Presentation on Distributed Acoustic Sensing at Petronas Science Festival 2018

1. using light
to discover
oil and gas
Prof. Ir. Dr. Hairul Azhar Abdul Rashid

2. When was your last visit?

3. Contribution to the economy
https://www.pwc.com/my/en/assets/publications/2016-msian-oil-n-gas-industry.pdf

4. Products of Oil and Gas
https://www.lundin-petroleum.com/responsibility/society/

5. Science,
Scientists,
Engineering
behind Oil & Gas
https://maersk.com/en/career/how-you-fit-in/oil-and-gas-careers

6. How is Oil and Gas formed?
https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Oil_formation

7. http://fwfx.info/oil-drilling-diagram-for-kids.html
How is Oil and Gas discovered?

8. By Mark. R. Goldman - Cover image from Goldman (2005), HTML edition.[1], Public
Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12610415
Drill here!

9. https://www.businessinsider.com/fiber-optics-
helping-oil-and-gas-companies-2015-10/?IR=T

10. Light and Optical fiber
https://www.slideshare.net/naveenjakhar12/concepts-of-optical-fiber-communication-65963761

12. How optical fibers are made

13. https://www.fiberoptics4sale.com/blogs/archive-posts/95146054-optical-fiber-tutorial-
optic-fiber-communication-fiber
How optical fiber works

14. https://imgur.com/gallery/Lygff6v
Total Internal Reflection

15. Rayleigh scattering

16. https://www.ogj.com/articles/print/volume-108/issue-33/transportation/fiber-optic-
sensing.html
Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS)

17. Comparison DAS vs Geophone
https://csegrecorder.com/articles/view/distributed-acoustic-sensing-for-geophysical-
measurement-monitoring-and-ver

18. Specialty Optical Fiber Technology
Endless possibilities!

19. FORC focuses on design,
fabrication and characterization
of specialty optical fiber and its
application
• Rare-earth doped fibers
• Microfiber
• FBG sensors
• LPG sensors
• SPR sensors
• Polymer PCF
• Optical Sensor Network
• Standard MCVD
• Solution Doping, Chelate
Delivery
• Pulling Tower
• OSA
• Beam Profiler, Preform Profiler
Fabrication and Characterization
Facilities
About us
Simulation and Modelling

20. Optical Sensor Networks
Fiber-to-the-Home
Radiation Dosimetry
Integrated Fiber Optical Devices
OPTICAL FIBER APPLICATIONS

21. hairul@mmu.edu.my
THANK YOU!