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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Toru Ikegami, Machida, JP;
Masafumi Fukuhara, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 11/00 (2006.01); G01H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01H 9/004 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1429 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique facilitates geophysical exploration and comprises deploying an optical fiber in a borehole formed in a formation. A seismic signal, e.g. seismic waves, is excited into the formation, and an optical interrogation system is used to obtain data at a plurality of fixed, sampling locations along the optical fiber. The data is processed to determine features in the formation. Based on the processed data, updated sampling locations are selected along the optical fiber to enable further analysis of the features of interest.