APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT

• US 20150085604A1
• Filed: 09/22/2014
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ubiterra Corporation
• Original Assignee: Ubiterra Corporation
• Inventors: Flanagan, Peter W.
• Application Number:
  US14/493,145
• Publication Number:
  US 20150085604A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 367/14
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/003 Seismic data acquisition in general, e.g. survey design G01V1/3808, G01V1/42 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/22 Transmitting seismic signals to recording or processing apparatus

Abstract

Implementations described and claimed herein provide apparatuses, systems, and methods for real-time seismic data acquisition management. In one implementation, seismic data captured using one or more monitoring devices at a remote seismic exploration project site is received. A seismic field record is detected in the captured seismic data automatically using at least one processor, and a network connection with a cloud storage array is established. The detected seismic field record is automatically sent to the cloud computing array over the network connection.

Claims

1. A method of managing seismic exploration data acquisition comprising:

receiving seismic data captured using one or more monitoring devices at a remote seismic exploration project site;

detecting a seismic field record in the captured seismic data automatically using at least one processor;

establishing a network connection with a cloud storage array; and

sending the detected seismic field record automatically to the cloud computing array over the network connection.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the network connection includes a satellite connection.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more monitoring devices includes a geophone.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the seismic field record includes monitoring a files system directory to which the captured seismic data is written.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the detected seismic field record is automatically sent to the cloud computing array by uploading the detected seismic field record to the satellite and downloading the detected seismic field record to the cloud computing array.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the seismic data includes field condition data and ancillary data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more monitoring devices includes a weather monitoring device configured to capture weather conditions at the remote seismic exploration site.

8. A seismic exploration data acquisition management system comprising:

an acquisition system having at least one processor configured to automatically detect a seismic field record in seismic data captured using one or more monitoring devices at a remote seismic exploration project site and to automatically upload the seismic field record to a satellite upon detection; and

a cloud storage array configured to automatically download the seismic field record from the satellite and to automatically process the seismic field record for inclusion in a seismic field stack.

9. The seismic exploration data acquisition management system of claim 8, wherein the seismic field record is automatically processed by associating the seismic field record with one or more existing seismic field records stored in the cloud storage array and stacking the seismic field record with the one or more existing seismic field records to create the seismic field stack.

10. The seismic exploration data acquisition management system of claim 8, wherein the seismic field record is automatically processed by performing a quality control of the seismic field record.

11. The seismic exploration data acquisition management system of claim 10, wherein the quality control includes analyzing the seismic field record for noise by generating a signal to noise ratio and comparing the signal to noise ratio to a threshold.

12. The seismic exploration data acquisition management system of claim 10, wherein a notification is generated using at least one processor and sent to the acquisition system where the signal to noise ratio exceeds the threshold.