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SEG International Exposition and 81st Annual Meeting
September 18- 23, 2011 in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Next-Generation Seismic Acquisition Hardware, Software and Systems
Seismic Instruments builds next-generation seismic data acquisition systems, currently for use on land. Our digital geophone technology and single-point sensor recording approach are well suited for a wide range of applications — from small, lightweight systems for engineering uses to massive, high-density surveys for petroleum exploration and mining. SI’s data acquisition systems can also be used with sensors other than our own SmartGeophone® (SMG), such as multi-component seismic sensors. Additionally, Seismic Instruments recently delivered a (non-seismic) electromagnetic data acquisition system to Shell (SIEP).
We have designed each of our Smart System products to take advantage of the latest telecommunications and military commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology. This increases reliability and maintainability, while helping to make single-sensor recording cost-competitive with older data acquisition techniques.
At Seismic Instruments, we believe the next revolution in seismic data quality will be based on single-sensor recording (a separate channel for every sensor), and we are creating new seismic data acquisition systems that will make single-sensor recording cost-competitive with traditional systems. Recording each individual sensor on a separate channel, and spacing the sensors closer than conventional grouped sensor channels:
- Avoids the irreversible filtering of data introduced by hard-wired group forming
- Allows improved signal-to-noise ratio by correcting for micro-statics, amplitude variations, dead sensors, etc. at the sensor level
- Permits application of proper anti-alias protection to recover target bandwidth with less distortion
We design our modular system architecture to maximize flexibility and scalability, providing economical system reconfiguration and upgrade paths for our customers.
