Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINED MICROSEISMIC AND TILTMETER ANALYSIS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2005089404
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system and method for monitoring geophysical processes is disclosed. The system may include a component array located within the bore hole of the active well, or, alternatively, in the bore hole of a nearby offset well, or, alternatively, in multiple shallow boreholes in the surface around the active well. The system may include a sensor array (42) located within a bore, wherein the sensor array has at least one tilt sensor (206, 208) and at least one microseismic sensor (202), a transmitter (201) in communication with the at least one tilt sensor (206, 208) and the at least one microseismic sensor (202), and a receiver in communication with the transmitter (201). In one embodiment, data comprising tiltmeter data and microseismic data from a sensor (206, 208, 202) during at least one geophysical process is received. The microseismic data is analyzed to ascertain a location of each microseismic event of a plurality of microseismic events isolated from the microseismic data, and the tiltmeter data is analyzed to ascertain orientation and dimension of a fracture developed during said at least one geophysical process.
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Inventors:
WRIGHT CHRIS (US)
DAVIS ERIC (US)
GRIFFIN LARRY (US)
FISHER KEVIN (US)
KING GEORGE (US)
WARPINSKI NORMAN (US)
WARD JAMES (US)
SAMSON ETIENNE (US)
DAVIS ERIC (US)
GRIFFIN LARRY (US)
FISHER KEVIN (US)
KING GEORGE (US)
WARPINSKI NORMAN (US)
WARD JAMES (US)
SAMSON ETIENNE (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/008815
Publication Date:
May 26, 2006
Filing Date:
March 16, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES INC (US)
WRIGHT CHRIS (US)
DAVIS ERIC (US)
GRIFFIN LARRY (US)
FISHER KEVIN (US)
KING GEORGE (US)
WARPINSKI NORMAN (US)
WARD JAMES (US)
SAMSON ETIENNE (US)
WRIGHT CHRIS (US)
DAVIS ERIC (US)
GRIFFIN LARRY (US)
FISHER KEVIN (US)
KING GEORGE (US)
WARPINSKI NORMAN (US)
WARD JAMES (US)
SAMSON ETIENNE (US)
International Classes:
G01V1/02; E21B43/26; G01V1/00; G01V1/16; G01V1/40; G01V1/46; G01V1/48; G01V1/50
Foreign References:
| US20030051873A1 | 2003-03-20 | |||
| US5934373A | 1999-08-10 | |||
| US20050017723A1 | 2005-01-27 | |||
| US20040206495A1 | 2004-10-21 |
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