LARGE AREA SEISMIC MONITORING USING FIBER OPTIC SENSING

    公开(公告)号:US20180306936A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-25

    申请号:US15767485

    申请日:2015-12-16

    Abstract: A system and method for effective seismic monitoring of large area subsurface reservoirs, for instance, the system comprising: multiple electro acoustic technology assemblies comprising electrical seismic sensing elements, electronic circuits for converting the electrical seismic sensing signals to frequencies, amplification circuitry to amplify the frequencies, an acoustic source that converts the amplified frequencies to an acoustic frequency signal; a fiber optic Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) system comprising a fiber optic cable deployed in the subsurface reservoir and in close proximity to the multiple electro acoustic technology assemblies and exposed to the generated acoustic frequency signals from the acoustic sources of the multiple electro acoustic technology assemblies, a surface based distributed acoustic sensing interrogator connected to the fiber optic cable; a source of electrical power to the multiple electro acoustic technology assemblies.

    Fiber optic rotary joint connecting dual-core fibers

    公开(公告)号:US10073222B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-11

    申请号:US15022402

    申请日:2013-11-15

    CPC classification number: G02B6/3604 G02B6/02042 G02B6/0288 G02B6/32

    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include an optical fiber sensing system and apparatus that provide for free rotation of fiber optic cables containing multiple cores. For example, the disclosure presents a fiber optic rotary joint, comprising a stator housing a non-rotating portion of a dual-core fiber optic cable and a rotor housing a rotating portion of the dual-core fiber optic cable. In such an example, the rotor is mounted to the stator to allow rotation of at least a portion of the rotor about at least a portion of the stator. Further provided is an optical fiber sensing system, comprising one or more multiplexor/demultiplexors configured to multiplex and demultiplex one or more signals, a dual-core fiber optic cable communicatively coupled to the multiplexor/demultiplexor and configured to carry one or more signals on an inner core and an outer core disposed about the inner core, and a dual-core fiber optic rotary joint.

    Method for monitoring a flood front
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    公开(公告)号:US09606258B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-28

    申请号:US14840781

    申请日:2015-08-31

    CPC classification number: G01V3/38 G01R33/032 G01V3/26 G01V3/30

    Abstract: A method of monitoring a flood front. The method may comprise installing at least one optical electromagnetic sensor in a wellbore which penetrates an earth formation. The sensor may be a part of an interferometer selected from the group consisting of a Mach Zehnder interferometer and a Michelson interferometer. The method may further comprise inducing an electromagnetic field in the earth formation. A first optical path length in a first optical waveguide of the sensor may increases in response to exposure to the electromagnetic field, and a second optical path length in a second optical waveguide of the sensor may decreases in response to exposure to the electromagnetic field. Additionally, the method may comprise monitoring the flood front by detecting via the sensor the electromagnetic field in the earth formation as the flood front progresses through the earth formation.

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