Passive Frac Monitoring Technology
Passive Frac Monitoring and interpretation has become widespread to observe ongoing changes in the rocks or events occur underground. Passive Frac Monitoring techniques has been providing insights on the efficiency of hydraulic fracture stimulation programs and fracture geometry by mapping the location of micro-earthquakes or seismicity caused by induced fractures in special patterns.
UIC’s Passive Frac Monitoring Technology has been used also as a reliable tool for locating sweet spots and natural fracture underground. In addition, same technology has been utilized for leak detection, cap rock integrity diagnostics, reservoir invasion mapping in water flood reservoirs, reservoir depletion and inter-well communication.
UIC’ Passive Frac Monitoring is precise and accurate can measure low levels of pressure induced seismicity, thanks to our high-end geophones technology and advanced processing and analysis techniques.
UIC Expertise
What is the main deliverables of your technology
- We can map the sweet spots and natural fracture in reservoirs for successful well placement
- In Frac stimulated wells we can map the fracture geometry and reservoir stimulated volume
- We can map the reservoir drainage and reservoir invasion (EOR/IOR projects)
- We can map the inter-well connectivity, cap rock integrity
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We can map steam chamber and stimulated volume
What makes your technology superiors than any others?
- More affordable, more precise, Unique Deliverables.
Data Acquisition
Surface Array
Shallow Buried Array
Frac Monitoring Services
- Evaluation of Relative Frac Performance including Stimulated Reservoir Volume and Flow Back activity
- Guidance for Well Spacing and Well Interaction
- Predictive Value for Customized Frac Designs on an Individual Well and Stage by Stage Basis
- Time Lapse Monitoring of Production Pathways
- Input into Reservoir Models (Discrete Fracture Networks, Permeability Pathways)