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Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011

Filed:

May. 15, 2008
Applicants:

Martin E. Poitzsch, Derry, NH (US);

Pabitra N. Sen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Karen Wiemer, Cambridge, GB;

Guillemette Picard, Paris, FR;

Muthusamy Vembusubramanian, Acton, MA (US);

Inventors:

Martin E. Poitzsch, Derry, NH (US);

Pabitra N. Sen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Karen Wiemer, Cambridge, GB;

Guillemette Picard, Paris, FR;

Muthusamy Vembusubramanian, Acton, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and related systems are described for use with hydraulic fracturing and other oilfield applications. A tool body is positioned in a wellbore at a location near a subterranean rock formation being fractured. The tool body contains a plurality of deployable continuous fibers. At least some of the deployable continuous fibers are deployed into fractures within a subterranean rock formation. Each deployed fiber is continuous from the tool body to the rock formation. The number of deployable continuous fibers provides sufficient redundancy to make at least a target measurement relating to the fracturing process.


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