Patent Document ID: 9250173
Application ID: 14015746
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method executed by one or more processors, the method comprising: receiving internal imaging data of a core sample of a rock formation; generating, by the one or more processors, a digital core sample model of the structure of the core sample based on the internal imaging data; analyzing, by the one or more processors, the core sample model to determine the density distribution of a deposit in the core sample based at least in part on a total volume of the deposit within the core sample; determining, by the one or more processors, a production potential value from the density distribution of the deposit; and determining a production potential score for each of one or more additional core samples from different locations in the rock formation; comparing the production potential scores of the core sample and the one or more additional core samples to each other; and determining a location in the rock to perform a fracture treatment based on the comparison of the production potential scores.