KINGSTON, Ontario - ESG Solutions, an industry leader in microseismic technology and services, is reporting growing demand for its innovative down hole microseismic monitoring techniques for geotechnical, mining and energy applications.
Historically used to monitor hydraulic fracturing and enhanced oil recovery operations, recent advances in down hole microseismic methods have generated keen interest from operators wishing to apply the technology to new types of programs including high volume water inflow monitoring in soft rock mines, salt solution mining, underground gas storage and geothermal operations.
In the case of water inflow issues in underground mines, the problem is often addressed by continuous pumping to remove water while attempting to plug entry points. Inflow in large volumes can have particularly negative consequences for salt or potash mines due to the high solubility of the deposits. It is therefore important for operators to identify and track water inflow.
In one such mine, operators are using microseismic monitoring to identify microseismic events associated with water movement, to understand where water inflow is occurring as well as migration patterns through the rock. ESG installed a 12-level, retrievable three-component geophone array to continuously record seismicity in a zone affected by high volume water inflow.
ESG's retrievable solution demonstrates innovation and leadership in the microseismic industry. The primary barrier to temporary down hole monitoring has been the cost of traditional wireline deployments. The solution from ESG is cost-effective because wells need not be taken out of operation. That technology is creating opportunities for new applications in mining, underground storage and unconventional resource production where down hole monitoring was infeasible.
ESG also recently unveiled its patented Hybrid™ integrated down hole and near surface monitoring solution, providing time-synchronized induced seismicity monitoring from –4 to +4 in event magnitude.
ESG is headquartered in Kingston and has operations in Calgary, Houston, Muscat and Beijing as well as sales offices in Dubai and Dallas. For more information, visit ESGSolutions.com or email sales@esgsolutions.com.
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