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Granted Patent B2
US 10,392,913 · App. 15/289,628 · Granted Aug 27, 2019

Treatment based on fiber cable sensor data

Inventors: Colin Allan Wilson (Sugar Land, TX); Joel Herve Le Calvez (Houston, TX)
Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
E21B43/26E21B47/123G01H9/004
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Patent No.
US 10,392,913
App. No.
15/289,628
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method can include, during a treatment process, receiving vibration data acquired over a length of a fiber cable sensor disposed in a well that includes perforations; filtering the vibration data as to traveling waves to generate filtered data; analyzing the filtered data to generate fluid flow information; and adjusting the treatment process based at least in part on the fluid flow information.

Claims (35)

1. A method comprising:

during a treatment process, receiving vibration data acquired over a length of a fiber cable sensor disposed in a well that comprises perforations;

filtering the vibration data as to traveling waves to generate filtered data;

analyzing the filtered data to generate fluid flow information; and

adjusting the treatment process based at least in part on the fluid flow information.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the treatment process comprises pumping fluid into the well.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the perforations comprise a set of perforations associated with a stage of a hydraulic fracturing process.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the filtering comprises transforming the vibration data to an F-K domain.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the filtering comprises filtering the vibration data in the F-K domain to generate the filtered data.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting a fluid flow rate.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting a fluid pressure.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting a concentration of a constituent in the fluid.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the constituent comprises proppant.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the constituent comprises a chemical.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the analyzing comprises rendering at least a portion of the fluid flow information as a graphic to a display.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the graphic comprises a waterfall plot.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the graphic comprises a depth axis and a time axis.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the treatment process comprises phases and wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting a current phase.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the treatment process comprises phases and wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting a subsequent phase.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the adjusting occurs in a real-time.

17. A system comprising:

a processor;

memory accessible by the processor;

processor-executable instructions stored in the memory that comprise instructions to instruct the system to:

during a treatment process, receive vibration data acquired over a length of a fiber cable sensor disposed in a well that comprises perforations;

filter the vibration data as to traveling waves to generate filtered data;

analyze the filtered data to generate fluid flow information; and

adjust the treatment process based at least in part on the fluid flow information.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the instructions to filter comprise instructions to transform the vibration data to an F-K domain and to filter the vibration data in the F-K domain to generate the filtered data.

19. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions to instruct a system to:

during a treatment process, receive vibration data acquired over a length of a fiber cable sensor disposed in a well that comprises perforations;

filter the vibration data as to traveling waves to generate filtered data;

analyze the filtered data to generate fluid flow information; and

adjust the treatment process based at least in part on the fluid flow information.

20. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 19 wherein the instructions to filter comprise instructions to transform the vibration data to an F-K domain and to filter the vibration data in the F-K domain to generate the filtered data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2018
From: WILSON, COLIN ALLAN; LE CALVEZ, JOEL HERVE; CLARK, BRIAN D.
To: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045903/0782 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180100388A1 · Apr 12, 2018
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