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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Thomas Bardainne, Paris, FR;
Inventor:
Thomas Bardainne, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
CGG SERVICES SAS, Massy, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/28 (2006.01); G01V 1/30 (2006.01); G01V 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/288 (2013.01); G01V 1/30 (2013.01); G01V 1/308 (2013.01); G01V 1/008 (2013.01); G01V 1/40 (2013.01); G01V 2210/642 (2013.01);
Abstract
A moment tensor is determined using an inversion algorithm for each of a plurality of microseismic events passively detected by receivers. Each of the moment tensors includes two nodal planes. A subset of the microseismic events is grouped into a family of microseismic events. If the microseismic events in the family have a common nodal plane, the common plane is a solution fault plane for the family of microseismic events. Information related to the fault plane is used to optimize fracking operation.