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US 2020/0264152 A1Published application
Automated organic petrology
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorAssad Hadi Ghazwani
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Abstract
A photomicrograph of a rock sample is analyzed. One or more classification attributes of the photomicrograph are recorded. One or more maceral attributes of the photomicrograph are determined using automated face detection. Based on the one or more classification attributes and the one or more maceral attributes, one or more technical attributes of the photomicrograph are determined using automated face recognition. The one or more maceral attributes and the one or more technical attributes are provided.
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A method comprising:
- recording one or more classification attributes of a photomicrograph of a rock sample, wherein the one or more classification attributes comprise region of origin, basin, age, depth, lithology, stratigraphic unit, standard of preparation, or combinations thereof;
- determining one or more maceral attributes of the photomicrograph using automated face detection, wherein determining the one or more maceral attributes of the photomicrograph comprises measuring a vitrinite reflectance of the photomicrograph to determine a presence of vitrinite in the rock sample;
- based on the one or more classification attributes and the one or more maceral attributes, determining one or more technical attributes of the photomicrograph using automated face recognition, wherein the one or more technical attributes comprise thermal maturity, organic richness, mineral composition, or combinations thereof, wherein determining the one or more technical attributes comprises comparing results of the automated face detection to a database of photomicrographs with overlap in one or more classification attributes;
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- providing the one or more maceral attributes and the one or more technical attributes.
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A system for automated organic petrology, the system comprising:
- a memory;
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- a hardware processor interoperably coupled with the memory and configured to:
- record one or more classification attributes of a photomicrograph of a rock sample, wherein the one or more classification attributes comprise region of origin, basin, age, depth, lithology, stratigraphic unit, standard of preparation, or combinations thereof;
- determine one or more maceral attributes of the photomicrograph using automated face detection, wherein determining the one or more maceral attributes of the photomicrograph comprises measuring a vitrinite reflectance of the photomicrograph to determine a presence of vitrinite in the rock sample;
- based on the one or more classification attributes and the one or more maceral attributes, determine one or more technical attributes of the photomicrograph using automated face recognition, wherein the one or more technical attributes comprise thermal maturity, organic richness, mineral composition, or combinations thereof, wherein determining the one or more technical attributes comprises comparing results of the automated face detection to a database of photomicrographs with overlap in classification attributes;
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- providing the one or more maceral attributes and the one or more technical attributes.
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