Methods and systems for determining the orientation of natural fractures
US6985816B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 30, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/30
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide for determining the orientation of natural fractures in the Earth resulting from hydraulic fracturing treatment. Data attribute information from a far-field point-source signal profile for a microseismic event is extracted in the time domain. An estimate of the orientation of the natural fracture is calculated in the time domain based on the extracted data attribute information.
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