To store sensor devices in a sensor storage system, the sensor devices are hanged on hangers in the sensor storage system. The sensor devices are transported through stations of the sensor storage system.

A geophysical sensor deployment sleeve includes an electrically non-conductive fiber woven into a shape of a tube open at one end and closed at the other end. The fiber has a tensile strength such that upward force applied to the open end of the tube is capable of removal of a sensor or sensor recording node disposed in the tube in a hole below a ground surface irrespective of consolidated materials infiltrating and/or covering the tube below ground level.

A drone geophone installation arrangement comprising a drone configured to transport a geophone, and an anchor arrangement configured to selectively and releasably anchor the drone to a surface. Also included is a geophone implantation assembly configured to implant the geophone into the surface, the implantation assembly comprising i) a geophone receptacle configured to releasably receive the geophone, ii) a translation carriage configured to urge the geophone receptacle into the surface, and iii) a pulsator configured to apply at least one implantation pulse to the geophone receptacle to facilitate implantation of the geophone into the surface while the drone is anchored thereto. An associated geophone installation method is also described.

A nodal seismic unit for acquiring seismic information includes an enclosure, a GPS receiver disposed in the enclosure; a motion sensor disposed in the enclosure; a LPWAN radio transceiver disposed in the enclosure; and a control unit disposed in the enclosure. The control unit is configured to transmit an unplanned movement signal to a remote operator using the LPWAN radio transceiver if the control unit receives a signal from the motion sensor indicative of an acceleration greater than a preset level. Additionally, the control unit may be configured to change an operating state of the nodal seismic unit in response to detecting a predetermined pattern of motion using the motion sensor.

A method that is usable with a well includes deploying microelectromechanical system (MEMS)-based seismic receivers in the well and using the MEMS-based receivers to acquire data indicative of seismic energy.

Embodiments included herein are directed towards a marine seismic streamer. The seismic streamer may include an outer skin formed in a longitudinally extending tubular shape, an inner surface of the outer skin defining an internal volume containing a gel substance. The seismic streamer may also include a plurality of micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) sensors and a plurality of hydrophones associated with the outer skin, wherein the plurality of MEMS sensors are spaced non-uniformly in the seismic streamer along an axial direction of the streamer, such that not more than 100 MEMS sensors are located in the seismic streamer over a continuous 100 meter axial length of seismic streamer. The seismic streamer may further include an electronics system extending axially through an inside portion of the outer skin and a strength member core extending axially through an inside portion of the outer skin.

Embodiments included herein are directed towards a marine seismic streamer. The seismic streamer may include an outer skin formed in a longitudinally extending tubular shape, an inner surface of the outer skin defining an internal volume containing a gel substance. The seismic streamer may also include a plurality of micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) sensors and a plurality of hydrophones associated with the outer skin, wherein the plurality of MEMS sensors are spaced non-uniformly in the seismic streamer along an axial direction of the streamer, such that not more than 100 MEMS sensors are located in the seismic streamer over a continuous 100 meter axial length of seismic streamer. The seismic streamer may further include an electronics system extending axially through an inside portion of the outer skin and a strength member core extending axially through an inside portion of the outer skin.

A sensor device includes an elongated housing containing particle motion sensors spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of the elongated housing, where the elongated housing has a length that is greater than a width of the elongated housing. A second portion includes communication circuitry to communicate over a communication medium, the second portion coupled to the elongated housing and having a width that is greater than the width of the elongated housing.

A seismic drone, a system including a plurality of seismic drones and a base station, and a method of use of the system is disclosed. The seismic drone includes a positioning device, surveillance system, telecommunications transceiver, electronic control system (including a microprocessor), adaptable landing gear, a seismic receiver deployment system, and a seismic data recording system. The seismic drone is capable of take-off, flight to a target location (or locations), landing at the target location, deploying a seismic receiver, and sending data back to a base station or master drone.

The method comprises providing at least one seismic source in a seismic source area and providing a plurality of seismic receivers in said seismic source area, said method comprising measuring a first type of ground vibrations induced in a subsurface of the area of interest by the at least one seismic source with the plurality of seismic receivers. The method further comprises measuring with the plurality of seismic receivers at least one second type of ground vibrations induced by a mechanical source different from the or from each seismic source and analyzing the second type of ground vibrations to determine at least one information among: a physical parameter of the subsurface and/or, a presence of human and/or an animal and/or a vehicle.