Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Extendable/collapsible apparatus for fracture imaging and use of same
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Application No.: US15177300Application Date: 2016-06-08
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Publication No.: US10267140B2Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Mark Andreychuk , Per Angman , Allan Petrella
- Applicant: Kobold Services inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Calgary
- Assignee: KOBOLD CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: KOBOLD CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: CA Calgary
- Agency: Parlee Mclaws LLP (CGY)
- Agent Linda Thompson; Sean Goodwin
- Main IPC: G01V1/46
- IPC: G01V1/46 ; E21B47/00 ; G01V1/00 ; G01V1/28 ; G01V1/52

Abstract:
Fracture imaging modules having one or more 3-component sensors, are incorporated into a tool comprising two or more of the modules for detecting microseismic events in a formation from the same wellbore as is being stimulated. The modules are locked together in a compact mode to permit injection into the wellbore through a conventional lubricator which has a fixed length. Once injected into the wellbore, the modules are spaced from one another in an extended mode to form an axially spaced sensor array which increases the measurement window in the wellbore compared to sensor arrays conventionally injected through a fixed length lubricator. Following the operation, the modules are actuated to return to the compact mode for pulling out of the hole through the lubricator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160356145A1 EXTENDABLE/COLLAPSIBLE APPARATUS FOR FRACTURE IMAGING AND USE OF SAME Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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