Method of seismic prospecting with very high resolution in horizontal boreholes
US4833658A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 14, 1987 |
| Grant date | May 23, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/44
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of seismic prospecting with very high resolution as applicable in particular to exploitation of a productive hydrocarbon deposit essentially consists in transmitting and receiving acoustic waves, in recording shot moments, in determining average propagation velocities of refracted and reflected waves and in establishing a depth-section in order to determine the positions of interfaces located within the geological zone traversed horizontally by a horizontal borehole.
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