Detection of seismic signals using fiber optic distributed sensors

RT Coates, DE Miller, AH Hartog, CA Wilson… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Borehole seismic Surveys have become among the most versatile of
downhole measurements used in the hydrocarbon industry. Originally, borehole seismic …

Separating seismic signals produced by interfering seismic sources

I Moore, CJ Beasley, WH Dragoset Jr - US Patent 8,395,966, 2013 - Google Patents
A technique includes obtaining seismic data acquired by seismic sensors of a composite
seismic signal that is produced by the firings of multiple seismic sources. The technique …

Active seismic monitoring of fracturing operations and determining characteristics of a subterranean body using pressure data and seismic data

CJ Beasley, I Bush - US Patent 8,938,363, 2015 - Google Patents
A method for managing a fracturing operation. In one implementation, the method may
include positioning one or more sources and one or more receivers near a hydrocarbon …

Optimizing a seismic survey for source separation

CJ Beasley, WH Dragoset Jr, I Moore - US Patent 7,916,576, 2011 - Google Patents
A technique includes determining at least one parameter that characterizes a seismic survey
in which multiple interfering seismic sources are fired and seismic sensors sense energy …

Sensor system of buried seismic array

K Faber, R Laroo - US Patent 10,073,184, 2018 - Google Patents
Microseismic mapping using buried arrays with the integration of passive and active seismic
surveys provides enhanced microseismic mapping results. The system is initially set up by …

Using seismic data to determine wellbore location while drilling

RG Dusterhoft, HG Walters - US Patent 10,444,388, 2019 - Google Patents
Some aspects of what is described here relate to seismic data analysis techniques. A
seismic excitation is generated in a first directional wellbore section in a subterranean …

Integrated passive and active seismic surveying using multiple arrays

GS Hofland, JP Leveille, DS Kahn, K Faber… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Microseismic mapping using buried arrays with the integration of passive and active seismic
surveys provides enhanced microseismic mapping results. The system is initially set up by …

Multi-component, acoustic-wave sensor and methods

RE Rouquette, DJ Lambert - US Patent 8,982,662, 2015 - Google Patents
A multi-component sensor of a fluid-borne acoustic wave that senses pressure and up to
three orthogonal particle motion components. The sensor is unresponsive to motion of the …

Separating seismic signals produced by interfering seismic sources

I Moore, DE Nichols, C Kostov - US Patent App. 11/964,402, 2009 - Google Patents
A technique includes obtaining seismic data indicative of measurements acquired by
seismic sensors of a composite seismic signal produced by the firings of multiple seismic …

Wavefield separation using a gradient sensor

P Edme, EJ Muyzert, JOA Robertsson - US Patent App. 13/269,908, 2013 - Google Patents
Seismic data relating to a subterranean structure is received from at least one translational
survey sensor, and gradient sensor data is received from at least one gradient sensor. AP …