Laser sensor for airborne prospecting method of oil & gas deposits

Author

Grishkanich, A.S. ; Bespalov, V.G. ; Bogoslovsky, S.A. ; Elizarov, V.V. ; Il´inskiy, A.A. ; Kascheev, S.V. ; Makarov, E.A. ; Zhevlakov, A.P.

Author_Institution

Mech. & Opt., Nat. Res. Univ. of Informational Technol., St. Petersburg, Russia

fYear

2014

fDate

June 30 2014-July 4 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The migration of oil and gas and other molecules such as H2S, CO, CO2, H2, He leads to a change in the physical properties of the rocks above the deposit and the formation of halos of methane, propane, and other hydrocarbons in the surface sediments and the atmospheric boundary layer with anomalous concentrations of hydrocarbon gases. We have developed airborn lidar system for explore oil and gas deposits. Tests were carried out on the gas pipeline Urengoy-Novopskov and showed that the lidar allows detection of methane from a helicopter at altitudes ranging from 50 to 500 m, and to measure at these altitudes the concentration of methane with a sensitivity up to 6 ppm for methane and 3 ppm for hydrogen sulfide.

Keywords

airborne radar; gas industry; gas sensors; hydrogen compounds; measurement by laser beam; oils; optical radar; optical sensors; petroleum industry; H₂S; airborne lidar system; airborne prospecting method; altitude 50 m to 500 m; atmospheric boundary layer; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; gas deposit exploration; helium; hydrocarbon gases; hydrogen sulfide; laser sensor; methane concentration measurement; oil deposit exploration; propane concentration measurement; rock physical properties; surface sediments; Lead; Pipelines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Laser Optics, 2014 International Conference

Conference_Location

Saint Petersburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3884-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LO.2014.6886391

Filename

6886391