Equipment/Software/Literature

May 7, 2007

Portable 3D seismic acquisition system

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The new Geode DZ is a 24 bit, portable 3D distributed seismic acquisition system that brings ease-of-use, economy, and GPS synchronized continuous monitoring to high resolution petroleum and research surveys.

Featuring 20 khz, 24-bit bandwidth (allows surveys in hard rock), and a modern, intuitive, and easy-to-use software interface, the system uses rugged, lightweight analog/digital and line tap modules that are connected by ethernet to a standard Windows computer. The overall result is faster, lower cost high resolution 3D surveys, the company says.

The DZ’s intuitive graphical software eases the transition to 3D surveys. User friendly linked modules include wizard-based OMNI Tools for quickly planning, modeling, and simulating all aspects of a survey, and this firm’s seismic acquisition suite of tools for efficient data collection, extensive QC testing (including state-of-the-art line and geophone testing), and graphically monitoring and controlling the features and operation of the DZ hardware.

The Geode DZ is backed by a 3 year parts and labor warranty. The architecture is backwards compatible with existing Geode hardware which can be simply incorporated into a new 3D system.

A variety of sources can be used, including environment friendly weight drops, vibrators, and pseudorandom (Mini-Sosie) sources as well as explosives.

Source: Geometrics Inc., 2190 Fortune Drive, San Jose, CA 95131.