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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Aleksandar Jeremic, Houston, TX (US);

Henry Clifford Bland, Calgary, CA;

Timur Mukhtarov, Calgary, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/00 (2012.01); G01V 8/16 (2006.01); G01V 8/14 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/18 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); G01V 1/133 (2006.01); G01V 1/44 (2006.01); G01V 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/00 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); G01V 1/133 (2013.01); G01V 1/18 (2013.01); G01V 1/226 (2013.01); G01V 1/44 (2013.01);
Abstract

A well system includes a fiber optic cable positionable downhole along a length of a wellbore. The well system also includes a reflectometer communicatively coupleable to the fiber optic cable. The reflectometer injects optical signals into the fiber optic cable and receives reflected optical signals from the fiber optic cable. Further, the reflectometer identifies strain detected in the reflected optical signals generated from seismic waves of a microseismic event. Additionally, the reflectometer identifies a focal mechanism of the microseismic event and velocities of the seismic waves. The reflectometer also determines a position of the microseismic event using the strain detected in the reflected optical signals, the focal mechanism of the microseismic event, and the velocities of the seismic waves.


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