Optasense Holdings Limited

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James Edward Roy

Carson Laing

Christopher John Kelley

Method and apparatus for surveying the downhole environment in a steam stimulated well such as a Steam Assisted Gravity Draining well are described. One method comprises interrogating an optic fibre () arranged along the path of a well shaft () within a steam stimulated well with optical radiation. At least one downhole steam pulse is generated and data gathered from the fibre () in response to the steam pulse is gathered and processed to provide an indication of the acoustic signals detected by at least one longitudinal sensing portion of the fibre (). In some examples, the processed data can be used to determine at least one characteristic of the steam chamber ().

Downhole surveillance

The present invention relates to a method of integrity monitoring of a conduit. An optic fibre is provided optic fibre along the path of the conduit, and a fluid in the conduit is pressurized and depressurized. The optic fibre is interrogated to provide a distributed acoustic sensor, and data is sampled from a plurality of longitudinal portions of the fibre during the pressurizing and depressurizing. The data is processed to detect a signal characteristic of the integrity of the conduit.

Integrity monitoring of conduits

Methods and apparatus for surveillance of a downhole environment: the response of least one optical fiber to an acoustic impulse is sampled and processed to provide an indication of the acoustic signals detected by at least one longitudinal sensing portion of the fiber(s). The data comprises data indicative of at least one characteristic of the acoustic impulse and data indicative of the downhole environment. The data indicative of at least one characteristic of the acoustic impulse is used to interpret the data indicative of the downhole environment to provide an indication of at least one characteristic of the downhole environment. For example, the data indicative of at least one characteristic of the acoustic impulse may provide a 'signature' of the impulse, which may be used to deconvolve the data indicative of the downhole environment to provide an indication of at least one characteristic of the downhole environment.

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