MicroSeismic, Inc. has completed its FracStar microseismic monitoring program in Poland, the company announced.
The company installed its FracStar and BuriedArray monitoring programs in all major shale plays in the US as well as Canada, UK, Argentina, Mexico, Australia, China, India, Hungary, Turkey, and now Poland.
The Polish government estimates the amount of shale gas reserves in Poland is between 346 Bcm to 768 Bcm. This substantial gas reserve will assist Poland and Europe to achieve strategic objectives in diversifying gas supply beyond Russia, according to the news release.
MicroSeismic installed the FracStar, which is able to cover a 12 sq km (5 sq miles) to 40 sq km (15 sq miles) area, to provide microseismic monitoring, mapping and analysis for hydraulic fracturing of a customer’s exploration and field development program, the company said.
FracStar geophones are spaced across 10-12 radial arms and can number in the thousands. Stations can be deployed using standard cabling technology or wirelessly to minimize field operation time and reduce cost, the release continued. This enables MicroSeismic to monitor primary, secondary, and tertiary recovery activity in a variety of reservoir conditions. FracStar is capable of imaging events to about -3.0 magnitude, about the energy release of a human heartbeat, MicroSeismic said.
MicroSeismic said its proprietary PSET 4.0 processing techniques are resilient to surface noise sources enabling the company to deliver high-accuracy event location in the horizontal and vertical directions over the entire monitored volume. Using real-time monitoring services, customers can adjust pumping rates and the type of proppant and fluids they are using during the fracturing activity to optimize the completion.
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