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- Patent Title: Methodology for automated verification and qualification of sidewall core recovery depth using borehole image logs
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Application No.: US17061865Application Date: 2020-10-02
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Publication No.: US11767752B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Mustafa Ali H Al Ibrahim , Vladislav Torlov , Mokhles Mezghani
- Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- Main IPC: E21B47/09
- IPC: E21B47/09 ; E21B47/053 ; G06V10/48 ; G01V11/00 ; E21B25/16

Abstract:
A method of determining the depth of a sidewall core sample taken from a borehole relative to a reference log of the borehole. The method includes obtaining a reference log recorded on a reference log depth scale and a borehole image log recorded on a borehole image log depth scale of a portion of the borehole from which the sidewall core sample has been taken. The method further includes generating a calibrated borehole image log from the borehole image log and the reference log and identifying a candidate sidewall core image artifact in the calibrated borehole image log. The method also includes assigning a confidence value for the candidate sidewall core image artifact based on a characteristic of the candidate sidewall core image artifact, and determining, using the confidence value, a probability that the sidewall core sample was collected at a certain depth on the reference log depth scale.
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