Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microseismic monitoring with fiber-optic noise mapping
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Application No.: US14405609Application Date: 2013-06-11
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Publication No.: US09720118B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Allan Petrella , Mark Andreychuk , Per Angman
- Applicant: KOBOLD SERVICES INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Calgary
- Assignee: KOBOLD CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: KOBOLD CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: CA Calgary
- Agency: Parlee McLaws LLP
- Agent Sean W. Goodwin; Linda M. Thompson
- International Application: PCT/CA2013/050441 WO 20130611
- International Announcement: WO2013/185225 WO 20131219
- Main IPC: E21B47/107
- IPC: E21B47/107 ; G01V1/20 ; G01V1/28 ; G01V1/40 ; E21B47/10 ; E21B47/12 ; G01H9/00 ; G01V1/52 ; G01V8/00 ; G01V99/00 ; G01V1/18

Abstract:
The combination of one or more 3-component microseismic sensors deployed into a wellbore adjacent a microseismic event and a linear array of distributed fiber optic acoustic sensors deployed uphole thereof provides two sets of data for establishing noise-free signals for locating the microseismic event in the formation about the wellbore. The distributed fiber optic signals monitor noise transmitted along coiled tubing used to pump a completion operation or as a result of the fluid flowing through the casing or coiled tubing, or along wireline used to deploy the microseismic sensors. The noise is mapped and extrapolated for estimating noise at the 3-component sensors. The estimated noise is removed from the 3-component sensor data for producing clean signals representing the location of the microseismic events.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150135819A1 MICROSEISMIC MONITORING WITH FIBER-OPTIC NOISE MAPPING Public/Granted day:2015-05-21
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