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Microseismic Data Standards or Non-standards!!. Shawn Maxwell. Microseismic Monitoring Business. ~$200M spent on hydraulic fracture monitoring ~100,000+ frac stages monitored around the globe (~5% of fracs ) Rapidly expanding with new vendors, clients and academics
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Microseismic Data Standards or Non-standards!! Shawn Maxwell
Microseismic Monitoring Business ~$200M spent on hydraulic fracture monitoring ~100,000+ frac stages monitored around the globe (~5% of fracs) Rapidly expanding with new vendors, clients and academics Regulatory bodies are increasing involved There are no current microseismic data standards Inefficiencies Loss of data Confusion Ad hoc attempts to fill the gaps
“Ad Hoc” Microseismic Standardization Initiatives • CSEG “Guidelines” • Data types: archiving and trading • www.cseg.ca/cgf • Energistics attributes xml • http://www.energistics.org • “SEG-2M” User Group • Microseismic friendly headers Continuous: SEGD SEGY SEG2 Events: SEGY SEG2 CSEG Guidelines Requirements Trace SEG Standard Attributes Energistics
Request • SEG Technical Standards develop a microseismic strategy • Attributes? Energistics? • Trace Data • Support SEG2M?