Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for monitoring a subsoil zone using a plurality of correlated traces, particularly during simulated fracturing operations
- Patent Title (中): 使用多个相关迹线监测底土区的方法,特别是在模拟压裂作业期间
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Application No.: US13322675Application Date: 2010-05-27
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Publication No.: US08427903B2Publication Date: 2013-04-23
- Inventor: Julien Meunier
- Applicant: Julien Meunier
- Applicant Address: FR Massy Cedex
- Assignee: CGGVeritas Services SA
- Current Assignee: CGGVeritas Services SA
- Current Assignee Address: FR Massy Cedex
- Agency: Potomac Patent Group PLLC
- Priority: FR0953487 20090527
- International Application: PCT/EP2010/057316 WO 20100527
- International Announcement: WO2010/136523 WO 20101202
- Main IPC: G01V1/00
- IPC: G01V1/00 ; G01V1/38

Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for monitoring a subsoil zone, wherein a plurality of receivers are arranged on a surface of the soil or near said surface, straight above a geological zone to be monitored, comprising the following steps: generating a set of reference seismic data recording seismic data by means of said receivers; correlating the seismic data recorded (52) with the reference seismic data; comparing each trace of the correlated data, with correlated traces located in a vicinity of said trace, in order to evaluate a similarity of each correlated trace with the adjacent correlated traces, detecting a microseismic event occurring in the subsoil zone by analysing said similarity. This method enables real-time monitoring.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120069707A1 METHOD FOR MONITORING A SUBSOIL ZONE, PARTICULARLY DURING STIMULATED FRACTURING OPERATIONS Public/Granted day:2012-03-22
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