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AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corpotation
InventorsArthur H. Hartog, J. Ernest Brown, John Cook, Jonathan James Elphick, Paul Simon Hammond, Ashley Bernard Johnson
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This disclosure relates in general to a method and system for acoustic monitoring using a fibre optic cable. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, embodiments of the present invention provide for using an optical fiber as a distributed interferometer that may be used to monitor a conduit, wellbore or reservoir. In certain aspects, the distributed interferometric monitoring provides for accurate detection of acoustic occurrences along the fibre optic cable and these acoustic occurrences may include fluid flow in a pipeline or wellbore, processes taking place in a wellbore or pipeline, fracturing, gravel packing, production logging and/or the like.
A method for distributed acoustic detection or monitoring of activity, comprising:
A system for distributed acoustic detection or monitoring of activity, comprising:
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