Distributed Acoustic Sensing in Borehole Geophysics

Yingping Li, BlueSkyDas LLC, USA, and University of Houston, USA Robert Mellors, University of California San Diego, USA Ge Zhan, TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company, USA

Preface

 

1. Recent Advances in Distributed Acoustic Sensing for Borehole Geophysics

Yingping Li, Robert Mellors, and Ge Zhan

 

Part I Borehole DAS Instrumentation and Modeling

 

2. Integrated Distributed Strain Sensing for Wellbore and Reservoir and Monitoring

Mahmoud Farhadiroushan, Tom R. Parker, Sergey Shatalin, Ze Chen, Arran Gillies, Rufat Aghayev, Daniel Pérez, Jack Maxwell, and Craig Milne

 

3. A Microwave Photonics Optical Fiber Method for Measuring Distributed Strain for Hydrologic Applications in the Vadose and Saturated Zones

Liwei Hua, Lawrence C. Murdoch, Xuran Zhu, Leonid N. Germanovich, Yongji Wu, Jing Guo, Riley Blais, Grant Plunkett, Olivia Costantino, Scott DeWolf, Rob Moak, and Hai Xiao

 

4. A Fiber-optic, Multi-component Sensor for Borehole-seismic Formation Imaging and for Monitoring of Natural or Induced Seismicity

Jakob B. U. Haldorsen, Caleb Christensen, D. Rick Metzbower, and Audrius Berzanskis

 

5. Three-component DAS Arrays with Three-dimensional Fiber Cable Deployment

Yingping Li, David Li, Lianjie Huang, and Yingcai Zheng

 

6. Comparing DAS and Geophone VSP Imaging–Acquisition Efficiency of DAS Versus the Multi-component Advantage of Geophone Data

Jingjing Zong, Jizhong Yang, Yunyue Elita Li, Arthur Cheng, Xiang Wu, and Mark Willis

 

Part II Borehole DAS Acquisition and Processing

 

7. Smart DAS Uphole Acquisition System: Bridging the Gap Between Surface Seismic and Borehole Geophysics for Imaging and Monitoring in Complex Near-surface Environments

Andrey Bakulin, Ilya Silvestrov, Robert Smith, and Pavel Golikov

 

8. Joint Surface and Borehole DAS-VSP Data Acquisition and Processing

Gang Yu, Jinling Xiong, Yuanzhong Chen, Junjun Wu, Yishui Zhao, Zhonglin Cao, Guangming He, Yu Zhang, Xiang Li, and Hui Chen

 

9. DAS-acquired Wellbore Seismic Data Using Hybrid Wireline Cable: Field Data Examples

Alejandro Martinez, Manuel Useche, and Ali Sayed

 

10. Geothermal Reservoir Characterization Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing from Vertical Seismic Profiling in Six Geothermal Fields in Japan

Junzo Kasahara, Yoko Hasada, and Hitoshi Mikada



11. Borehole and Surface Applications of Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) for Characterization of the Cryosphere and Glacial Environments

Alex M. Brisbourne, Thomas S. Hudson, and J. Michael Kendall

 

12. STW Stratigraphy Test Well (Hydrate-01) DAS 3D VSP Processing

Teck Kean Lim, Akira Fujimoto, Toshiaki Kobayashi, Sergei Tcherkashnev, and Michael Mondanos

 

13. Potential of Seismic Attenuation for Exploring Complex Media: A Focus on Carbonate Rocks

Fateh Bouchaala, Seda Rouxel, and Bing Zhou



14. DAS-to-velocity Transform for Vertical Seismic Profiling (VSP) Applications

Ali Sayed, Manish Lal Khaitan, Alejandro Martinez, and Robert R. Stewart

 

15. Automatic Picking of DAS-VSP First-Arrival Traveltimes Using a Differential-Phase-Spectral Slope Method

David Li, Lianjie Huang, Yingcai Zheng, and Yingping Li

 

16. A Prospective Evaluation of Borehole DAS Technologies for Detecting and 2 Locating Out-of-network Microseismicity

Federica Lanza, Katinka B. Tuinstra, Antonio P. Rinaldi, Verónica Rodríguez Tribaldos, Chet Hopp, Falko Bethmann, Ben Dyer, Peter Meier, Francisco Serbeto, Marian Hertrich, Domenico Giardini, and Stefan Wiemer

 

Part III Borehole DAS Imaging and Inversion

 

17. DAS-VSP P-P and P-S Wave Imaging Method: A Fast Ray-based Approach Through Multi Template Fast Advancement Algorithm

Yuanzhong Chen, Jingjing Zong, Shujun Xia, Fei Wang, Hao Zhang, and Guangmin Hu

 

18. DAS VSP Imaging Workflow: Transitioning from the Geophone Era

Takashi Mizuno, Shujaat Ali, Pierre Bettinelli, and Joel Le Calvez



19. Seismic Imaging of Reservoir Fractures Using DAS Data

Brian N. Fuller

 

20. Multiwell Distributed Acoustic Sensing 3D Vertical Seismic Profile Under Flowing Conditions: Toward Solving the Processing and Imaging Challenges

Shujaat Ali, Francesco Miranda, Spadavecchia Emmanuel, and Olga Podgonova

 

21. Enhanced Geothermal Reservoir Characterization Using Wireline Distributed Acoustic Sensing

Evgeniia Martuganova, Ben Norden, Guido Blöocher, and Charlotte M. Krawczyk

 

22. DAS and DTS Geophysical Study in the Takigami Geothermal Field in Northeastern Kyushu, Japan

Junzo Kasahara, Yoko Hasada, Shigetsugu Furuya, Masahiro Shimazaki, Hitoshi Mikada, Hiroshi Ohnuma, and Yoshihiro Fujise

 

23. Multi-azimuth Elastic Full-waveform Inversion of Fiber-optic and Accelerometer VSP Data: A Field Example From the Carbon Management Canada Newell County Facility, Alberta, Canada

Xiaohui Cai, Kristopher A. Innanen, Mattew V. Eaid, Scott D. Keating, Qi Hu, and Donald C. Lawton

 

Part IV Borehole DAS Monitoring

 

24. Seismological Applications of Downhole DAS

Ariel Lellouch

 

25. Investigation of DAS Characteristics by Complementary Observations of DAS in Geothermal Wells and by Surface Seismometers

Yoko Hasada, Junzo Kasahara, Hitoshi Mikada, and Hiroshi Ohnuma

 

26. Spatiotemporal Monitoring of a Frequently-slip Fault Zone Using Downhole Distributed Acoustic Sensing at the MiDAS Project

Hsin-Hua Huang, Kou-Fong Ma, En-Shih Wu, Yun-Ze Cheng, Chin-Jen Lin, Chin-Shang Ku, and Po-Li Su

 

27. Monitoring Granitic and Sedimentary Rocks at the Utah FORGE Site Using Borehole DAS Ambient Noise

David Li, Lianjie Huang, Yingcai Zheng, and Yingping Li

 

28. Enhancing Unconventional Reservoir Development through Low-Frequency Distributed Acoustic Sensing (LF-DAS) Technology

Yanrui Ning and Ge Jin

 

29. Recent Advances in the Use of Temporary Optical Fiber Deployment for Downhole Hydraulic Fracture Monitoring

Yuanyuan Ma, Chaoyi Wang, Vikram Maji, Rebecca O. Salvage, Kelly MacDougall, and David Eaton

 

30. Use of DAS and DSS Technologies for Geomechanical Characterization of Rock Mass Response in Mesoscale Experiments in Underground Laboratories: Lessons Learned

Verónica Rodríguez Tribaldos, Chet Hopp, Antonio Pio Rinaldi, Katinka Tuinstra, Federica Lanza, Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, Timothy Kneafsey, Michelle Robertson, Yves Guglielmi, and Alba Zappone

 

31. Distributed Acoustic Sensing in Borehole Geophysics: New Advances and Future Directions

Yingping Li, Robert Mellors, and Ge Zhan