System and method for phased array sound wave advanced geological exploration for shield tunneling machine

    公开(公告)号:US11640007B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-02

    申请号:US17769909

    申请日:2020-12-08

    IPC分类号: G01V1/30 G01V1/18

    摘要: The present invention discloses a system and method for phased array sound wave advanced geological exploration for a shield tunneling machine. The system includes a phased array sound wave emitting and receiving apparatus, a probe automatic telescopic apparatus, an automatic protection and cleaning apparatus, and a signal processing and imaging system. Sonic probes are installed on a side wall of a main spoke, opposite to a rotation direction, of a cutterhead of the shield tunneling machine, on the basis of automatic detection of a telescopic state and a contact state, sonic array probes are enabled to make contact with a tunnel face by a hydraulic push rod, a focus sound wave is emitted by using a phased array emitting technology, and a reflected wave signal with front geological information reflected from the front of the tunnel face is received. A scanning direction of a sound wave beam is controlled and changed continuously through a host system, on the premise of obtaining a suspected abnormal body position, the suspected position is imaged in detail by using a focusing image till scanning of a whole two-dimensional section is completed, then the cutterhead is rotated to change an arrangement direction of an array to continue scanning of a next two-dimensional section, and finally three-dimensional geological exploration in front of the tunnel face is realized.

    DETECTING OUT-OF-BAND SIGNALS IN A WELLBORE USING DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING

    公开(公告)号:US20230095884A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17490073

    申请日:2021-09-30

    IPC分类号: G01V1/48 G01H9/00 G01V1/30

    摘要: A distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) system for determining an acoustic event may include an interferometer and an acoustic event detection processing device. The interferometer may measure DAS data from sensed signals from a sensing fiber deployed in a wellbore. The acoustic event detection processing device may determine an acoustic event in the wellbore from an out-of-band signal using the DAS data by performing operations. The operations can include determining a first acoustic event and a second acoustic event from the DAS data. The operations can include determining a first set of aliased frequencies from the first acoustic event and a second set of aliased frequencies form the second acoustic event. The operations can include determining, using an intersection of the first set of aliased frequencies and the second set of aliased frequencies, a frequency or amplitude of out-of-band signals that are usable to determine the at least one acoustic event.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING FILLING FOR KARST RESERVOIR BASED ON SPECTRUM DECOMPOSITION AND MACHINE LEARNING

    公开(公告)号:US20230083651A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17697544

    申请日:2022-03-17

    IPC分类号: G01V1/30 G01V5/12

    摘要: The present invention belongs to the field of treatment for data identification and recording carriers, and specifically relates to a method and system for analyzing filling for a karst reservoir based on spectrum decomposition and machine learning, which aims to solve the problems that by adopting the existing petroleum exploration technology, the reservoir with fast lateral change cannot be predicted, and the development characteristics of a carbonate cave type reservoir in a large-scale complex basin cannot be identified. The method comprises: acquiring data of standardized logging curves; obtaining a high-precision 3D seismic amplitude data body by mixed-phase wavelet estimation and maximum posteriori deconvolution and enhancing diffusion filtering. According to the method and the system, the effect of identifying the development characteristics of the carbonate karst cave type reservoir in the large-scale complex basin can be achieved, and the characterization precision is improved.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES BY COHERENCE ESTIMATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230078067A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17684786

    申请日:2022-03-02

    IPC分类号: G01V1/30 G01V1/34

    摘要: A method for generating a geophysical image of a subsurface region includes defining a computational sub-volume for the geophysical image including a predetermined number of seismic traces of a plurality of seismic traces and a predetermined number of samples per each one of the plurality of seismic traces, generating a data matrix corresponding to a first sub-volume of the subsurface region based on the defined computational sub-volume, the data matrix comprising the predetermined number of samples for the predetermined number of traces of a portion of a seismic dataset corresponding to the first sub-volume. The method also includes estimating a coherence between the predetermined number of traces of the data matrix by performing a sum of a variance of the predetermined number of samples of the data matrix, and assigning the estimated coherence to a location in the geophysical image.

    Mixed-phase source wavelet estimation from recorded seismic data

    公开(公告)号:US11604299B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-14

    申请号:US17126911

    申请日:2020-12-18

    发明人: Maiza Bekara

    IPC分类号: G01V1/38 G01V1/30

    摘要: This disclosure presents processes and systems for estimating a source wavelet from seismic data recorded in a seismic survey of a subterranean formation. In one aspect, a base wavelet is determined based on recorded seismic traces obtained in a seismic survey of a subterranean formation. Processes and systems include a phase-only wavelet based on the base wavelet and the recorded seismic data. An estimated source wavelet is obtained by convolving the base wavelet with the phase-only wavelet. Properties of the subterranean formation are determined based on the estimated source wavelet and the recorded seismic data.

    Subsurface fault extraction using undirected graphs

    公开(公告)号:US11604298B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-14

    申请号:US17248561

    申请日:2021-01-29

    IPC分类号: G01V1/30 G01V1/28

    摘要: A method for subsurface fault extraction using undirected graphs is provided. Extracting faults in the subsurface may assist in various stages of geophysical prospecting. To that end, an undirected graph may be used in order to identify distinctive fault branches in the subsurface. Fault probability data, from seismic data, may be used to establish connections in the undirected graph. Thereafter, some of the connections in the undirected graph may be removed based on analyzing one or more attributes, such as dip, azimuth, or context, associated with the connections or nodes associated with the connections. After which, the undirected graph may be analyzed in order to extract the faults in the subsurface.

    SYNTHETIC SUBTERRANEAN SOURCE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230020861A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17374320

    申请日:2021-07-13

    申请人: X Development LLC

    IPC分类号: G01V1/30 G01V1/18

    摘要: This disclosure describes a system and method for generating images and location data of a subsurface object using existing infrastructure as a source. Many infrastructure objects (e.g., pipes, cables, conduits, wells, foundation structures) are constructed of rigid materials and have a known shape and location. Additionally these infrastructure objects can have exposed portions that are above or near the surface and readily accessible. A signal generator can be affixed to the exposed portion of the infrastructure object, which induces acoustic energy, or vibrations in the object. The object with affixed signal generator can then be used as a source in performing a subsurface imaging of subsurface objects, which are not exposed.