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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2013
Applicant:

Kobold Services Inc., Calgary, CA;

Inventors:

Allan Petrella, Calgary, CA;

Mark Andreychuk, Calgary, CA;

Per Angman, Calgary, CA;

Assignee:

KOBOLD CORPORATION, Calgary, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/107 (2012.01); G01V 1/20 (2006.01); G01V 1/28 (2006.01); G01V 1/40 (2006.01); E21B 47/10 (2012.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01); G01H 9/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/52 (2006.01); G01V 8/00 (2006.01); G01V 99/00 (2009.01); G01V 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/288 (2013.01); E21B 47/101 (2013.01); E21B 47/123 (2013.01); G01H 9/004 (2013.01); G01V 1/40 (2013.01); G01V 1/52 (2013.01); G01V 8/00 (2013.01); G01V 99/005 (2013.01); G01V 1/18 (2013.01); G01V 1/20 (2013.01); G01V 2210/00 (2013.01); G01V 2210/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

The combination of one or more 3-component microseismic sensors deployed into a wellbore adjacent a microseismic event and a linear array of distributed fiber optic acoustic sensors deployed uphole thereof provides two sets of data for establishing noise-free signals for locating the microseismic event in the formation about the wellbore. The distributed fiber optic signals monitor noise transmitted along coiled tubing used to pump a completion operation or as a result of the fluid flowing through the casing or coiled tubing, or along wireline used to deploy the microseismic sensors. The noise is mapped and extrapolated for estimating noise at the 3-component sensors. The estimated noise is removed from the 3-component sensor data for producing clean signals representing the location of the microseismic events.


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