Method and system for passive electroseismic surveying
AssigneeHunt Energy Enterprises, L.L.C.
InventorsArthur Thompson, Alan Katz, Robert England, Mohammad Rahman, Naga P. Devineni
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Abstract
A method of passive surveying comprises generating one or more detected signals by passively detecting a signal generated within a subsurface earth formation due to a seismoelectric response or an electroseismic response in at least one porous subsurface earth formation containing at least one fluid, and processing the one or more detected signals to determine at least one property of the subsurface earth formation.
Claims31
1-30. (canceled)
A method of surveying comprising:
- detecting an electromagnetic signal generated by a subsurface earth formation in response to a passive-source electromagnetic signal, wherein the electromagnetic signal is generated by an electroseismic or seismoelectric conversion of the passive-source electromagnetic signal;
- and
- transmitting data based on the detected electromagnetic signal generated by a subsurface earth formation to a processor, wherein the processor is configured to determine at least one property of the subsurface earth formation, based, at least in part, on the detected electromagnetic signal generated by a subsurface earth formation.
A surveying system comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to detect an electromagnetic signal generated by a subsurface earth formation in response to a passive-source electromagnetic signal, wherein the electromagnetic signal is generated by an electroseismic or seismoelectric conversion of the passive-source electromagnetic signal;
- and
- wherein the sensor is further configured to send data based on the detected electromagnetic signal generated by a subsurface earth formation to a processor, wherein the processor is configured to determine at least one property of the subsurface earth formation, based, at least in part, on the detected electromagnetic signal generated by a subsurface earth formation.
The system of clam 51, wherein the one or more fluids include one or more fluids selected from the group consisting of:
- water, helium, and carbon dioxide.
A method of recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation, comprising:
- drilling a wellbore at a location, wherein the location is based on at least one property of the subsurface earth formation, wherein the at least one property of the subsurface earth formation is based, at least in part, on a detected electromagnetic signal generated by a subsurface earth formation in response to a passive-source electromagnetic signal, wherein the electromagnetic signal generated by the subsurface earth formation is generated by an electroseismic or seismoelectric conversion of the passive-source electromagnetic signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.