Andrey Bakulin

 

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 land monitoring

 

Smart DAS on land

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Surface seismic with DAS, smart DAS upholes, and VSP Home by Andrey Bakulin

Land DAS applications for seismic, upholes, and VSP – with focus on Simultaneous DAS acquisition of surface seismic and vertical arrays for near surface characterization combined with deep reflection imaging on land.

Milestone publications

2023

·        Silvestrov, I., Egorov, A., and A. Bakulin, 2023, Evaluating imaging uncertainty associated with the near surface and added value of vertical arrays using Bayesian seismic refraction tomography: Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, 20 (4), 751–762 [paper]

·        Aldawood, A., Shaiban, A., Alfataierge, E., and A. Bakulin, 2023, Acquiring and processing deep dual-well DAS walkaway VSP in an onshore desert environment: The Leading Edge 42 (10), 676–682 [paper]

2022

·        Bakulin, A., Alfataierge, E., Berquist, R., and F. Hermal, 2022, Acquisition trial of deep smart DAS uphole: Evaluating high-productivity drilling with dual rotary and fiber cable deployment, SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts: 602-606. [paper].

·        Bakulin, A., Alfataierge, E., Pevzner, R., and K. Tertyshnikov, 2022, Evaluating HD weathering surveys and surface seismic with DAS in a sand dune environment, SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts : 621-625. [paper]

·        Titov, A., Kazei, V., AlDawood, A., Alfataierge, E., Bakulin, A., Osypov K.Sun., Y., Silvestrov, I. and Bakulin, A., 2022, Quantification of DAS VSP Quality: SNR vs. Log-Based Metrics acquisitions: Sensors, 22 (3), 1027,  1-13 [paper]

·        Egorov, A., Silvestrov, I., and A. Bakulin, 2022, Effect of Vertical Arrays on Near-Surface Velocity and Statics Uncertainty: 83rd EAGE Conference and Exhibition, EAGE, Expanded Abstracts [paper]

·        Dawood, A., and A. Bakulin, 2022, Evaluation of Sparsity-Promoting Migration to Single-Well and Dual-Well VSP Datasets: 83rd EAGE Conference and Exhibition, EAGE, Expanded Abstracts [paper]

·        Egorov, A., Charara, M., Alfataierge, E., Bakulin, A., and R. Pevzner, 2022, Surface Seismic With Das Using Omnidirectional Cable: A Modeling Study: 83rd EAGE Conference and Exhibition, EAGE, Expanded Abstracts [paper]

2021

·        Egorov, A., Silvestrov, I., Golikov, P., and A. Bakulin, 2021, Near-Surface Bayesian First-Arrival Tomography with Uncertainty using Natural Neighbor Interpolation: 82nd EAGE Conference and Exhibition, EAGE, Expanded Abstracts [paper]

·        Egorov., A, Chavara, M., Alfataierge, E., and A. Bakulin, 2021, Realistic modeling of surface seismic and VSP using DAS with straight and shaped fibers of variable gauge length: 91th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 437-441 [paper].

·        Alfataierge, E., Alsharif, M.,  Egorov., A, and A. Bakulin, 2021, Optimal acquisition parameters for smart DAS uphole survey in a desert environment: 91th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 493-497 [paper].

·        Kazei, V., Osypov, K., Alfataierge, E., and A. Bakulin, 2021, Amplitude-based DAS logging: turning DAS VSP amplitudes into subsurface elastic properties: 91th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 493-497 [paper].

2020

·        Bakulin, A., Silvestrov, I., and R. Pevzner, 2020, Surface seismic with DAS: an emerging alternative to modern point-sensor acquisitions: The Leading Edge, November, 808-818 [paper]

·        Merry, H.,  Li, W., Deffenbaugh, D., and A. Bakulin, 2020, Optimizing Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) Acquisition: Test Well Design and Automated Data Analysis: 90th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 520-524 [paper]

·        Egorov., A, Golikov, P., Silvestrov, I.,  and A. Bakulin, 2020, Near-surface velocity uncertainty estimation through Bayesian tomography approach: 90th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 3634-3638 [paper].

·        Dawood. A., Alfataierge, E., and A. Bakulin, 2020, Introducing a new DAS tes facility for evaluating emergiung DAS technologies: First EAGE Workshop on Fiber-Optic Sensing, Amsterdam, WeFOS07 [paper]

·        Alfataierge, E., Aldawood, A.,  Bakulin, A., Stewart, R. and H. Merry, 2020, Influence of gauge length on DAS VSP data at the Houston Research Center Test Well: 90th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 505-509 [paper].

2019

·        Alshuhail, A., Silvestrov, I., Aldawood, A., Bakulin, A., and Alawaji, M., 2019, Near-surface characterization using vertical array seismic data from smart DAS upholes: 89th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 2893-2897 [paper]

·        Bakulin, A., Silvestrov, I., and R. Pevzner, 2019, Surface Seismic With DAS Changes Land Acquisition: SPE 194950-MS [paper]

·        Smith, R., Bakulin., A., and I. Silvestrov, 2019, Smart DAS Uphole Acquisition System for Near-surface Model Building: Results From the First Successful Field Tests: SPE-195154-MS [paper]

·        Aldawood, A., Merry, H. and A. Bakulin, 2019, Comparison of VSP Data with Geophones and DAS Behind Casing in a Shallow Land Well: Fifth EAGE Workshop on Borehole Geophysics, EAGE, Expanded Abstracts [paper]

2018

·        Bakulin, A., Silvestrov, I., and R. Pevzner, 2018, Surface seismic with DAS: looking deep and shallow at the same time: 88th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 16-20 [paper]

·        Bakulin, A., Golikov, P.,  Erickson, E., Silvestrov, I., Kim, Y.S., Smith, R., and M. Al-Ali, 2018, Seismic imaging of vertical array data acquired using smart DAS uphole acquisition system: 88th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 16-20 [paper]

·        Bakulin, A., Golikov, P.,  Erickson, E., Silvestrov, I., Kim, Y.S., Smith, R., and M. Al-Ali, 2018, Smart DAS uphole acquisition system for near surface characterization and imaging: 88th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 16-20 [paper]

·        Bakulin, A., Golikov, P., Smith, R., Erickson, E., Silvestrov, I., and M. Al-Ali, 2018, Reflection Seismic Imaging Using Smart DAS Upholes: 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, EAGE, Expanded Abstracts,  Th P7 12 [paper]

·        Bakulin, A., Golikov, P.,  Smith, R., Erickson, E., Silvestrov, I., and M. Al-Ali, 2018, Advances in Near-Surface Characterization and Deep Imaging With Smart DAS Upholes: SPE 192310-MS [paper]

2017

·        Bakulin, A., Golikov, P., Smith, R., Erickson, E., Silvestrov, I., and M. Al-Ali, 2017, Smart DAS upholes for near surface model building and deep imaging with vertical arrays: International Conference on Engineering Geophysics, Al Ain, UAE [paper]

·        Bakulin, A., Golikov, P., Smith, R., Erickson, E., Silvestrov, I., and M. Al-Ali, 2017, Smart DAS upholes for simultaneous land near-surface characterization and subsurface imaging: The Leading Edge, December, 1001-1008 [paper]

Patents

·        Bakulin, A., Golikov, P., and I. Silvestrov, 2020, Detecting sub-terranean structures: US Patent 10,577,926 [patent]

·        Bouldin, B., Jervis., M., and A. Bakulin, A., 2022, Subterranean well torpedo distributed acoustic sensing system and method: US Patent 11,365,958 [patent]

·        Bouldin, B., Turner, R., Bukhamseen, A., Bakulin, A., and M. Jervis., M., A., 2021, Subterranean well torpedo system: US Patent 10,883,810 [patent]