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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Global Geophysical Services, Inc., Missouri City, TX (US);
Inventors:
Peter Anderson Geiser, Boulder, CO (US);
Jan Meredith Vermilye, Lyons, CO (US);
Charles John Sicking, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Global Ambient Seismic, Inc., Missouri City, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/06 (2006.01); G01V 1/30 (2006.01); G01V 1/28 (2006.01); G01V 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/308 (2013.01); G01V 1/288 (2013.01); G01V 1/42 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1234 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are various embodiments of methods and corresponding hardware and software that are configured to illuminate or image the permeability field around or near a well that is to be fracked, both prior to fracking and after various fracking stages. The methods and corresponding hardware and software disclosed herein permit the progress of the fracking operation to be monitored at different stages.