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CO 2 storage monitoring using passive seismic - Full Wave Location (FWL) Technology Dr Roy Bitrus Director of Sales
CO2 storage monitoring using passive seismic - Full Wave Location (FWL) Technology
Dr Roy BitrusDirector of Sales
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About UsIntroduction
TenzorGEO is a microseismic technology company.
Hardware – Ocean Bottom Seismometers (OBS) and software –TenzorVision.
Our vision is to aid in unlocking the full potential of oil and gas fields to enable our clients maximise the economic potential of their reservoirs while contributing to netzero.
• Full Wave Location (FWL) Technology
• FWL method, processing and interpretation
• Application and Case studies
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HTenzorGEO’s SolutionFull Wave Location (FWL) Technology
Basics
Source: Available [online]: https://www.unavco.org/highlights/2001/gsrmp.html
External Impacts
Natural: Anthropogenic
Image Credit: Tumisu via Pixabay and US Department of Energy
Newton’s 3rd Law
Illustration of the moment tensor
Moment tensor
Cartesian
coordinate axes
xyz =
Location byMaximum likelihood
Calibration
Interpretation
Field Signals
Field design & survey
Min Rec Time14 – 21 days
Results of microseismic interpretation
Simulated responses by 3 components xyz
3D full-wave numerical simulation
Vp, Vs velocity model
The rose of crack directions,forming events
The development of microseismic activity in the process of injection
The map of accumulated microseismic activity
3D view of microseismic activity with axial planes
TenzorGEO’s FWL technology Method Summary Workflow
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HFull Wave Location (FWL)
TechnologyCase Study
Fluid Injection Monitoring
Monitoring water flooding
Devonian terrigenous depositsLocation: Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Objective: Estimation of formation fluid direction, determination of filtration channels
HTechnology Advancement for
CO2 Injection Monitoring
Hardware
• Reengineer the current OBS to make it fit for purpose.
• Continuous permanent/temporal monitoring of CO2 storage.
Software• Test and evaluate the
software to ensure it is capable to handle and process continuous flow of data.
Workflow• Develop an efficient
and cost effective workflow suitable for the CCS industry
• Adaptable to different fields and engineering assets/infrastructure.
Full Wave Location (FWL) Technology
Advancing the FWL application to provide cost effective continuous
long term monitoring of CO2
injected into the subsurface for storage
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TenzorGEO’s Solution Get in touch
Dr Roy Bitrus
Director of Sales
T: +44 (0)7854859911
Ivan Starostin
CEO
T: +44 (0)1730 622044
Open to field testing on active CO2 injection storage site
