Energy

The transition to sustainable and secure sources of energy relies on increasingly complex engineering operations with potential impact both in the subsurface and on the surface, including populated areas and critical infrastructure. Microseismic monitoring is a key technology for the monitoring of the efficiency and safety of operations related to the building and operation of energy infrastructure, from plant construction, underground storage to reservoir management.

ASC provides a full integrated processing service from array design, through data management, processing and reporting to advanced interpretations with dynamic numerical models to better understand the growth and activation of the fracture structures. ASC’s advanced analysis of microseismic data yields information on fracture networks such as distribution, persistence and orientations, and can describe the mechanisms behind the fracture growth leading to a better understanding of stimulation of geothermal fields. ASC provides the following services for stakeholders of the geothermal energy sector:

Advanced post-processing, analysis and interpretation of client data using a range of techniques and software functionality developed in-house.

  • Analysis of baseline regional seismicity.
  • Seismic processing software for manual and automatic processing of induced and natural seismicity, incorporating customisable alarm systems adapted to local traffic-light-system regulations for induced seismicity.
  • Design, optimisation and quality check of seismic monitoring arrays.
  • Active and passive source tomography for imaging of fractured reservoir volumes.



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