Abstract: Embodiments presented provide for a method for performing waveform processing. In one embodiment, a synthetic dictionary is created and then, using a machine learning process, data is processed to produce a result.

Abstract: Processes and systems for microseismic event detection. In some embodiments, the process can include acquiring seismic data with a dense seismic receiver array; converting seismic data into an image domain dataset; detecting one or more seismic waveform edges; characterizing within the image domain dataset one or more linear segments which each define a portion of one or more of the one or more seismic waveform edges, and wherein the linear segments are functions of one or more seismic arrival times and one or more subterranean depths; and estimating the subterranean depth of the one or more microseismic events within a subterranean formation based on the one or more linear segments.

Abstract: Embodiments presented provide for a fully automated method of high-resolution interval velocity estimation for vertical seismic profile-type data.

Abstract: A method for processing geophysical data may include retrieving geophysical data from a wellsite, where the data comprises seismic data related to the wellsite. Further, the method may include converting the geophysical data to at least one visual image. Furthermore, the method may include obtaining a common shot visual image of the wellsite. Moreover, the method may include comparing the geophysical data for the at least one visual image to the common shot visual image of the wellsite. Additionally, the method may include determining and/or enhancing a difference between the converted geophysical data of the image and the common shot to produce results.

Abstract: Systems and methods may be used to process distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) data at oil and gas well sites to generate processed seismic data having metadata superimposed thereon, and then stream the combined processed seismic data and metadata to an off-site data processing center for further customized data processing. For example, a method may include receiving raw seismic data from a plurality of sensors disposed in a borehole extending into a subterranean formation from the oil and gas well site, processing the raw seismic data to generate a plurality of processed seismic data waveforms and metadata associated with the plurality of processed seismic data waveforms, combining the plurality of processed seismic data waveforms and the metadata associated with the plurality of processed seismic data waveforms to generate an output file, and streaming the output file to an off-site data processing center that is located remotely from the oil and gas well site.

Abstract: A method for optimizing a seismic survey design includes obtaining a well trajectory, determining a depth range and a measurement interval for the seismic survey, determining an optimal seismic shot position for each receiver within the depth range using an inverse function, determining one or more potential seismic shot configurations that each include a number of seismic shots, a location for each of the number of seismic shots, and a power of each of the seismic shots, determining an estimate of a data quality for each of the determined one or more potential seismic shot configurations using an objective function, and determining an optimum seismic survey design based on the determined estimated data quality for each of the determined one or more potential seismic shot configurations, wherein the estimated data quality for the optimum seismic survey design is greater than a predetermined minimum threshold.

Abstract: Systems and methods may be used to reconstruct particle velocity wavefields from coupling-calibrated fiber-optic data that subsequently enables physically valid construction of the particle velocity wavefields for a hybrid sensor array including both fiber-optic and particle motion sensors. These systems and methods may be used in a variety of borehole geophysical applications, such as structure and reservoir imaging, impedance inversion, attenuation tomography, micro-seismic fracture imaging, focal mechanism analysis, and so on. The systems and methods may also be used in other applications such as geothermal and CO2 storage monitoring.

Abstract: A method for optimizing a seismic survey design includes obtaining a well trajectory, determining a depth range and a measurement interval for the seismic survey, determining an optimal seismic shot position for each receiver within the depth range using an inverse function, determining one or more potential seismic shot configurations that each include a number of seismic shots, a location for each of the number of seismic shots, and a power of each of the seismic shots, determining an estimate of a data quality for each of the determined one or more potential seismic shot configurations using an objective function, and determining an optimum seismic survey design based on the determined estimated data quality for each of the determined one or more potential seismic shot configurations, wherein the estimated data quality for the optimum seismic survey design is greater than a predetermined minimum threshold.

Abstract: Systems and methods may be used to reconstruct particle velocity wavefields from coupling-calibrated fiber-optic data that subsequently enables physically valid construction of the particle velocity wavefields for a hybrid sensor array including both fiber-optic and particle motion sensors. These systems and methods may be used in a variety of borehole geophysical applications, such as structure and reservoir imaging, impedance inversion, attenuation tomography, micro-seismic fracture imaging, focal mechanism analysis, and so on. The systems and methods may also be used in other applications such as geothermal and CO2 storage monitoring.

Abstract: Embodiments presented provide for a fully automated method of high-resolution interval velocity estimation for vertical seismic profile-type data.

Abstract: A method can include receiving seismic data responsive to stimulation of an anisotropic formation via a well disposed in the formation; receiving crosswell calibrated velocity model information that spans a depth range of the anisotropic formation; locating a microseismic event generated by the stimulation based at least in part on a portion of the received seismic data and based at least in part on the crosswell calibrated velocity model information; and rendering the located microseismic event to a display with respect to one or more dimensions of the anisotropic formation.

Abstract: A method, downhole tool, and system, of which the method includes deploying a perforation charge into a wellbore, signaling the perforation charge to detonate, deploying a cable into the wellbore, determining a fluid flow rate at a predetermined location in the wellbore using the cable, and determining whether the perforation charge detonated at the predetermined location based on the fluid flow rate.

Abstract: Systems and methods may be used to reconstruct particle velocity wavefields from coupling-calibrated fiber-optic data that subsequently enables physically valid construction of the particle velocity wavefields for a hybrid sensor array including both fiber-optic and particle motion sensors. These systems and methods may be used in a variety of borehole geophysical applications, such as structure and reservoir imaging, impedance inversion, attenuation tomography, micro-seismic fracture imaging, focal mechanism analysis, and so on. The systems and methods may also be used in other applications such as geothermal and CO2 storage monitoring.

Abstract: Embodiments presented provide for a fully automated method of high-resolution interval velocity estimation for vertical seismic profile-type data.

Abstract: A method can include receiving microseismic data of microseismic events as acquired by sensors during hydraulic fracturing of a geologic region; jointly calibrating sensor orientation of the sensors and a velocity model of the geologic region via an objective function and the microseismic data; and, based at least in part on the jointly calibrating, determining one or more locations of the one or more microseismic events.

Abstract: A seismic system that includes a seismic source configured to generate a first seismic signal and a second seismic signal in a formation adjacent the seismic source. A first downhole sensing device disposed in a first borehole configured to detect the first seismic signal and the second seismic signal in the formation; and a first surface acquisition system is in communication with the first downhole sensing device. The first surface acquisition system is configured to: determine a first reference transit time based at least in part on detection of the first seismic signal by the first downhole sensing device; a first subsequent transit time based at least in part on detection of the second seismic signal by the first downhole sensing device; and whether a synchronization variation is expected to be present based at least in part on the first reference transit time and the first subsequent transit time.

Abstract: A method includes varying a temperature of a treatment fluid. The treatment fluid is pumped into the first wellbore as part of a fluid diversion process or a fluid treatment process after the temperature of the treatment fluid is varied. A first downhole measurement is obtained in the first wellbore using a cable in the first wellbore or a first sensor coupled to the cable concurrently with or after the fluid diversion process or the fluid treatment process. An additional measurement is obtained concurrently with obtaining the first downhole measurement. The first downhole measurement and the additional measurement are combined or compared. A location where the treatment fluid is flowing through perforations in the first wellbore is determined based upon the combining or comparing the first downhole measurement and the additional measurement.

Abstract: A method can include receiving microseismic data of microseismic events as acquired by sensors during hydraulic fracturing of a geologic region; jointly calibrating sensor orientation of the sensors and a velocity model of the geologic region via an objective function and the microseismic data; and, based at least in part on the jointly calibrating, determining one or more locations of the one or more microseismic events.

Abstract: A method includes running a cable into a first wellbore. A fluid diversion process is initiated in the first wellbore. A first downhole measurement is captured in the first wellbore using the cable or a first sensor coupled thereto concurrently with or after the fluid diversion process. An additional measurement is captured concurrently with capturing the first downhole measurement. The first downhole measurement and the additional measurement are compared or combined. A location where fluid is flowing through perforations in the first wellbore is determined based upon the combining or comparing the first downhole measurement and the additional measurement.

Abstract: A method can include receiving an estimated spatial location of a three-component receiver in a borehole; receiving a plurality of spatial locations of sources of seismic energy; receiving incident angles for the three-component receiver at the estimated spatial location for the plurality of spatial locations of the sources of seismic energy; computing orientations for the three-component receiver based at least in part on the incident angles; minimizing an error function for the orientations; and, based at least in part on the minimizing, determining one or more deviation survey parameter values that specify at least a portion of a trajectory for the borehole.