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Introduc)on to Microseismic Methods

David W. Eaton
Dept. of Geoscience
University of Calgary

© 2016 David W. Eaton

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 Introduc)ons

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 Number of publicaDons in SPE and SEG from 1991-2013
for microseismic and hydraulic fracturing used in the
keyword search.

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 Day 1: Seismology fundamentals
Time Topic
10:00 - 10:15 Course IntroducDon
10:15 - 11:00 Unit 1, Lecture: Waves in elasDc media
11:00 - 11:15 Discussion
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:15 Unit 2, Lecture: Earthquake seismology
12:15 - 12:30 Discussion
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:15 Unit 3, Lecture: Numerical simulaDon of seismic wave propagaDon
14:15 - 14:30 Discussion
14:30 - 14:45 Break
14:45 - 15:15 Unit 4 Lecture: ASenuaDon and waves in porous media
15:15 - 15:30 Discussion
15:30 - 16:00 Lab demo: Computer labs 1 and 2

Labs: 1) Beach ball plots, moment tensors and radiaDon paSerns
16:00 - 18:00 2) Finite-difference wavefield simulaDon

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 Day 2: Hydraulic fracturing &
geomechanics
Time Topic
10:00 - 11:00 Unit 5, Lecture: Hydraulic fracturing 101
11:00 - 11:15 Discussion
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:15 Unit 6, Lecture: Stress Field - Theory and Measurements
12:15 - 12:30 Discussion
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:15 Unit 7, Lecture: Geomechanics case studie
14:15 - 14:30 Discussion
14:30 - 14:45 Break
14:45 - 15:15 Unit 8, Research Seminar: Tensor stress drop
15:15 - 15:30 Discussion
15:30 - 16:00 Lab demo

16:00 - 18:00 Labs 3 and 4: Mohr circle and PP diffusion model

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 Day 3: Microseismic acquisi)on &
processing
Time Topic
10:00 - 11:00 Unit 9, Lecture: Microseismic data acquisiDon
11:00 - 11:15 Discussion
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:15 Unit 10, Lecture: Processing downhole microseismic data
12:15 - 12:30 Discussion
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:15 Unit 11, Lecture: Surface microseismic processing
14:15 - 14:30 Discussion
14:30 - 14:45 Break
14:45 - 15:15 Unit 12, Research Seminar: Matched Filtering Analysis
15:15 - 15:30 Discussion
15:30 - 16:00 Lab demo: Event detecDon, survey design

16:00 - 18:00 Lab 5 and 6: Event detecDon, survey design

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 Day 4: Anomalous induced seismicity

Time Topic
10:00 - 11:00 Unit 13, Lecture: Hydraulic fracturing and induced seismicity
11:00 - 11:15 Discussion
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:15 Unit 14, Lecture: ProbabilisDc seismic hazard assessment (PSHA)
12:15 - 12:30 Discussion
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:15 Unit 15, Research Seminar: Geothermal
14:15 - 14:30 Discussion
14:30 - 14:45 Break
14:45 - 15:15 Unit 16, Research Seminar: IdenDfying faults without triggering
15:15 - 15:30 Discussion
15:30 - 16:00 Lab demo

16:00 - 18:00 Labs 7 and 8: Basic processing and source analysis

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 Day 5: Microseismic interpreta)on
& case studies
Time Topic
10:00 - 11:00 Unit 17, Lecture: InterpretaDon of microseismic data
11:00 - 11:15 Discussion
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:15 Unit 18, Research Seminar: Transcending dots in a box
12:15 - 12:30 Discussion
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:15 Unit 19, Research Seminar: 2b or not 2b?
14:15 - 14:30 Discussion
14:30 - 14:45 Break
14:45 - 15:15 Unit 20, Lecture: Mining
15:15 - 17:00 Discussion and approval of projects

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 Course Project Types
l  Literature review

-  About 8-12 peer-reviewed references

-  Includes a summary of each individual contribuDon along
with a synopsis of the referenced studies, ideally illustraDng
the development

l  Small project

-  Write a program to perform a data processing algorithm OR

-  Perform analysis on a small dataset
-  About 2-3 peer-reviewed references

See rubric posted on D2L

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 Course Learning Objec)ves
1.  Achieve a basic understanding of the theoreDcal foundaDons
of microseismic monitoring
2.  Acquire a working knowledge of microseismic data acquisiDon
methods
3.  Know how to model and process raw microseismic data
4.  Gain insights into geophysical analysis and interpretaDon of
microseismic data
5.  Learn basic geomechanical principles
6.  Understand the basic principles, causes and consequences of
anomalous induced seismicity
7.  Develop in-depth knowledge of a specific area (project)

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 Recommended Book

Reservoir Geomechanics, M.D. Zoback, Cambridge University Press (get the 2010
ediDon; the 2007 has errors)

Recommended Web Sites

Petrowiki.org
Created from the Petroleum Engineering Handbook from SPE
Material is moderated and copyrighted
Ross Crain’s Petrophysical Handbook:
hSp://www.spec2000.net/01-index.htm

Naturalfractures.com’s “Technical Area”

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