Abstract:
A method for harvesting seismic data and generating seismic output files from the seismic data and corresponding source data. The method includes: positioning, in a survey area, data acquisition units associated with sensors; performing at least one seismic event using at least one seismic source; acquiring seismic data in the data acquisition units, the seismic data resulting from the at least one seismic event; deploying at least two data harvester units at fixed positions in the survey area. Each data harvester unit: harvests the seismic data; receives source data relating to the seismic event; generates a partial seismic output file from the harvested seismic data and the received source data; transmits the partial seismic output file to a central unit. The method also comprises generating, by the central unit, a final seismic output file from the partial seismic output files transmitted by the at least two data harvester units.
Abstract:
A stress relief device is provided for a connector. The connector is connected to a cable and configured for cooperating with a complementary connector along a longitudinal axis. The stress relief device includes: an anchor configured for being placed around a portion of the cable so as to allow a stress relief of the portion of the cable, the portion of the cable being adjacent to the connector; a shell configured for being connected to the anchor and for at least partially wrapping the connector; and a locking system configured for connecting and locking the shell to a similar shell of a similar stress relief device for the complementary connector. The stress relief device is detachably mountable on the connector and is configured such that its mounting/dismounting does not require any change in the connection/disconnection of the connectors to one another.
Abstract:
Non-constant spatial parameters and/or temporal parameters are assigned respectively to at least one input shot sequence and shot time predictions commuted from a shot sequence, giving flexibility for how and where to shoot during a multi-source survey.
Abstract:
A method is provided for managing a master vessel change in a multi-vessel seismic system. The system includes a master vessel M and at least one slave vessel. The method includes, during at least a part of a multi-vessel operation: selecting a new master vessel M′ among the at least one slave vessel, triggered by at least one predetermined event; and transmitting, to the at least one slave vessel, at least one piece of information related to a master vessel change from the master vessel M, called old master vessel, to the new master vessel M′.
Abstract:
It is proposed a method for automatically assigning wireless seismic acquisition units to topographic positions, each wireless seismic acquisition unit includes a satellite navigation system receiver. The method has the following steps, carried out by an assigning device: obtaining topographic locations at which the wireless seismic acquisition units are expected to be laid; obtaining measured positions of the wireless seismic acquisition units, corresponding to or derived from position information provided by the satellite navigation system receivers when the wireless seismic acquisition units are installed on the ground, each near one of the topographic locations; and computing associations, each between one of the wireless seismic acquisition units and one of the topographic positions, as a function of a comparison between the measured positions and the topographic locations.
Abstract:
It is proposed a method for steering a seismic vessel associated with a sail line and a preplot line. The seismic vessel tows at least one acoustic linear antenna including receivers, the receivers receiving signals generated by at least one source and reflected by subsurface's layers at reflexion points. The method includes: computing, according to a regression method, a shifted preplot line which has a shape substantially identical to the shape of the preplot line and which is the best fit line associated with at least some of the reflexion points; computing a distance D between the preplot line and the shifted preplot line; and providing steering information comprising or based on the distance D to a navigation system or to an operator of a navigation system, to alter the course of the seismic vessel.
Abstract:
There is a testing device for testing a sensor. The testing device includes a rotating mechanism; a first rotating plate connected to the rotating mechanism so that the first rotating plate rotates around an orbital axis (Z1); a second plate rotatably attached to the first rotating plate at a rotating point, the second plate having a rotational axis (Z2) offset from the orbital axis (Z1) by a predetermined distance R; and a gripping mechanism attached to the second plate and configured to receive and fix the sensor relative to the second plate. The second plate follows a circular trajectory with constant attitude around the orbital axis (Z1).
Abstract:
Laser lift off systems and methods may be used to provide monolithic laser lift off with minimal cracking by reducing the size of one or more beam spots in one or more dimensions to reduce plume pressure while maintaining sufficient energy to provide separation. By irradiating irradiation zones with various shapes and in various patterns, the laser lift off systems and methods use laser energy more efficiently, reduce cracking when separating layers, and improve productivity. Some laser lift off systems and methods described herein separate layers of material by irradiating non-contiguous irradiation zones with laser lift off zones (LOZs) that extend beyond the irradiation zones. Other laser lift off systems and methods described herein separate layers of material by shaping the irradiation zones and by controlling the overlap of the irradiation zones in a way that avoids uneven exposure of the workpiece. Consistent with at least one embodiment, a laser lift off system and method may be used to provide monolithic lift off of one or more epitaxial layers on a substrate of a semiconductor wafer.
Abstract:
A seismic sensor detects a characteristic of a medium during a seismic survey. The seismic sensor includes a casing; a magnet located inside the casing; a coil assembly located inside the casing, wherein the coil assembly moves relative to the magnet; and a temperature-sensitive device connected to terminals of the coil assembly and configured to improve the damping. The magnet and the coil assembly produce some intrinsic damping and the additional damping introduced by the temperature-sensitive device is selected to counterbalance the temperature-dependent intrinsic damping so that a phase of a recorded seismic signal is compensated for temperature induced magnetic field changes.
Abstract:
A system includes a plurality of streamers (towed acoustic linear antennas), each cooperating with a set of at least one depth control element having a determined diving capability enabling to immerse the tail of the streamer. At least one given streamer has a tail connected to a tail device which is a towfish device including a flotation body and a satellite navigation system receiver including an antenna fixed on the flotation body. The buoyancy of the flotation body is selected such the set of at least one depth control element controls the depth of the tail device. The tail device includes at least one inline module, connectable via a fixed link to the tail of the streamer, and a frame element, to which is fastened the flotation body via a fixed link and which can freely rotate around the at least one inline module.