Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical fiber well deployment for seismic surveying
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Application No.: US14370487Application Date: 2013-01-04
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Publication No.: US09798023B2Publication Date: 2017-10-24
- Inventor: Pierre Vigneaux , Arthur H. Hartog , Bernard Frignet
- 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 Trevor G. Grove
- Priority: EP12250004 20120106
- International Application: PCT/US2013/020406 WO 20130104
- International Announcement: WO2013/103908 WO 20130711
- Main IPC: G01V1/40
- IPC: G01V1/40 ; G01V1/18 ; G01V1/42 ; G01V1/22 ; G01H9/00 ; G01V1/16

Abstract:
Disclosed are a system, apparatus, and method for optical fiber well deployment in seismic optical surveying. Embodiments of this disclosure may include methods of deploying a spooled optical fiber distributed sensor into the wellbore integrated in a ballast or weight for a seismic optic tool, to achieve deployment of a lightweight disposable fiber optic cable against the wellbore walls via gravity. The method may further include unspooling the spooled optical fiber distributed sensor and using the optical fiber as a distributed seismic receiver. Once the fiber optic distributed sensor is deployed according to methods of the present disclosure, surveys may be obtained and processed by various methods.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140376332A1 Optical Fiber Well Deployment for Seismic Surveying Public/Granted day:2014-12-25
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