Articles | Volume 11, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2487-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2487-2020
Research article
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17 Dec 2020
Research article |  | 17 Dec 2020

In situ hydromechanical responses during well drilling recorded by fiber-optic distributed strain sensing

Yi Zhang, Xinglin Lei, Tsutomu Hashimoto, and Ziqiu Xue

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ED: Publish as is (11 Nov 2020) by CharLotte Krawczyk(Executive Editor)
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Short summary
Spatially continuous strain responses in two monitoring wells induced by a well-drilling process were monitored using high-resolution fiber-optic distributed strain sensing (DSS). The modeling results suggest that the strain polarities and magnitudes along the wellbores may be indicative of the layered-permeability structure or heterogeneous formation damage. The performance and value of DSS as a novel hydrogeophysical tool for in situ subsurface monitoring are emphasized.