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Method and Apparatus for Active Seismic Shear Wave Monitoring of Hydro-Fracturing of Oil and Gas Reservoirs Using Arrays of Multi-Component Sensors and Controlled Seismic Sources
Method and Apparatus for Active Seismic Shear Wave Monitoring of Hydro-Fracturing of Oil and Gas Reservoirs Using Arrays of Multi-Component Sensors and Controlled Seismic Sources
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机译:使用多分量传感器和可控震源阵列对油气储层水力压裂进行主动地震剪切波监测的方法和装置
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Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a technique to monitor hydro-fracturing in oil and gas wells by use of active seismic sources and arrays of monitoring sensors. The invention utilizes combinations of seismic sources such as vertical vibrators in anti-phase pairs. The invention utilizes combinations of multi-component rotational seismic sensors, and/or multi-component linear sensors, and/or pressure sensors. Sensors are jointly deployed in arrays on the surface and/or in shallow monitoring wells to avoid the complicating effects of the free surface of the earth. The emplacement of sensors on the surface or in the shallow monitoring wells may be permanent. Fractures are monitored by combinations of physical effects such as propagation time delays, shear reflections, birefringent shear wave splitting, and amplitude variations. The method has a wide range of application in oil and gas exploration and production. This abstract is not intended to be used to interpret or limit the claims of this invention.
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