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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Global Geophysical Services, Inc., Missouri City, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jan Meredith Vermilye, Lyons, CO (US);
Peter Anderson Geiser, Lyons, CO (US);
Assignee:
Global Ambient Seismic, Inc., Missouri City, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/06 (2006.01); G01V 1/28 (2006.01); G01V 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/288 (2013.01); G01V 1/42 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1234 (2013.01); G01V 2210/65 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are various embodiments of methods and corresponding hardware and software configured to permit the vicinity around and/or near a well to be imaged, where the well is being subjected to, or has been subjected to, fracking operations. The methods and corresponding hardware and software permit the generation of images of near-well fractures or faults resulting from the fracking.