Chapter 12: Microseismic Monitoring in Early Haynesville Development

Peter M. Duncan, William B. Barker, Leo Eisner, Peter G. Smith, Kevin Smith, Sherilyn Williams-Stroud

AAPG Special Volumes

... to be close to, if not exceeding, the working temperature range of the downhole geophones. Limiting the time the geophone string spent at reservoir depth...

Elastic multiparameter full-waveform inversion application on sparse ocean-bottom node data

Denes Vigh, Xin Cheng, Bing Bai, Zongcai Feng, Kate Glaccum

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... collection comprises a four-component recording, and mostly we rely on the vertical components (hydrophone and geophone) while the horizontal components...

Mapping Thin Sand Reservoirs in Eastern India

U. K. Guru, M. Krishnamurty, V. C. Ramalah, E. W. Wiltse, Robin Westerman

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... eliminate tool mode resonances within the seismic bandwidth, figure 1. Shaker geophones measure geophone-to-borehole wall coupling across a wide...

3D3C seismic exploration for tight sand reservoirs: Case study in western China

Wang QinGeng, Hu Shanzheng, Zhao Rongrong, Xie Wanxue, Zhou Ming, Ren Cong, Jing Longjiang, Luo Ji

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... of charge size, excellent geophone coupling, and optimized 3D3C geometry are important to 3D3C prospecting. For the Jurassic Shaximiao Formation tight...

Seismic Processing Applications on a Personal Computer

Geophysical Service (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... metre increments. A 3-component geophone was used for all records. The following examples use the vertical component recording. The data set is from 0...

Application of Seismic Shear Wave Refraction for Subsurface Soil Dynamic Investigation at Bukit Changgang, Banting, Selangor

Abdul Rahim Samsudin, Khairul Anuar Mohd. Nayan, Umar Hamzah

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... for the survey was similar to the conventional P-wave seismic refraction with close geophone spacing of 1 metre. The seismic source was a weighted...

Processing the first full azimuth OBN survey in Australia: a step change in imaging quality

Unnikrishnan Chambath, Vincent Ganivet, Sergey Birdus, Joe Zhou, Alain Delorme, Leigh Scoby-Smith, Ivan Gregory, Matt Kovacevic, Tim Williams, Chris Walton

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

.... CASE Abyss nodes were used, recording Hydrophone (P), Geophone X (Gx), Geophone Y (Gy) and Geophone Z (Gz). A total of 3100 receivers were deployed...

Candeias Field: Typical Stratigraphic Traps: Case Histories

Lauro P. Vieira

AAPG Special Volumes

... in September 1969. The lines were recorded with T.I. DFS-III digital binary gain amplifiers. Field setup consisted of 24 geophone stations spaced...

Abstract: Practical 3D VSP

Fran Doherty

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... migrations will image either only one geophone component, or if they are able to use multiple components, wi ll image each 3C sample non• directionally...

Basin and Range Seismic Profiles, Railroad Valley, Nye County, Nevada

Norman H. Foster, John H. Vreeland, Eadward D. Dolly

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

...-surface sediments can cause geophone and shot coupling problems. Velocity changes resulting from these variations can cause problems with static...

Maximizing Stimulation Volume in the Permian Using High-Resolution Microseismic Analysis

Eddie Barrow, Coley Jameson, Elisabeth Marlow, Holt Stephens

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... insights that would enable better connectivity, flow, and production, ESG deployed three downhole vertical geophone arrays in three legacy vertical...

Permanent Reservoir Monitoring Using Fiber-Optic Technology (Geophysics Paper 22)

Steve Maas, Brett Bunn, Rune Tenghamn

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... and geophone group summed over an 8 second shot record. Near-field airgun recording With the proven robustness and survivability of the optical system...

Abstract: Felt Seismicity Related to Hydraulic Fracturing; #90187 (2014)

Adam M. Baig, Ted Urbancic, Gisela Viegas, Jason Hendrick, Eric von Lunen, and Sean Lovric

Search and Discovery.com

..., such as 4.5 Hz geophone (or lower) and force-balanced accelerometers can such events be accurately characterized. However, because of the strength...

Abstract: A Generic Procedure for Noise Suppression in Microseismic Data; #90187 (2014)

Yessika Blunda and Kit Chambers

Search and Discovery.com

... the procedure produces fairly modest gains in signal to noise ratio (typically 4-12 dB) both geophone ringing and correlated noise from tube waves...

Abstract: On the Interpretation of Resonance Frequencies Recorded During Microseismic Experiments; #90187 (2014)

Jean Baptiste Tary, Mirko van der Baan, and David Eaton

Search and Discovery.com

... be due to mechanical resonance of the geophone if its clamping or damping is flawed. Along the ray path, resonances arise from constructive...

Real-Time Borehole-Based Microseismic Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments in Adjacent Horizontal Wells in the Barnett Shale: Example of a Faulted Reservoir, #40576 (2010)

Jerry S. Stokes, Horacio Moros, H. Le Calvez, Kimberly Brosnan, Joe Greer

Search and Discovery.com

... monitored from Paddock 2H (horizontal monitoring),  - Paddock 2H frac monitored from 3H (vertical monitoring). Vertical geophone array 3H microseismic...

Planning and Operating a Transition Zone 2D Seismic Survey on Lake Tanganyika, #41765 (2016).

Doug Roberts, Jeremy P. FitzPatrick

Search and Discovery.com

... vibrators, dynamite and air guns and recorded into land and swamp geophone cable, rod hydrophones, and ocean bottom nodes. The planning and operation...

The Look Ahead VSP Survey: Its Utility and Future, by Robert J. Brewer #40060

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Foreword for Geophysical Part of Field Trip

R. E. Kropschot, James E. Walker

Pacific Section of AAPG

... recording system and the geophone spread. Tapes are made from individual impacts and can be stacked in the field. As with most other recording systems...

Seismic Survey in the North East Java Basin

Gatot Kariyoso, Ruslan Effendi, Sugijanto

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of geophones per group : 24 in-line, 5 metres apart, 115 metres total geophone pattern length Spread length : split spread 2800 metres, with 300 metres...

ABSTRACT: Seismic Reflection Method Made in Oklahoma

Roderick Perez

Petroleum History Institute

... geophone locations were surveyed (100 ft intervals). The film records were timed out, and using the swinging arcs method of migration, the results were used...

Amplitude Recovery of Digitally Recorded Data

Roy O. Lindseth

Pacific Section of AAPG

... trace as received by a geophone may be viewed as an example of the classical transient response system. The system is at rest until the arrival...

The Composition of Seismic Reflections: Abstract

J. P. Woods

Tulsa Geological Society

... produces a sharp click which is transmitted by way of the pipe to a microphone, corresponding to a geophone. The microphone is connected to a standard set...

Sand Shooting

David Q. Loepp

Wyoming Geological Association

... corresponded to the dynamite explosion; the microphone, connected to a standard set of seismic instruments, corresponded to a geophone. An acoustic impedance...

The plug drum effect, or why your microseismic events may not be where you think they are

Guillaume Bergery, Zhishuai Zhang, Jing Du, D. Diller, T. Shuck, B. Fish

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... time, and map the stimulated reservoir volume. This aspect is achieved by installing geophone arrays to passively listen to the P-waves and S-waves...