Summary:

Borehole microseismic monitoring is a widely used method in the oil and gas industry to monitor hydraulic fracturing operations. Sometimes, the quality of acquired microseismic data is relatively poor due to lack of proper survey design. The authors provide a comprehensive and thorough workflow, using multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA), to optimize microseismic acquisition design. The result of this work is a software application, that will help the user determine optimized locations for placing receivers in observation wellbores.

Presentation Date: Monday, September 25, 2017

Start Time: 2:15 PM

Location: 362D

Presentation Type: ORAL

Keywords:
upstream oil & gas, reservoir characterization, seg seg international exposition, annual meeting, event aperture, case study, treatment well, observation well, geophone, decision support system
Subjects:
Hydraulic Fracturing, Reservoir Characterization, Seismic processing and interpretation
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2017. Society of Exploration Geophysicists
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