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US 2016/0097872 A1Published application
Floodable Optical Apparatus, Methods and Systems
AssigneePGS Geophysical AS
InventorsRobert Alexis Peregrin Fernihough, Jeremy Crane Smith
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Abstract
According to one example, a floodable sensor station is coupled to an optical cable. The optical cable may be floodable. The floodable sensor station may connect floodable optical cables as part of a permanent reservoir monitoring system. The floodable optical cable may house a plurality of floodable optical fiber conduits. The floodable sensor station may be pressure-balanced with its surrounding environment in high-pressure marine depths of 1500 meters or more.
Claims29
A system, comprising:
- an optical cable with optical fiber conduits;
- and
- a floodable sensor station coupled to the optical cable.
A system, comprising:
- an optical cable, the optical cable housing a plurality of optical fiber conduits;
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- a floodable sensor station coupled to the optical cable, wherein the floodable sensor station comprises:
- an optical seismic sensor package;
- an optical telemetry block;
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- a splice management tray to facilitate splicing of optical fibers in the floodable sensor station that couple the optical cable, the optical seismic sensor package, and the optical telemetry block.
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A method, comprising:
- detecting seismic signals in a body of water with an optical seismic sensor package housed in a floodable sensor station, the floodable sensor station having an interior in fluid communication with the body of water;
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- communicating detected seismic signals from the optical seismic sensor package along an optical cable coupled to the floodable sensor station.
A method, comprising:
- assembling a floodable sensor station, wherein assembling the floodable sensor station comprises:
- assembling an optical seismic sensor package;
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- coupling an optical telemetry block to the optical seismic sensor package;
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- coupling an optical cable to the floodable sensor station.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.