Real-time processing and control of DAS VSP surveys

    公开(公告)号:US11555939B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-17

    申请号:US16063695

    申请日:2016-08-31

    Abstract: A system for processing DAS VSP surveys in real-time is provided. The system includes a DAS data collection system coupled to at least one optical fiber at least partially positioned within a wellbore and configured to repeatedly activate a seismic source of energy. The system further includes an information processing system connected to the DAS data collection system. A seismic dataset is received from the DAS data collection system. The seismic dataset includes a plurality of seismic data records. Two or more of the plurality of seismic data records are combined into a stack. A quality metric indicative of a desired signal-to-noise ratio or incoherence of the stack is determined for each processed seismic dataset collected from a repeated source. Instructions are sent to the DAS data collection system to stop activating the seismic source, in response to determining that the quality metric has reached a predefined threshold.

    Apparatus And Methods For Distributed Brillouin Frequency Sensing Offshore

    公开(公告)号:US20220186612A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17518240

    申请日:2021-11-03

    Abstract: A distributed fiber sensing system and method of use. The system may comprise an interrogator configured to receive a Brillouin backscattered light from a first sensing region and a second sensing region, a first fiber optic cable optically connected to the interrogator, a proximal circulator, and a distal circulator, and a second fiber optic cable optically connected to the interrogator, the proximal circulator, and the distal circulator. The system may further comprise a downhole fiber optically connected to the first fiber optic cable and the second fiber optic cable and wherein the first sensing region and the second sensing region are disposed on the downhole fiber. The method may comprise generating and launching a light pulse from an interrogator and through a first fiber optic cable to a downhole fiber and receiving a Brillouin backscattered light from a first sensing region and a second sensing region.

    Electromagnetic Telemetry Using Non-Polarizing Electrodes

    公开(公告)号:US20210363878A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-25

    申请号:US16623233

    申请日:2019-01-18

    Abstract: A method and system for communicating with a bottom hole assembly from the surface. The method may comprise drilling into a formation with the bottom hole assembly, disposing at least one porous pot on the surface, emitting an electromagnetic field from the transmitter, sensing a voltage of the electromagnetic field with the at least one porous pot, and measuring the voltage with the porous pot. A system may comprise a downhole tool, wherein the downhole tool is disposed on the bottom hole assembly, a drill string, wherein the drill string is attached to the bottom hole assembly and a well head, a drill bit, and at least one porous pot, wherein the at least one porous pot is disposed on the surface and wherein the at least one porous pot is configured to sense and measure a voltage from the electromagnetic field.

    DISTRIBUTED MAGNETOMOTIVE FORCE SENSIN
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180223648A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-09

    申请号:US15745605

    申请日:2015-09-28

    CPC classification number: E21B47/10 G01V3/30

    Abstract: A disclosed formation monitoring system includes a casing that defines an annular space within a borehole. A distributed magnetomotive force sensor is positioned in the annular space and configured to communicate with the surface via a fiber-optic cable. A computer coupled to the fiber-optic cable receives said measurements and responsively derives the location of any fluid fronts in the vicinity such as a an approaching flood front to enable corrective action before breakthrough. A disclosed formation monitoring method includes: injecting a first fluid into a reservoir formation; producing a second fluid from the reservoir formation via a casing in a borehole; collecting magnetic field measurements with a distributed magnetomotive force sensor in an annular space between said casing and said borehole, communicating measurements to a surface interface via one or more fiber-optic cables; and operating on said measurements to locate a front between the first and second fluids.

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