated with hydrocarbons at one or more locations based on the first derived microbiome data and the second derived microbiome data;
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• causing display of the prediction in a graphical user interface to assist an operator in creating an optimal plan for directing an additional production activity or an additional industrial operation at the resource production field, wherein the causing of the display includes generating a visualization of the prediction associated with the hydrocarbons at the one or more locations to assist the operator in identification of patterns of the microbiome data.

A method comprising:

• accessing, using one or more computer processors, a database that stores extraction data corresponding to one or more sample materials obtained from a resource production field during a production activity or an industrial operation, the extraction data including microbiome data corresponding to the one or more sample materials;
• performing, using the one or more computer processors, operations for evaluating the microbiome data, the operations comprising:
• generating first derived microbiome data, the first derived microbiome data computationally linking a first subset of the microbiome data to a first zone of a plurality of subsurface zones associated with the resource production field;
• generating second derived microbiome data, the second derived microbiome data computationally linking a second subset of the microbiome data to a second subsurface zone of the plurality of subsurface zones;
• generating predictive microbiome data that includes a prediction associated with hydrocarbons at one or more locations based on the first derived microbiome data and the second derived microbiome data;
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• causing display of the prediction in a graphical user interface to assist an operator in creating an optimal plan for directing an additional production activity or an additional industrial operation at the resource production field, wherein the causing of the display includes generating a visualization of the prediction associated with the hydrocarbons at the one or more locations to assist the operator in identification of patterns of the microbiome data.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium embodying instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• Accessing a database that stores extraction data corresponding to one or more sample materials obtained from a resource production field during a production activity or an industrial operation, the extraction data including microbiome data corresponding to the one or more sample materials;
• performing operations for evaluating the microbiome data, the operations comprising:
• generating first derived microbiome data, the first derived microbiome data computationally linking a first subset of the microbiome data to a first zone of a plurality of subsurface zones associated with the resource production field;
• generating second derived microbiome data, the second derived microbiome data computationally linking a second subset of the microbiome data to a second subsurface zone of the plurality of subsurface zones;
• generating predictive microbiome data that includes a prediction associated with hydrocarbons at one or more locations based on the first derived microbiome data and the second derived microbiome data;
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• causing display of the prediction in a graphical user interface to assist an operator in creating an optimal plan for directing an additional production activity or an additional industrial operation at the resource production field, wherein the causing of the display includes generating a visualization of the prediction associated with the hydrocarbons at the one or more locations to assist the operator in identification of patterns of the microbiome data.