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Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2021
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Yujin Liu, Al Khobar, SA;

Yue Du, Al Khobar, SA;

Tong Wang Fei, Dhahran, SA;

Yi Luo, Dhahran, SA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/36 (2006.01); E21B 47/107 (2012.01); G01V 1/42 (2006.01); E21B 47/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/42 (2013.01); E21B 47/107 (2020.05); E21B 47/16 (2013.01); E21B 43/2607 (2020.05);
Abstract

An acquisition system is configured to acquire seismic data representing a subsurface formation during a fracking process. The system includes at least one acoustic sensor that is configured to obtain vibration data representing vibrations relating to three orthogonal directions relative to the at least one acoustic sensor. The system is configured to receive the vibration data from the at least one acoustic sensor, identify one or more resonance frequencies represented in the vibration data, determine, based on the identified one or more resonance frequencies, a stage of a fracking process being performed, identify, based on the stage of the fracking process that is identified, a feature of one or more fractures in a borehole that is configured for the fracking process, and generate a seismic image of the subsurface formation based on the feature of the one or more fractures.


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