Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining seismic sensor orientation in a wellbore
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Application No.: US14655719Application Date: 2013-12-17
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Publication No.: US09909412B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Clement Kostov , Martin G. Luling , Mark Puckett
- Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Agent Michael Dae
- Priority: EP12306710 20121228
- International Application: PCT/US2013/075546 WO 20131217
- International Announcement: WO2014/105503 WO 20140703
- Main IPC: E21B47/09
- IPC: E21B47/09 ; G01V3/26 ; G01V1/44 ; G01V1/52 ; G01C19/00 ; G01V1/20 ; G01V1/40

Abstract:
A well-logging tool includes a magnetic field logging tool and a borehole seismic array, which includes a plurality of seismic sensor devices coupled together in series. Each seismic sensor device includes a sensor housing and at least one seismic sensor carried by the sensor housing. A magnetometer is carried by the sensor housing to sense the local magnetic field. A controller cooperates with the magnetic field logging tool to generate a log of the local magnetic field relative to the true earth geographic pole. The controller cooperates with the borehole seismic array to determine an orientation of each seismic sensor device based upon the respective sensed local magnetic field and log of the local magnetic field relative to the earth geographic pole.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150337647A1 Determining Seismic Sensor Orientation in a Wellbore Public/Granted day:2015-11-26
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