Abstract: A connecting module for connecting seismic equipment towed in water, includes a housing having first and second ends opposite to each other, a removable connecting part removably attached to the first end of the housing, an integral connecting part integrally made with the housing at the second end, the integral connecting part having a bore, and one or more pins configured to enter from an outside of the integral connecting part into the bore. An end of the one or more pins has a conical surface that is configured to transfer a radial force FR applied to the one or more pins, as a longitudinal force FL to an electrical insert to be placed in the bore.

Abstract: A communication system includes a node configured to collect ambient data with a sensor, and a docking station configured to couple to the node and to establish a communication path with the node through only one signal along one or two wires. The node includes a first module configured to use a first data communication protocol for receiving commands from the docking station along the communication path, and a second module configured to use a second data communication protocol for sending the ambient data to the docking station along the communication path. The first data communication protocol is different from the second data communication protocol, the first data communication protocol is asynchronous and the second data communication protocol is a modified synchronous protocol.

Abstract: A cloud-based, time-limited, confidentiality-rated data management system for survey ancillary data associated with acquisition of seismic data during at least one seismic survey. The system includes a database module configured to store in a first region the survey ancillary data, a data application configured to interact with the database module and upload or download the survey ancillary data, a time module configured to count a lifetime associated with the survey ancillary data, and an erase module configured to erase the survey ancillary data from the database module at the end of the lifetime counted by the time module. The lifetime of the survey ancillary data is shorter than a duration of the seismic survey.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring the physical state of a longitudinal element (IO) of a railway-type rail, the method having a step of detecting mechanical waves moving along the longitudinal element (IO), in particular due to the passing of a train, by means of an array of mechanical wave sensors placed along and in contact with the longitudinal element, the array having at least one first pair (A) of sensors each positioned at one end of a first portion (IOa) of the longitudinal element (IO), and a step of processing the signals emitted by the sensors in the array of sensors, the processing step having the determination of at least one first interfered signal determined from signals provided by the sensors in the first pair (A) of sensors over a first predetermined period of time.

Abstract: A mobile docking device is configured to receive seismic acquisition units. The mobile docking device includes a container having a front opening, a docking module located within the container, the docking module having plural docking bays, each docking bay being configured to receive one of the seismic acquisition units through the front opening, a removable front wall configured to be attached to the container to cover the front opening to secure the seismic acquisition units, and handles attached to the container. The removable front wall biases the seismic acquisition units to maintain a direct electrical connection between tubular pins of the plural docking bays and pins of the seismic acquisition units during transport of the mobile docking device.

Abstract: The method for estimating the drift over time of a physical operating parameter of a clock for dating seismic data samples associated with a seismic data collection node involves measuring (10) at least one quantity associated with the clock, at predetermined instants or during predetermined time periods, and applying (12), to this quantity, a predetermined non-linear law of variation of this quantity that depends on the values collected during the measurement step (10), so as to obtain an estimation of the drift over time of the physical operating parameter.

Abstract: A method for automatically propagating a voltage along a marine seismic streamer, the method including detecting, at an ith concentrator of the streamer, a first voltage applied at a first high-voltage rail HV1; detecting, at the ith concentrator of the streamer, a second voltage applied at a second high-voltage rail HV2, the first and second high-voltage rails extend over the entire streamer; checking a predetermined condition at a first local controller of the ith concentrator; and closing a first switch SW1, which propagates the first high-voltage rail HV1, when the predetermined condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A seismic source using tuned pulse sources to form an ultra-low frequency (ULF) cluster intended for use in generating seismic energy impulses for marine seismic exploration and more specifically to improved performance by increasing low frequency output to within a range of 1 Hz to 3 Hz to provide greater penetration of the seismic signal through complex overburden such as salt or basalt.

Abstract: In order to monitor the subsoil of the earth under a target zone, seismic waves coming from an identified mobile noise source are recorded by means of at least one pair of sensors disposed on either side of the target zone, time periods are selected corresponding to the alignments of the pairs of sensors with the noise source, a seismogram of the target zone is reconstructed by interferometry based on the recorded seismic waves and on the selected time periods and an image of the subsoil of the target zone is generated using the seismogram.

Abstract: A seismic source for generating seismic waves under water includes an operating head having an operating chamber, a cushion chamber, and discharge ports, a firing chamber attached to the operating head, the firing chamber configured to hold compressed air to be discharged through the discharge ports, and a shuttle assembly having a shaft located within the operating head and configured to prevent the compressed air in the firing chamber to enter the discharge ports when in a close state, and to allow the compressed air in the firing chamber to be discharged through the discharge ports when in an open state. The shaft of the shuttle assembly which extends in both the operating chamber and the cushion chamber, has a channel having a varying depth.

Abstract: A method for configuring a multi-source and a hexa-source for acquiring first and second seismic datasets of a subsurface. The method includes selecting a number n of source arrays to create the multi-source; selecting a number m of sub-arrays for each source array, each sub-array having a plurality of source elements; imposing a distance D between any two adjacent source arrays of the multi-source; calculating a distance d between any two adjacent sub-arrays of a same source array so that bins associated with the first and second seismic datasets are interleaved; selecting source elements from at least six different sub-arrays of the n source arrays to create the hexa-source; and firing the multi-source to acquire the first dataset, and firing the hexa-source to acquire the second dataset.

Abstract: A method for verticalizing recorded seismic data, the method including recording first data with a particle motion sensor, wherein the particle motion sensor is located on a streamer, and the particle motion sensor is configured to be insensitive to a direct current, recording second data with a gravity motion sensor, wherein the gravity motion sensor is also located on the stream, and the gravity motion sensor is configured to be sensitive to the direct current and temporally synchronous to the particle motion sensor, selecting a cost function that associates corresponding values of the first data and the second data, determining a misalignment angle from maximizing the cost function, wherein the misalignment angle describes a misalignment between corresponding axes of the particle motion sensor and the gravity motion sensor, and correcting seismic data recorded by the particle motion sensor based on the misalignment angle so that the corrected seismic data is verticalized with regard to gravity.

Abstract: An air gun for generating seismic waves in a marine environment includes a cylindrical body configured to hold compressed air and having plural air ports for releasing the compressed air from inside the cylindrical body, the cylindrical body extending along a longitudinal axis X, and an extension member attached externally to the body and extending along a radial axis R, which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X. The extension member promotes ambient water flowing inside an air bubble generated when the compressed air is released outside the body.

Abstract: A method for seismic exploration of a subsurface formation with a seismic survey system includes directly receiving a message, at a first fleet of seismic sources, from a second fleet; storing the message at the first fleet; verifying one or more constraints related to the first and second fleets, at the first fleet; initiating a triggering sequence of the seismic sources of the first fleet, upon verification of the one or more constraints, with no input from a central unit of the seismic survey system; and performing a sweep based on the triggering sequence.

Abstract: A method for calculating a velocity vp(f, Topt) of a spatially aliased wave that propagates along a cable includes tensioning the cable, wherein plural sensors are distributed along the cable; measuring with the plural sensors a parameter that is associated with vibrations that propagate along the cable; calculating a phase velocity vp(f) of the spatially aliased wave that propagates along the cable, as a function of a time frequency fin a spatial-temporal frequency domain FK; calculating a model-based velocity vp(f, T) of the spatially aliased wave as a function of the time frequency f and a tension T in the cable; and calculating the velocity vp(f, Topt) of the spatially aliased wave using a model-guided regression, which is based on the phase velocity vp(f) and the model-based velocity vp(f, T). The velocity vp(f, Topt) is a function of the temporal frequency f.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for generating and collecting data with a view to determining the state of a structure (100). The system comprises a system (1) for acquiring vibration signals and a communication gateway system (2, 2?) configured to receive a signal (TL21, TL21rvl) from the gateway system (2, 2?), using a first protocol, and when the signal (TL21rvl) comprises a wake-up instruction, send the gateway system (2, 2?) an activity instruction request signal (TW12) using a second protocol, receive, from the gateway system (2, 2?), using the second protocol, an activity instruction signal (TW21) comprising an acquisition instruction, trigger a vibration signal acquisition operation and generate vibration data (Dvib) on the basis of the vibration signals acquired; and transmit, using the second protocol, the vibration data (Dvib) to the gateway system (2, 2?). The invention also relates to the acquisition system and to the corresponding gateway system, and to a corresponding method.

Abstract: A vibratory source for generating seismic signals includes a baseplate, and a lift and hydraulic actuator system configured to actuate the baseplate to impart seismic waves into the ground. The baseplate includes plural individual plates for contacting the ground.

Abstract: A seismic vibrator is configured to operate close to resonance for range of actuating frequencies. The vibrator has a baseplate, a reaction mass coupled to the baseplate via an elastic coupling mechanism and an actuator configured to displace the reaction mass with an actuating frequency. The vibrator also has a frequency-adjusting system configured to adjust a natural frequency of the elastic coupling mechanism and the reaction mass, to track the actuating frequency so that to achieve resonance.

Abstract: A multi-function acquisition device comprising a connector having two connection terminals, and an electronic circuit that comprises an acquisition circuit configured for enabling the digital conversion of analogic signals from a sensor, and the memorization of the digitized signals in a memory; a harvesting circuit configured for enabling the transmission of data stored in the memory to a harvesting device; a charging circuit configured for enabling the charging of a battery with the power provided by a powering device. A control unit controls the activation of the acquisition circuit, the activation of the harvesting circuit, and the activation of the charging circuit.

Abstract: A seismic source using tuned pulse sources to form an ultra-low frequency (ULF) cluster intended for use in generating seismic energy impulses for marine seismic exploration and more specifically to improved performance by increasing low frequency output to within a range of 1 Hz to 3 Hz to provide greater penetration of the seismic signal through complex overburden such as salt or basalt.