Acoustic sensor metadata dubbing channel

• US 9,945,979 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2013
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: Stokely, Christopher Lee, Maida, John L., Sharp, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Laballe, Clayton E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Butler, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US14/900,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20160154142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,719 Days
• Field of Search: 7315258
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/00 Survey of boreholes or wells monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid E21B21/08
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/085 using radiant means, e.g. acoustic, radioactive or electromagnetic
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/135 using light waves, e.g. infrared or ultraviolet waves
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/88 Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting G01V1/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 11/002 Details, e.g. power supply systems for logging instruments, transmitting or recording data, specially adapted for well logging, also if the prospecting method is irrelevant means for transmitting well survey signals E21B47/12; signal transmission systems in general G08C; transmission in general H04B

Abstract

A system for recording metadata is disclosed. The system includes an acoustic vibration sensing system. The system also includes one or more sensors operable to measure characteristic parameters. The sensors are coupled to the acoustic vibration sensing system and include one or more channels for recording metadata. The system further includes one or more optical modulators. The optical modulators modulate a signal received from the one or more sensors and direct the modulated signal to the acoustic vibration sensing system. The system further includes one or more sources of the metadata coupled to the one or more optical modulators.

Claims

1. A system for recording metadata comprising:

an acoustic vibration sensing system;

one or more sensors operable to measure characteristic parameters, wherein the sensors are coupled to the acoustic vibration sensing system;

one or more channels of the one or more sensors;

a metadata associated with one or more data files, wherein the metadata is recordable on at least one of the one or more channels;

one or more optical modulators, wherein the one or more optical modulators modulate a signal received from the one or more sensors and direct the modulated signal to the acoustic vibration sensing system; and

one or more sources of metadata coupled to the one or more optical modulators.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors are selected from a group consisting of an optical waveguide, an optical distributed acoustic sensor, an array of fiber optic Bragg grating acoustic sensors, and an optical distributed vibration sensor.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more optical modulators is selected from a group consisting of a mechanical modulator, an electrostrictive modulator, a magnetostrictive modulator, acoustostrictive modulator, an electro-optic modulator, a magneto-optic modulator, and an acousto-optic modulator.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more optical modulators is a fiber stretcher, and wherein one or more modulated optical signals are imparted onto the one or more channels.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the metadata is selected from a group consisting of voice, flow rate data, temperature, pressure, proppant concentration, proppant type, treatment fluid concentration, treatment fluid type, revolutions-per-minute, and blender parameters.

6. A system for recording metadata comprising:

an acoustic vibration sensing system;

one or more optical waveguides coupled to the acoustic vibration sensing system;

one or more channels of the one or more optical waveguides;

a metadata associated with one or more data files, wherein the metadata is recordable on at least one of the one or more channels;

one or more optical modulators, wherein the one or more optical modulators modulates a signal received from the one or more optical waveguides and directs the modulated signal to the acoustic vibration sensing system; and

one or more sources of the metadata coupled to the one or more optical modulators.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the metadata is selected from a group consisting of voice, flow rate data, temperature, pressure, proppant concentration, proppant type, treatment fluid concentration, treatment fluid type, revolutions-per-minute, and blender parameters.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more optical waveguides is located above ground.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more optical waveguides is located in a wellbore.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more optical waveguides is selected from a group consisting of one or more fiber optic cables and one or more fiber ribbons.

11. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more optical modulators is selected from a group consisting of a mechanical modulator, an electrostrictive modulator, a magnetostrictive modulator, acoustostrictive modulator, an electro-optic modulator, a magneto-optic modulator, and an acousto-optic modulator.

12. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more optical modulators is a fiber stretcher, and wherein one or more modulated optical signals are imparted onto the one or more channels.

13. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more optical modulators is located inside a wellbore between the acoustic vibration sensing system and the well toe.

14. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more optical modulators is located between the acoustic vibration sensing system and a wellhead.

15. The system of claim 6, wherein the acoustic vibration sensing system further comprises an information handling system and an optical device, wherein the one or more optical waveguides is coupled to the optical device, and wherein the one or more optical modulators is located between the optical device and the well toe.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the optical device is an interrogator.

17. The system of claim 6, wherein the acoustic vibration sensing system comprises a means of regulating the metadata recorded on the one or more channels.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the means of regulating the metadata recorded on the one or more channels comprises at least one of a means of encryption and a means of turning the microphone pickup on and off.

19. A system for recording metadata comprising:

an acoustic vibration sensing system;

one or more optical waveguides coupled to the acoustic vibration sensing system;

one or more channels of the one or more optical waveguides;

a metadata associated with one or more data files, wherein the metadata is recordable on at least one of the one or more channels;

one or more optical modulators, wherein the optical modulator modulates a signal received from the one or more optical waveguides and directs the modulated signal to the acoustic vibration sensing system; and

one or more microphone pickups coupled to the one or more optical modulators; and

one or more sources of the metadata coupled to the one or more optical modulators.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the one or more microphone pickups is capable of recording the metadata.