Apache to deploy cableless land seismic system
Posted: 15 May 2006
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Apache Corporation, a leading independent oil and gas producer, will deploy and test Input/Output’s (I/O) FireFly seismic acquisition system on its key E&P assets around the world.
Apache joins BP in becoming a launch partner for a multi-year field trial of a 10,000 station, cableless land imaging system.
Mike Bahorich, Executive Vice President of E&P Technology at Apache said: “Since we announced our full-wave technology acceleration alliance with I/O in 2003, Apache has been using full-wave technology on several strategic assets around the world.
“FireFly is a natural progression to obtaining higher resolution seismic images, since the system supports the cost-effective recording of full-wave data with far greater sampling density than other land seismic technologies. We are excited to be working with I/O to v alidate the gains in image qu ality and productivity that we anticipate from using a cableless recording system.
Announced at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists annual meeting in November 2005, FireFly is the latest full-wave recording platform in the I/O portfolio. FireFly combines wireless communication, data storage, and power technologies that operate without cables.
With its cableless architecture, FireFly offers dramatic improvements in system weight, operational productivity, and health, safety, and environmental performance.
Jim Hollis, VP of New Ventures FireFly, I/O commented, “Apache is increasingly known as one of the thought-leaders in developing and adopting innovative exploration and production technologies. The FireFly agreement extends our close collaboration with them in the area of seismic technology.”
Over the next several months, Apache and I/O willfin alise the imaging programme for Apache’s first deployment of FireFly, currently planned for the first quarter of 2007.
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