RESEARCH ARTICLE
Current and Future Applications of Distributed Acoustic Sensing as a New Reservoir Geophysics Tool
Meng Li1, Hua Wang1, 3, *, Guo Tao1, 2
1 State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, 102249, China;
3 Earth Resources Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2015Volume: 8
First Page: 272
Last Page: 281
Publisher Id: TOPEJ-8-272
DOI: 10.2174/1874834101508010272
Article History:
Received Date: 8/10/2014Revision Received Date: 15/1/2015
Acceptance Date: 23/1/2015
Electronic publication date: 19/8/2015
Collection year: 2015
© 2015 Wang et al.;
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open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) is a novel technique with low cost, no production deferment, complete coverage and repeatability for seismic data acquisition in vertical seismic profile (VSP), hydraulic fracturing monitoring, well and reservoir surveillance and micro-seismic detection. In this paper, we give a review on the field applications of DAS and the corresponding pre-processing methods as well as the limitations that hinder its further applications in exploration and production. Finally, future developments for DAS are discussed, including the enhancement of S/N ratio, precise determination of receiver channels in depth, rapid processing of massive data and integrated interpretation of multi-mode optical fiber.
Keywords: DAS, hydraulic fracturing monitoring, microseismic, pre-processing methods, VSP.
