IP Library Granted Patent US 11,630,225
Granted Patent B2
US 11,630,225 · App. 16/547,919 · Granted Apr 18, 2023

Simultaneous seismic refraction and tomography

Inventors: Henry Clifford Bland (Calgary, CA); Glenn Andrew Wilson (Houston, TX)
Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,630,225
App. No.
16/547,919
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A data seismic sensing system and method for obtaining seismic refraction data and tomography data. The system may comprise a subsurface sensor array, wherein the subsurface sensor array is a fiber optic cable disposed near a wellbore, a seismic source, wherein the seismic source is a truck-mounted seismic vibrator comprising a base plate, and a surface sensor array, wherein the surface sensor array is coupled to the seismic source. The method may comprise disposing a surface sensor array on a surface, disposing a subsurface sensor array into a wellbore, activating a seismic source, wherein the seismic source is configured to create a seismic wave, recording a reflected seismic wave with the surface sensor array and the subsurface sensor array, and creating a seismic refraction data and a seismic tomography data from the reflected seismic wave.

Claims (32)

1. A data seismic sensing system, comprising:

a seismic source, wherein the seismic source is configured to create a seismic wave;

a subsurface sensor array disposed in a wellbore, wherein the subsurface sensor array comprises a fiber optic cable extending into the wellbore and is connected to a single mode—multimode converter, wherein the subsurface sensor array is configured to record a reflected seismic wave;

a surface sensor array, wherein the surface sensor array is configured to record the reflected seismic wave, connected to a vehicle and disposed on the surface; and

an information handling system, wherein the information handling system is configured to correct attribute time-lapse seismic data and create a vertical seismic profile.

2. The data seismic sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the seismic source is a based plate connected to the vehicle.

3. The data seismic sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the surface sensor array comprises a communication line and a plurality of sensors.

4. The data seismic sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the single mode—multimode converter and the fiber vertical seismic profile are connected to the information handling system.

5. The data seismic sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the information handling system is further configured to create a near-surface velocity model from the recorded reflected seismic waves by the surface sensor array.

6. The data seismic sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the information handling system is further configured to create a seismic refraction data and a seismic tomography data from the recorded reflected seismic waves.

7. The data seismic sensing system of claim 6 , wherein the information handling system is further configured to create a velocity model by inverting the seismic tomography data and the recorded reflected seismic waves.

8. The data seismic sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the information handling system is further configured to update a seismic tomography data with a measured travel time of the reflected seismic wave over a selected time period.

9. A method for obtaining seismic refraction data and tomography data comprising:

disposing a surface sensor array on a surface of a wellbore;

activating a seismic source, wherein the seismic source is configured to create a seismic wave;

recording a reflected seismic wave with the surface sensor array and a subsurface sensor array that is disposed in the wellbore, wherein the surface sensor array is connected to a vehicle disposed on the surface, wherein the subsurface sensor array comprises a fiberoptic cable that is connected to a single mode—multimode converter, wherein the single mode—multimode converter is connected to an information handling system; and

creating a seismic refraction data, a vertical seismic profile, and a seismic tomography data from the reflected seismic wave.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising creating the seismic refraction data and the seismic tomography data from the recorded reflected seismic waves.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising inverting the seismic tomography data and the recorded reflected seismic waves to create a velocity model.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising updating the seismic tomography data with a measured travel time of the reflected seismic wave over a selected time period.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the surface sensor array comprises a communication line and a plurality of sensors.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the seismic source is a base plate connected to a vehicle.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising creating a near-surface velocity model from the recorded reflected seismic waves by the surface sensor array.

16. A data seismic sensing system, comprising:

a seismic source, wherein the seismic source is configured to create a seismic wave; a subsurface sensor array disposed in a wellbore sensor array is configured to record a reflected seismic wave;

a surface sensor array, wherein the surface sensor array is configured to record the reflected seismic wave and connected to a single mode—multimode converter; and

an information handling system, wherein the information handling system is configured to correct attribute time-lapse seismic data and create a vertical seismic profile.

17. A method for obtaining seismic refraction data and tomography data comprising:

disposing a surface sensor array on a surface of a wellbore, wherein the subsurface sensor array comprises a fiberoptic cable that is connected to a single mode—multimode converter, wherein the single mode—multimode converter and the fiber vertical seismic profile are connected to an information handling system;

activating a seismic source, wherein the seismic source is configured to create a seismic wave;

recording a reflected seismic wave with the surface sensor array and a subsurface sensor array that is disposed in the wellbore; and

creating a seismic refraction data, a vertical seismic profile, and a seismic tomography data from the reflected seismic wave.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2019
From: BLAND, HENRY CLIFFORD; WILSON, GLENN ANDREW
To: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62724523 · Aug 29, 2018
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