scholarly journals Wireless Geophone Networks for Land Seismic Data Acquisition: A Survey, Tutorial and Performance Evaluation

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (15) ◽  
pp. 5171
Author(s):  
Aliyu Makama ◽  
Koojana Kuladinithi ◽  
Andreas Timm-Giel
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Seismic Data ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Control Unit ◽  
Optimal Number ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Seismic Data Acquisition

Seismic data acquisition in oil and gas exploration employs a large-scale network of geophone sensors deployed in thousands across a survey field. A central control unit acquires and processes measured data from geophones to come up with an image of the earth’s subterranean structure to locate oil and gas traps. Conventional seismic acquisition systems rely on cables to connect each sensor. Although cable-based systems are reliable, the sheer amount of cable required is tremendous, causing complications in survey logistics as well as survey downtime. The need for a cable-free seismic data acquisition system has attracted much attention from contractors, exploration companies, and researchers to lay out the enabling wireless technology and architecture in seismic explorations. This paper gives a general overview of land seismic data acquisition and also presents a current and retrospective review of the state-of-the-art wireless seismic data acquisition systems. Furthermore, a simulation-based performance evaluation of real-time, small-scale wireless geophone subnetwork is carried out using the IEEE 802.11 g technology based on the concept of seismic data acquisition during the geophone listen or recording period. In addition, we investigate an optimal number of seismic samples that could be sent by each geophone during this period.

Review and Prospect for the Land Seismic Data Acquisition System

2013 ◽  
Vol 684 ◽  
pp. 394-397
Author(s):  
Yang Yang ◽  
Zu Bin Chen ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Yu Jian Du
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Seismic Data ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Data Acquisition System ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Acquisition System ◽  
Accelerometer Sensor ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Wireless Data Transmission ◽  
Seismic Data Acquisition

Essential characteristics of the seismic data acquisition system should make it capable of measuring high fidelity Seismic data，which can be used for geophysicists to fulfill a geological task. New developments of high technology in Micro-electronics and computer industries, including the extremely low-noise capacitive micro-accelerometer sensor, 24 bits A/D conversion, new generation wireless data transmission, etc. are introduced to the seismic data acquisition system to meet the requirement for global oil and gas exploration. New type of acquisition system faces the new exploration techniques, methods and tasks.

Overview of Accelerator Applications in Energy

2015 ◽  
Vol 08 ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Garnett ◽  
Richard L. Sheffield
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Industrial Systems ◽  
Large Scale Systems ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Accelerator Technology

An overview of the application of accelerators and accelerator technology in energy is presented. Applications span a broad range of cost, size, and complexity and include large-scale systems requiring high-power or high-energy accelerators to drive subcritical reactors for energy production or waste transmutation, as well as small-scale industrial systems used to improve oil and gas exploration and production. The enabling accelerator technologies will also be reviewed and future directions discussed.

Oil and gas exploration in Australia in 2014—a year of extremes

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Stickland
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Data ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Gas Flows ◽  
Leading Indicators ◽  
Unconventional Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Seismic Data Acquisition ◽  
Cooper Basin

In 2014, explorers in Australia experienced a range of highs and lows. There have been discoveries in new play types such as Phoenix South–1 in the Roebuck Basin, offshore WA, as well as discoveries that rejuvenate mature basins such as Seneco–3 in the onshore Perth Basin and a number of wells demonstrating unconventional gas flows in the Cooper Basin. Exploration lows include the inevitable unsuccessful wells, the general low level of drilling activity both offshore and in some states, frustrations at approval delays and constraints—particularly in NSW and Victoria—and the sharply contracting business environment towards the end of 2014 as the oil price rapidly fell to its lowest levels in five years. This PESA review looks in detail at the trends and highlights for oil and gas exploration both onshore and offshore Australia in 2014; not just outcomes with the drill bit, but also leading indicators such as seismic data acquisition and permit awards. It also seeks to be insightful and to make conclusions about the condition of oil and gas exploration in Australia, as well as comment on future implications for the industry.

Seismic data acquisition—The new millennium

Geophysics ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Roche
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Seismic Data ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Seismic Acquisition ◽  
Seismic Data Acquisition ◽  
New Millennium

As we enter the new millennium, seismic data acquisition is in an interesting position. Because of overcapacity of seismic acquisition crews related to the downturn in the oil and gas industry, acquisition technology is essentially “frozen” in place. Companies previously active in seismic data acquisition research have limited these activities, or eliminated them. Some advances related to improving the resolution of seismic data through improved acquisition methods are being made, but much more effort is being directed towards improving the efficiency of acquisition.

Maximising safety and environmental performance during onshore seismic acquisition using cable-less technology

2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 496
Author(s):  
Jamie Shaw ◽  
Matt Silverman ◽  
Geoff Dunn ◽  
Katrina O'Mara
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Data ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Recording Efficiency ◽  
Risk Of Injury ◽  
Seismic Acquisition ◽  
Seismic Data Acquisition ◽  
Negative Impacts

Recent advances in the acquisition of onshore seismic data without cables have greatly reduced impacts on environmental and heritage values and increased recording efficiency. Onshore oil and gas exploration has expanded significantly across Australia. As a result, the need to gather quality data while reducing the environmental, social, and safety impacts of the activities has driven innovation in exploration technologies. In WA, exploration permits are granted for areas that include privately held farm land, pastoral leases or unallocated crown land. This can result in tensions between exploration companies, their contractors, and land holders. Cable-less seismic data acquisition systems provide significant opportunities to reduce the environmental, community, and safety impacts. Cable-less systems typically require significantly fewer trips along the acquisition line, considerably reducing the likelihood of negative impacts on plants, animals, and soils in the area. Other benefits include reducing fuel consumption, vehicle and traffic movement and the risk of injury to the seismic crew associated with the deployment of cables. This extended abstract reviews the recent use of a cable-less system for Fleet Resources’ seismic acquisition conducted by Terrex Seismic in the Carnarvon Basin, WA, demonstrating the environmental, social, and safety benefits compared with traditional cabled systems for both 3D and 2D seismic programs. This extended abstract also draws on the experiences of Terrex’s use of the technology on behalf of UIL Energy and it explores the opportunities for capturing these benefits during the preparation of environmental and safety plans for regulatory approval.

Realization of High-Speed Data Transmission in Seismic Data Acquisition

2011 ◽  
Vol 219-220 ◽  
pp. 560-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Yang ◽  
Ming Deng ◽  
Qi Sheng Zhang ◽  
Qi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Data Transmission ◽  
Seismic Data ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Control Unit ◽  
Hardware Description ◽  
High Speed Data ◽  
Seismic Data Acquisition ◽  
Independent Design

Data transmission is one of key techniques of acquisition station for seismic data acquisition system. With the development of electronics, computer science and communication science, a good realization method has become available for seismic data transmission. The paper focused on the independent design & development of Manchester encoding module, Manchester decoding module and parallel/serial and serial/parallel conversion module by hardware description language (HDL) with FPGA as main control unit and Manchester code and low-voltage differential signaling as theoretical basis. It can realize data transmission speed of 16Mbps between seismic data acquisition stations. Testing results showed low error rate during data transmission to ensure that seismic data acquisition station can read commands sent by power station and convey seismic data correctly.

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