US 12,321,381 B2
Applying geotags to images for identifying exploration opportunities
Tracy Frugier-Dorrington, Houston, TX (US); and Carlos Garcia, Jr., Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/482,699.
Application 18/482,699 is a continuation of application No. 17/596,141, granted, now 11,797,605, previously published as PCT/US2020/036051, filed on Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/856,793, filed on Jun. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0037143 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 16/58 (2019.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G06F 16/55 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/5866 (2019.01) [G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G06F 16/55 (2019.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
accessing, by one or more processors, image data representing an oilfield in a repository;
identifying, by the one or more processors, a subterranean geological feature in the oilfield based on attributes of the image data, wherein the attributes of the image data are identified by processing of the image data using automatic attribute identification, machine learning, image-based classification, or a combination thereof;
applying, by the one or more processors, a geotag to the image data, wherein the geotag is associated with the subterranean geological feature and a three-dimensional location;
storing, by the one or more processors, the image data in association with the geotag in the repository;
receiving, by the one or more processors, a user query for a set of features having one or more queried attributes;
providing, by the one or more processors, the geotag in response to the user query when the subterranean geologic feature has the one or more queried attributes or one or more analogous attributes to the one or more queried attributes; and
identifying, by the one or more processors, one or more analogs to the geotag in response to the user query, wherein the one or more analogs are stored in the repository in association with one or more additional geotags.