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Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2017
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

David Andrew Barfoot, Houston, TX (US);

Kwang Il Suh, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/22 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/30 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/226 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01); G01V 1/308 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1234 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1429 (2013.01);
Abstract

A backscattered signal can be received from a sensing fiber that extends into a wellbore. The backscattered signal can have been generated based on an optical signal launched into the sensing fiber. A first delayed signal, a second delayed signal, a first non-delayed signal, and a second non-delayed signal can be generated from the backscattered signal. A polarization control device can shift a polarization of the first delayed signal or the first non-delayed signal. A first demodulated signal can be determined based on the first delayed signal and the first non-delayed signal. A second demodulated signal can be determined based on the second delayed signal and the second non-delayed signal. Data about an environment of the wellbore can be determined by processing the first demodulated signal and the second demodulated signal to compensate for noise in the first demodulated signal or the second demodulated signal.


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