Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system in a specific environment – Earth science
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-10
2006-01-10
McElheny, Jr., Donald (Department: 2857)
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system in a specific environment
Earth science
Reexamination Certificate
active
06985816
ABSTRACT:
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide for determining the orientation of natural fractures in the Earth resulting from hydraulic fracturing treatment. Data attribute information from a far-field point-source signal profile for a microseismic event is extracted in the time domain. An estimate of the orientation of the natural fracture is calculated in the time domain based on the extracted data attribute information.
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Davis Eric
Sorrells Gordon G.
Warpinski Norman R.
Wright Chris
Ferguson Priscilla L.
Haynes and Boone L.L.P.
McElheny Jr. Donald
Pinnacle Technologies, Inc.
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