# US 2021/0340867 A1 · Determining exploration potential ranking for petroleum plays > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0340867 A1 - Document ID: US20210340867A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/865,063 - Filed: 2020-05-01 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Earliest claimed: 2020-05-01 - Assignees: Landmark Graphics Corporation - Applicants: Landmark Graphics Corporation - Inventors: Michael Charles Quintrell Treloar; Owen Edward Sutcliffe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210340867A1 ## CPC - G06T 17/05: Geographic models - E21B 49/00: Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells - G01V 20/00: Geomodelling in general - G06T 11/23: using straight lines or curves - G06T 11/65: on geographic maps - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS - 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 system for determining exploration potential ranking for petroleum plays according to some aspects receives geological survey data of a geographical area to be ranked for a future petroleum play. The system generates predicted values based on the geological survey data, each predicted value indicating a probability that a portion of the basin includes a first characteristic. A set of polygons that represent the basin may be generated based on the predicted values. Each polygon represents a contiguous portion of the basin that has a same predicted value. A basin is score is generated by: generating a score for each polygon using the predicted value; and aggregating the score of each polygon of the set of polygons into the basin score. The basin score is displayed for use displaying for use in determining an area in which drilling a wellbore would have a greater probability of success. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computing device comprising: a processing device; and a non-transitory memory device comprising instructions that are executable by the processing device to cause the processing device to perform operations comprising: receiving geological survey data of a geographical area, the geographical area including a basin; generating, based on the geological survey data, a set of predicted values, each predicted value indicating a probability that a first portion of the basin includes a first characteristic; generating, based on the set of predicted values, a first set of polygons that represent the basin, each polygon of the first set of polygons representing the first portion of the basin that has a same predicted value; calculating a basin score for the basin by: generating a presence score for each polygon of the first set of polygons using the predicted value; and generating the basin score by aggregating the presence score of each polygon of the first set of polygons; and displaying, for use in determining an area in which drilling a wellbore would have a greater probability of success, the basin score of the basin. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, wherein generating the basin score includes: generating, for each polygon of the first set of polygons, a weighted predicted value using the predicted value and an area of the polygon. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise: generating, based on the geological survey data, a set of effectiveness scores, each effectiveness score indicating a second portion of the basin that includes a predicted degree of effectiveness of the first characteristic; and generating, based on the set of effectiveness scores; a second set of polygons that represent the basin, each polygon of the first set of polygons representing the second portion of the basin that has a same effectiveness score, wherein calculating the basin score for the basin further includes: stacking the second set of polygons onto the first set of polygons; and adding new polygons to the first set of polygons based on intersections between polygons of the first set of polygons with polygons of the second set of polygons. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The computing device of claim 3, wherein the basin score is equal to a product of the predicted value of a particular polygon of the first set of polygons and the effectiveness score of a polygon of the second set of polygons that is stacked on the particular polygon. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise: displaying a second basin score of a second basin next to the basin score. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise: displaying the first set of polygons by overlaying the first set of polygons onto a map of the geographical area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, wherein the first characteristic corresponds to a source rock, a reservoir, or a seal. ### Claim 8 A method comprising: receiving, by a processing device, geological survey data of a geographical area, the geographical area including a basin; generating, by the processing device and based on the geological survey data, a set of predicted values, each predicted value indicating a probability that a first portion of the basin includes a first characteristic; generating, by the processing device and based on the set of predicted values, a first set of polygons that represent the basin, each polygon of the first set of polygons representing the first portion of the basin that has a same predicted value; calculating, by the processing device, a basin score for the basin by: generating, by the processing device, a presence score for each polygon of the first set of polygons using the predicted value; and generating, by the processing device, the basin score by aggregating the presence score of each polygon of the first set of polygons; and displaying, by the processing device for use in determining an area in which drilling a wellbore would have a greater probability of success, the basin score of the basin. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein generating the basin score includes: generating, by the processing device, for each polygon of the first set of polygons, a weighted predicted value using the predicted value and an area of the polygon. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: generating, by the processing device and based on the geological survey data, a set of effectiveness scores, each effectiveness score indicating a second portion of the basin that includes a predicted degree of effectiveness of the first characteristic; and generating, by the processing device and based on the set of effectiveness scores; a second set of polygons that represent the basin, each polygon of the second set of polygons representing the second portion of the basin that has a same effectiveness score; wherein calculating the basin score for the basin further includes: stacking by the processing device, the second set of polygons onto the first set of polygons; and adding, by the processing device, new polygons to the first set of polygons based on intersections between polygons of the first set of polygons with polygons of the second set of polygons. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the basin score is equal to a product of the predicted value of a particular polygon of the first set of polygons and the effectiveness score of a polygon of the second set of polygons that is stacked on the particular polygon. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: displaying, by the processing device, a second basin score of a second basin next to the basin score. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: displaying the first set of polygons by overlaying the first set of polygons onto a map of the geographical area. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the first characteristic corresponds to a source rock, a reservoir, or a seal. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable medium that includes instructions that are executable by a processing device for causing the processing device to perform operations comprising: receiving geological survey data of a geographical area, the geographical area including a basin; generating, based on the geological survey data, a set of predicted values, each predicted value indicating a probability that a first portion of the basin includes a first characteristic; generating, based on the set of predicted values, a first set of polygons that represent the basin, each polygon of the first set of polygons representing the first portion of the basin that has a same predicted value; calculating a basin score for the basin by: generating a presence score for each polygon of the first set of polygons using the predicted value; and generating the basin score by aggregating the presence score of each polygon of the first set of polygons; and displaying, for use in determining an area in which drilling a wellbore would have a greater probability of success, the basin score of the basin. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein generating the basin score includes: generating, for each polygon of the first set of polygons, a weighted predicted value using the predicted value and an area of the polygon. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise: generating, based on the geological survey data, a set of effectiveness scores, each effectiveness score indicating a second portion of the basin that includes a predicted degree of effectiveness of the first characteristic; and generating, based on the set of effectiveness scores; a second set of polygons that represent the basin, each polygon of the first set of polygons representing the second portion of the basin that has a same effectiveness score, wherein calculating the basin score for the basin further includes: stacking the second set of polygons onto the first set of polygons; and adding new polygons to the first set of polygons based on intersections between polygons of the first set of polygons with polygons of the second set of polygons. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the basin score is equal to a product of the predicted value of a particular polygon of the first set of polygons and the effectiveness score of a polygon of the second set of polygons that is stacked on the particular polygon. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise: displaying a second basin score of a second basin next to the basin score. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise: displaying the first set of polygons by overlaying the first set of polygons onto a map of the geographical area.