Only USSI’s all-optical seismic sensor systems meet the demanding performance, cost and reliability requirements of permanent 4D oilfield monitoring. Designed to replace the expensive, failure-prone legacy magnet and coil geophone sensors used for oilfield exploration and production the last 50 years, the USSI fiber optic geophone provides superior precision in every key category: sensitivity, noise floor, distortion, bandwidth, and dynamic range- all a lower cost. All electronics can be separated from the light-powered sensor and its hostile sensing environment, whether downhole, buried, or at the ocean bottom. Preamplifiers, filters, ADC, and multiplexing electronics can then reside in a benign, easily accessible, and controlled environment. Our geophone can reduce the cost of the permanently-installed equipment by a factor of 15-20, making it a true game changer for the 4D seismic market.
