Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low frequency distributed acoustic sensing
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Application No.: US15453434Application Date: 2017-03-08
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Publication No.: US10458228B2Publication Date: 2019-10-29
- Inventor: Ge Jin , Charles C. Mosher , Frank P. Filice , Kyle R. Krueger , Baishali Roy , Ali Tura , Dana M. Jurick
- Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
- Current Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Boulware & Valoir
- Main IPC: E21B47/12
- IPC: E21B47/12 ; G01V1/22 ; E21B47/022 ; G01H9/00 ; E21B47/10 ; G01K11/32 ; G01V1/40

Abstract:
The invention relates to DAS observation has been proven to be useful for monitoring hydraulic fracturing operations. While published literature has shown focus on the high-frequency components (>1 Hz) of the data, this invention discloses that much of the usable information may reside in the very low frequency band (0-50 milliHz). Due to the large volume of a DAS dataset, an efficient workflow has been developed to process the data by utilizing the parallel computing and the data storage. The processing approach enhances the signal while decreases the data size by 10000 times, thereby enabling easier consumption by other multi-disciplinary groups for further analysis and interpretation. The polarity changes as seen from the high signal to noise ratio (SNR) low frequency DAS images are currently being utilized for interpretation of completions efficiency monitoring in hydraulically stimulated wells.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170260842A1 LOW FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING Public/Granted day:2017-09-14
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