SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING OILFIELD OPERATIONS

• Main Authors: MCMANAMON, PAUL F, WILLS, J. STEPHEN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 17.01.2023
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; MINING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; TESTING

A system includes a ground based area, an electromagnetic (EM) interrogation device having an EM emitter that directs an EM beam at the ground based area. The EM interrogation device includes a detector array that receives reflected EM radiation from the EM beam, and a controller having a ground movement description module that determines a movement profile of the ground based area in response to the reflected EM radiation. L'invention concerne un système comprenant une zone basée au sol, et un dispositif d'interrogation électromagnétique (EM) ayant un émetteur EM qui dirige un faisceau EM sur la zone basée au sol. Le dispositif d'interrogation EM comprend un réseau de détecteurs qui reçoit un rayonnement EM réfléchi provenant du faisceau EM, et un dispositif de commande ayant un module de description de mouvement au sol qui détermine un profil de déplacement de la zone basée au sol en réaction au rayonnement EM réfléchi.