Fracture Characterisation
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1. A method of fracture characterisation of a downwell hydraulic fracturing process comprising:
- interrogating a optic fibre arranged down the path of a bore hole to provide a distributed acoustic sensor;
monitoring flow properties of fracturing fluid; and
processing acoustic data from the distributed acoustic sensor together with the flow properties data to provide an indication of at least one fracture characteristic.
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Abstract
This application relates to methods and apparatus for monitoring hydraulic fracturing in well formation and fracture characterisation using distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). The method involves interrogating a optic fibre (102) arranged down the path of a bore hole (106) to provide a distributed acoustic sensor and also monitoring flow properties of fracturing fluid pumped (114) into the well. The acoustic data from the distributed acoustic sensor is processed together with the flow properties data to provide an indication of at least one fracture characteristic.
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1. A method of fracture characterisation of a downwell hydraulic fracturing process comprising:
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interrogating a optic fibre arranged down the path of a bore hole to provide a distributed acoustic sensor; monitoring flow properties of fracturing fluid; and processing acoustic data from the distributed acoustic sensor together with the flow properties data to provide an indication of at least one fracture characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24)
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22. A system for fracture characterisation, said system comprising:
- a fibre optic interrogator adapted to provide distributed acoustic sensing on an optic fibre arranged along the path of a bore hole;
a sampler arranged to sample a plurality of channels output from said interrogator to provide acoustic data from a plurality of portions of said fibre at each of a plurality of times;
a flow monitor adapted to monitor the flow properties of fracture fluid into well bore to be fractured and a data analyser adapted to process said sampled acoustic data with said flow data to determine at least one fracture characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (23)
- a fibre optic interrogator adapted to provide distributed acoustic sensing on an optic fibre arranged along the path of a bore hole;
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