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US 11,029,430 B2Granted
Identifying wellbore location based on seismic data
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsRonald Glen Dusterhoft, Priyesh Ranjan
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Abstract
Some aspects of what is described here relate to seismic data analysis techniques. A seismic excitation is generated in a first directional wellbore section in a subterranean region. A seismic response associated with the seismic excitation is detected in a second directional wellbore section in the subterranean region. Seismic response data based on the seismic response are analyzed to identify a location of a fracture treatment injection wellbore in the subterranean region.
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A seismic analysis method comprising:
- receiving seismic response data for a seismic response associated with a seismic excitation in a subterranean region, the seismic excitation generated by a plurality of seismic sources each in a first directional wellbore section in the subterranean region, the seismic response detected in a second directional wellbore section in the subterranean region, wherein the plurality of seismic sources are placed in the first directional wellbore section after drill strings have been removed from the first and second directional wellbore sections and the first and second directional wellbore sections have been cased and cemented;
- identifying, by operation of a computer system, a location of a fracture treatment injection wellbore that has been completed in the subterranean region based on the seismic response data;
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- dynamically mapping created fractures, by operation of the computer system, with the seismic response data to determine which perforation clusters in the completed fracture treatment injection wellbore have fracture systems initiating from them and an extent of fracture propagation from each perforation cluster.
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