Distributed acoustic wave detection

AH Hartog, D Miller, K Kader, GP Lees, G Hilton… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
A distributed acoustic wave detection system and method is provided. The system may
include a fiber optic cable deployed in a well and configured to react to pressure changes …

Downhole monitoring with distributed acoustic/vibration, strain and/or density sensing

EM Samson, LG Griffin - US Patent App. 12/603,334, 2011 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0001. The present disclosure relates generally to equip ment utilized and
operations performed in conjunction with a subterranean well and, in an embodiment …

Communication through an enclosure of a line

JL Maida, EM Samson - US Patent 8,584,519, 2013 - Google Patents
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Monitoring using distributed acoustic sensing (das) technology

G Gaston, FX Bostick III, BK Drakeley - US Patent App. 13/276,959, 2012 - Google Patents
Methods and systems are provided for performing acoustic sensing by utilizing distributed
acoustic sensing (DAS) along a length of a conduit, such that the sensing is performed with …

Fiber optic cable for distributed acoustic sensing with increased acoustic sensitivity

D Taverner, JJ Grunbeck, JR Dunphy… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus for performing Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) using fiber optics
with increased acoustic sensitivity are provided. Acoustic sensing of a wellbore, pipe line, or …

Fracture monitoring

DJ Hill, M McEwen-King, P Tindell - US Patent 8,950,482, 2015 - Google Patents
This application relates to methods and apparatus for monitoring hydraulic fracturing during
oil/gas well formation. A fiber optic cable (102) deployed down a well bore (106), which may …

Detection of seismic signals using fiber optic distributed sensors

RT Coates, DE Miller, AH Hartog, CA Wilson… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Borehole seismic Surveys have become among the most versatile of
downhole measurements used in the hydrocarbon industry. Originally, borehole seismic …

System and method for monitoring strain & pressure

MC Minchau - US Patent App. 13/996,439, 2013 - Google Patents
A method for monitoring a well treatment, comprising the steps of installing at least one
distributed acoustic strain sensor in at least one monitoring well, said monitoring well being …

Method and apparatus for optical sensing

M Farhadiroushan, TR Parker, S Shatalin - US Patent 9,541,425, 2017 - Google Patents
The present invention provides novel apparatus and methods for fast quantitative
measurement of perturbation of optical fields transmitted, reflected and/or scattered along a …

Controlling well operations based on monitored parameters of cement health

R Kris, EM Samson, JL Maida Jr, W Hunter - US Patent 8,505,625, 2013 - Google Patents
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