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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
Applicant:
Ian Bradford, Cambridge, GB;
Inventor:
Ian Bradford, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of subsurface imaging is disclosed, the method involving using input data relating to the geometry of a fracture in a subsurface medium, mechanical properties of the medium and in-situ stress states in the medium, to model the behavior of the fracture and obtain predicted information relating to deformation of the fracture. The predicted information is then used to constrain the interpretation of measured microseismic data caused by movement of the fracture to determine characteristics of the movement and/or failure of the fracture.