Case study of dual-signal processing of DAS-VSP vibrator data from a 3D survey in a geothermal reservoir
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The three-dimensional (3D) distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) vertical seismic profile (VSP) technique is an effective tool to characterize subsurface reservoirs, enabling the use of large and densely sampled borehole receiver arrays with many surface vibrator source points for onshore time-lapse monitoring. However, the processing of the DAS VSP signals for imaging purposes is based on a reliable wavefield separation, which may depend on the recognition and quality of the direct arrivals. To overcome this limitation for common-source gathers with poor signal-to- noise ratio or with interferences, we apply the dual-signal processing method, which allows us to estimate and separate the DAS wavefields by signals' combination without arrival picking. We present a case study of a 3D VSP DAS dataset recorded at a geothermal reservoir in Turkey, showing that the method, similar to a geophone and hydrophone combination, is robust and effective and can be advantageously integrated with the conventional processing. Supported by signal benchmarking, modelling and signal-to-noise ratio analysis, we treat common-source and common-receiver data. Our analysis shows the advantages and limitations of the proposed approach, valuable in the time-lapse perspective.
Date Issued
2025-09-01
Date Acceptance
2025-08-13
Citation
Geophysical Prospecting, 2025, 73 (7)
ISSN
0016-8025
Publisher
Wiley
Journal / Book Title
Geophysical Prospecting
Volume
73
Issue
7
Copyright Statement
© 2025 The Author(s). Geophysical Prospecting published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Subjects
distributed acoustic sensing
dual signals
FIELDS
Geochemistry & Geophysics
geothermal reservoir
Physical Sciences
Science & Technology
three-dimensional vertical seismic profile
vibrator source
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
e70073
Date Publish Online
2025-09-04