Workshop Course
Introduction to Fibre Optic Sensing
Monday 8 April 2024 (09:30 - 15:00)
Convened by Mahmoud Farhadiroushan (Silixa)
*This course is included in the conference registration fee.
Course Description
This course provides introduction to fibre optics and the basic principles of distributed sensing technology.
It also covers key components, cable designs and installation methods for onshore and offshore completions. Case studies focusing on the implementations and applications across the oil and gas industry will be presented in order to gain a better understanding of the practical benefits of distributed fibre optic sensing technology. Advanced system architectures to address future applications, such as subsea wells, will be also highlighted.
Participants' Profile
This course is suitable for is suitable for all E&P geophysicists with an interest in fibre optic sensing technologies. This includes students and professionals in academic institutions, engineers, equipment manufacturers and suppliers, survey design geophysicists and processing geophysicists.
Course's Contents
- Introduction to optical fibres
- Basic principle
- Different types of fibers such multimode and single-mode fibre
- How the fiber is made
- Operating temperature range
- Connectors
- Splicing
- Distributed Fibre Optic Sensors
- Backscatter spectrum
- The measurement principles
- Sampling resolution, Spatial resolution, and gauge length
- Geophone comparison
- Conversion to geophone equivalent signal
- Frequency response as a function of gauge length
- Directionality response
- Installation configurations
- Cable designs
- Permanent installation
- Intervention
- Subsea
- Applications
- Flow profiling
- Well integrity
- Frac monitoring
- Seismic
- Microseismic
- Low-frequency strain and frac hit detection
- Other applications
Registration Details
Attendance to this course is included in the Conference registration fee.
Instructor
The course instructor is a leading experts in fibre optic sensing.
Mahmoud Farhadiroushan
Mahmoud Farhadiroushan is the Executive Director of Silixa. Mahmoud co-founded Silixa in April 2007 to develop and commercialise the next generation of optical fibre sensors.
Mahmoud is the joint winner of two DTI SMARTawards, the prestigious 2000 Manufacturing Metrology for World Class Manufacturing Award (Frontier Science and Measurement).
