A new processing technique for passive seismic monitoring of hydrocarbon reservoirs

Seismic emission tomography is considered as a new technique for passive seismic monitoring real-time data processing. The method is based on adaptive polarization focusing with a high-resolution technique. It works in fully automatic mode with interference noise proof feature. The method is tested on hydrofrac experimental data obtained using multilevel 3C vertical cables. The focus of this paper is on the applied processing techniques.