System and method for acquiring seismic and micro-seismic data in deviated wellbores
US7263029B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S367/911
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are adapted for acquiring seismic data from an array of sensors deployed along a section of a deviated, including horizontal, wellbore for monitoring seismic and microseismic activity. The sensors may be permanently deployed in the wellbore.
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