Method and system for enhancing the spatial resolution of a fiber optical distributed acoustic sensing assembly

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PATENT NO 9109944
APP PUB NO 20120255362A1
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13518012

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The spatial resolution of a fiber optical Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) assembly is enhanced by:

    arranging an optical DAS fiber with a series of contiguous channels that are sensitive to vibration in a U-shaped loop such that substantially parallel fiber sections include pairs of channels that are arranged at least partially side by side;transmitting a series of light pulses through the optical fiber and receiving back reflections of said light pulses by a light transmission and receiving assembly; andprocessing the received back reflections such that back reflections stemming from at least one pair of channels that are arranged at least partially side by side are correlated to each other.

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SHELL USA INCP O BOX 576 HOUSTON TX 77001-0576

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Den, Boer Johannis Josephus Rijswijk, NL 25 778
Franzen, Andre Rijswijk, NL 6 92
Groen, Alex Rijswijk, NL 1 37
Joinson, Daniel Rijswijk, NL 10 180
Van, Rooyen Arthur Alexander Rijswijk, NL 2 38

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