Patent ID: 9690989
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: E21B,G01N,G06K

Claim:
1. A processor-implemented method, comprising: acquiring digital fluid image information utilizing an imaging device in a down hole tool operated downhole in a first borehole, the imaging device having a field of view including a fluid sample, the digital fluid image information including digital fossil image information of fossils in the fluid sample, said acquiring digital fluid image information including, electronically comparing the digital fossil image information with one or more references to identify fossil types in the fluid sample and to generate fossil data that is representative of the identified fossil types, the fossil data associated with the formation from which the fluid sample was acquired; determining a location of the first borehole in the formation associated with the fluid sample based on the fossil data and offset records associated with a second borehole; and publishing the fossil data in conjunction with indications of the location.