Systems and methods for removal of electromagnetic dispersion and attenuation for imaging of proppant in an induced fracture

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14460715

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Systems and methods for generating a three-dimensional image of a proppant-filled hydraulically-induced fracture in a geologic formation are provided. The image may be generated by capturing electromagnetic fields generated or scattered by the proppant-filled fracture, removing dispersion and/or an attenuation effects from the captured electromagnetic fields, and generating the image based on the dispersion and/or attenuation corrected fields. Removing the dispersion and/or attenuation effects may include back propagating the captured electromagnetic fields in the time domain to a source location. The image may be generated based on locations at which the back propagated fields constructively interfere or may be generated based on a model of the fracture defined using the back propagated fields.

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CARBO CERAMICS INC5050 WESTWAY PARK BLVD HOUSTON TX 77041

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Bartel, Lewis Albuquerque, US 16 154

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