Image Processing and Machine Learning Applied to Lithology Identification, Classification and Quantification of Thin Section Cutting Samples

Cuttings provide the opportunity to precisely look at the rock that has been drilled. A preliminary drill cuttings description is commontly performed by mudloggers and wellsite geologists using conventional binocular microscope at the drilling rig. After this preliminary description, often the bags of cuttings are stored in a warehouse and samples are seldom examined back again. Cuttings give the geologist information about the formation...