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What do you think of this high density 2D shot gather? Explor recently acquired a 5 km 2D #seismic test line with a 2.5 metre receiver interval and a 2.5 metre source interval. All nodes were live for all source points. The receivers were 1C STRYDE nodes, and the source was an INOVA Geophysical AHV-IV PLS-364 vibrator operating Seismic Source Co Force 3 electronics, with a single linear sweep from 2 Hz to 110 Hz operating at a 65% drive level. Please share your thoughts. If you are a processor or an academic institution and you want to have a go at this #data, let us know. We will provide it to you at no cost on the condition that you agree to share your results, and we'll give participating companies and institutions full acknowledgement. #geophysics #geology #geoscience #highdensity #sampling #engineering #nearsurface #ccs #oilandgas #mining #research #collaboration #academia

Looking forward to sharing our #innovation journey and exchanging #ideas at our upcoming Technical Lunch with the GSH-Geophysical Society Of Houston on October 16, 2024. Please join us either in person or on line. Registration link below. #geophysics #geoscience #geology #engineering #seismic #data #dataacquisition #USA

Two Explor vibrators from our growing #seismic vibrator fleet at work in the frozen north. These INOVA Geophysical AHV-IV PLS-364 vibrators were built in 2016 for a WesternGeco contract in #saudiarabia, so we had to install some heaters and cold-weather adaptations, but they are working marvelously. WesternGeco clearly had a top-notch maintenance program. Usually we run single-vibrator, single sweep, autonomous, blended acquisition, but this test project called for two vibrators sweeping synchronously, so we linked our Seismic Source Universal Encoder 3 to the #DAS interrogator to enable real time viewing of the seismic data.

This past few days, Explor has been #testing the latest version of our unique LightSpeed impulsive #seismic source tool. We have repeatedly been able to acquire ~2,000 SPs in a 12-hour shift, making this the fastest onshore source tool. Lab testing shows that this latest version should yield broadband data, but the real laboratory is in the #field. In this case, we tested the latest version of the tool to the point of failure in #Arctic temperatures: -27F, with wind chill making it feel like -60F. We now know that we need to spend the extra money on highly specialized components to deal with the extreme stresses imposed by the combination of the very strong impulse and extreme cold. A key part of testing in this extreme environment is ensuring that we have the resources and procedures in place to keep everyone safe. Next up: testing in an extremely hot environment. #geoscience #geophysics #geology #engineering #HSE #operations #logistics #research #testing #weather

Picking up all these burrs during my walk out to inspect some #seismic receiver nodes today reminded me of the story my grandfather told me of how my distant cousin (George de Mestral) was inspired to #invent #Velcro. #Intellectualcuriosity fuels #innovation. Be live to the world around you. Who would have thought that a #natural evolutionary seed dispersion vector could #inspire the #invention of a new category of #textile? Where will you find your next #inspiration? Velcro Companies #engineering #ecology #biology #geoscience #awareness #curiosity #burrsarestillannoying #plants #seeds #southamerica