US 12,013,511 B2
Geological core laboratory systems and methods
Mokhles M. Mezghani, Dhahran (SA); Bodong Li, Dhahran (SA); and Abdul Hafiz Masri, Dhahran Hills (SA)
Assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on May 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/315,252.
Application 18/315,252 is a division of application No. 16/793,494, filed on Feb. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,686,876.
Prior Publication US 2023/0280491 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G01V 3/34 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); G01V 3/38 (2006.01)
CPC G01V 3/34 (2013.01) [G01V 3/38 (2013.01); G01N 33/241 (2013.01); G01V 3/08 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of remote geological core inspection, the method comprising:
positioning, on a core sample inspection table, an array of core samples;
conducting, by a robotic core inspection system, a scanning of the array of core samples to identify positions of the core samples of the array of core samples;
generating, by the robotic core inspection system based on the positions of the core samples identified, a core sample mapping identifying locations of the core samples on the core sample inspection table;
receiving, by the robotic core inspection system, a command to conduct an inspection operation for a given core sample of the core samples;
determining, based on the core sample mapping, a location of the given core sample;
positioning, by the robotic core inspection system, an inspection device proximate the location of the given core sample; and
conducting, by the robotic core inspection system, the inspection operation for the given core sample, the inspection operation comprising:
moving a scoring device proximate the location of the given core sample;
operating the scoring system to score a surface of the given core sample; and
acquiring an image of scoring of the surface of the core sample to capture the effects of the scoring thereby helping to improve efficiency and quality of core sample assessments.