Apparatus and method for collecting geophysical information

US8830790B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Octio Geophysical AS · NO

Inventors

• Allen J. Bishop · Glen Mills, US
• Leon Lovheim · Bergen, NO
• Magne Oldervoll · Os, NO
• Samuel K. Ingram · Brookshire, US
• Stephen Tom D. Gray · Kleppestø, NO

Key dates

• Filing date: May 16, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 9, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 23, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01V1/38
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus for collecting geophysical information may include a geophysical information station disposed along a seismic communication cable. A bypass circuit responsive to a command signal is in communication with a switching circuit that is operable to route electrical power, commands, data or a combination to bypass the geophysical information station in response to the command signal. An exemplary method for bypassing a geophysical information station in a geophysical information collection system includes sending a command signal to a bypass circuit and activating one or more switching circuits using the bypass circuit to route electrical power, commands, data or a combination to bypass the geophysical information station in response to the command signal.