IP Library Granted Patent US 11,675,100
Granted Patent B2
US 11,675,100 · App. 17/133,409 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Mitigation of fiber optic cable coupling for distributed acoustic sensing

Inventors: Sonali Pattnaik (Houston, TX); Mark Elliott Willis (Katy, TX)
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
G01V1/282G01V1/364G01V2210/32
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Patent No.
US 11,675,100
App. No.
17/133,409
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosed technology provides solutions for identifying noise in seismic profile data sets. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving wellbore data including seismic measurements, processing the wellbore data to generate a seismic input image including visual representations of the one or more seismic measurements, and processing the seismic input image to identify a noise region in the seismic input image. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.

Claims (61)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving wellbore data comprising one or more seismic measurements;

generating a seismic input image based on the one or more seismic measurements;

processing the seismic input image to identify zigzag noise in the seismic input image, wherein the zigzag noise represents noise in the one or more seismic measurements;

applying a noise reduction technique to eliminate the zigzag noise in the seismic input image; and

analyzing the seismic input image to determine formation properties.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein processing the seismic input image to identify the zigzag noise further comprises:

providing the seismic input image to a machine-learning model, and

wherein the machine-learning model is configured to identify the zigzag noise in the seismic input image using a bounded polygon.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein processing the seismic input image to identify the zigzag noise further comprises:

providing the seismic input image to a machine-learning model, and

wherein the machine-learning model is configured to identify the zigzag noise using time and wellbore depth coordinates.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the seismic input image represents a spatial relationship between wellbore depth, and time, with respect to the one or more seismic measurements.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein processing the seismic input image to identify the zigzag noise further comprises:

providing the seismic input image to a machine-learning model, and

wherein the machine-learning model comprises a convolutional neural network.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein processing the seismic input image to identify the zigzag noise further comprises:

providing the seismic input image to a machine-learning model, and

wherein the machine-learning model comprises a deep-learning network.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the wellbore data comprises optical data that is communicated up a wellbore using one or more fiber optic channels.

8. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving wellbore data comprising one or more seismic measurements;

generating a seismic input image based on the one or more seismic measurements;

processing the seismic input image to identify zigzag noise in the seismic input image, wherein the zigzag noise represents noise in the one or more seismic measurements;

applying a noise reduction technique to eliminate the zigzag noise in the seismic input image; and

analyzing the seismic input image to determine formation properties.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein processing the seismic input image to identify the zigzag noise further comprises:

providing the seismic input image to a machine-learning model, and

wherein the machine-learning model is configured to identify the zigzag noise in the seismic input image using a bounded polygon.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein processing the seismic input image to identify the zigzag noise further comprises:

providing the seismic input image to a machine-learning model, and

wherein the machine-learning model is configured to identify the zigzag noise using time and wellbore depth coordinates.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the seismic input image represents a spatial relationship between wellbore depth, and time, with respect to the one or more seismic measurements.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein processing the seismic input image to identify the zigzag noise further comprises:

providing the seismic input image to a machine-learning model, and

wherein the machine-learning model comprises a convolutional neural network.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein processing the seismic input image to identify the zigzag noise further comprises:

providing the seismic input image to a machine-learning model, and

wherein the machine-learning model comprises a deep-learning network.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the wellbore data comprises optical data that is communicated up a wellbore using one or more fiber optic channels.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving wellbore data comprising one or more seismic measurements;

generating a seismic input image based on the one or more seismic measurements;

processing the seismic input image to identify zigzag noise in the seismic input image, wherein the zigzag noise represents noise in the one or more seismic measurements;

applying a noise reduction technique to eliminate the zigzag noise in the seismic input image; and

analyzing the seismic input image to determine formation properties.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein processing the seismic input image to identify the zigzag noise further comprises:

providing the seismic input image to a machine-learning model, and

wherein the machine-learning model is configured to identify the zigzag noise in the seismic input image using a bounded polygon.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein processing the seismic input image to identify the zigzag noise further comprises:

providing the seismic input image to a machine-learning model, and

wherein the machine-learning model is configured to identify the zigzag noise using time and wellbore depth coordinates.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the seismic input image represents a spatial relationship between wellbore depth, and time, with respect to the one or more seismic measurements.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein processing the seismic input image to identify the zigzag noise further comprises:

providing the seismic input image to a machine-learning model, and

wherein the machine-learning model comprises a convolutional neural network.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein processing the seismic input image to identify the zigzag noise further comprises:

providing the seismic input image to a machine-learning model, and

wherein the machine-learning model comprises a deep-learning network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2021
From: PATTNAIK, SONALI; WILLIS, MARK ELLIOTT
To: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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