FireFly in Action Version 2.0 System Moffat County, Colorado USA Web-based Slideshow August 5, 2008
Background Version 1.0 of FireFly was field trialed by BP and Apache in late 2006 / early 2007. Based on learnings from these field trials, significant refinements have been made to a number of ecosystem components notably the…
A Word from Our Lawyers Forward Looking Statement Todays presentation may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include…
Durham Ranch Area Moffat County, Northwestern Colorado Satellite image courtesy of Google Earth [4]
Durham Ranch Area A Closer View The Durham Ranch seismic survey comprises a 31 square mile area about 40 miles west of Steamboat. The Durham Ranch area has varying topography, ranging from irrigated farmland to exposed cliffs to…
Survey Parameters Densely Sampled, Full-wave Data Program FireFly Version 2.0 with 6,100 full-wave VectorSeis sensors Connex command & control software from IONs Concept Systems group 10,597 receiver points (comprising 327 line…
Varying Topography Irrigated Farmland A Geokinetics crew is visible in the far background (center of photo) deploying FireFly Field Station Units (FSUs) on an irrigated alfalfa patch. The survey extends up the cliff in the…
Varying Topography Environmentally Sensitive Lands Both private ranchers and the BLM are dedicated to conducting seismic operations with minimal environmental disturbance in this wild area. The BLM has strict guidelines in place…
Varying Topography Rugged Exposed Cliffs Upper Left: Crew has navigated to the receiver point using the NavTool (left) and is now drilling the hole for the VectorSeis sensor (middle). Once the sensor is in place, the FSU (right)…
Varying Topography High Mountain Meadows with Livestock Upper Left: An FSU and VectorSeis along the road, seemingly having no effect on the native residents Lower Right: One of the helicopter drop-points for the bags containing…
Varying Topography Producing Oil Wells on the Survey Grid The Durham Ranch area contains a number of oil wells that average between 50-100 barrels per day. However, multiple dry holes have also been drilled since the field was…
The Reservoir Target Fractured Carbonates in the Niobrara Formation An outcrop of the upper portion of the target Niobrara reservoir alongside the Green Mountain Reservoir, just north of Silverthorne, CO. In the bottom photo, one…
Cretaceous Seaway Western Interior Covered by a Shallow Sea The Niobrara was deposited in Cretaceous times in the Western Interior Seaway, a shallow body of water that extended from the Gulf of Mexico, up through the Permian Basin…
Back to Modern Times The Timeline for the Durham Ranch FireFly Survey FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP Like many seismic surveys, the Durham Ranch project is time pressured. The Permitting area is renowned for hunting, with the season…
The Technologies Making it Possible Stakeless Drilling (Energy Source Deployment) Upper Left: Two crews are drilling shot holes for the dynamite energy source being used at Durham Ranch. In traditional seismic surveys, an advance…
The Technologies Making it Possible Connex Command & Control Software One of the many screen views made possible by Connex showing source and receiver locations in a portion of the survey area, along with roads, waterways, and…
The Technologies Making it Possible Stakeless Deployment (VectorSeis and FSUs) One of the Geokinetics deployment crews at work. Similar to the method of source deployment, the traditional method of deploying sensors relies on…
The Technologies Making it Possible Staging Trailer for Power and Data Management The Staging Trailer enables multiple tasks in the acquisition operation. It provides the initial charge to the FireFly systems when they arrive in…
Completing the Picture Bags in Staging Area, Heading out for Deployment Although taken on two separate days, these photos give you a feel for how bags filled with FSUs and VectorSeis sensors get from the Staging Trailer area to…
Completing the Picture FireFly Recording Trailer Perched on a bluff roughly 1,000 feet above the valley floor, the Recording Trailer acts as the command & control center once shooting operations begin. The Recording Trailer is…
Completing the Picture Rogue Bear Demonstrating that we are operating in a pristine, wildlife-rich environment on the Durham Ranch project, the film crew ran into this fellow. He is obviously undeterred by the acquisition…
Program Summary Durham Ranch FireFly Project Acquisition Approach: Deploy FireFly Version 2.0 in a full-scale, full-scope commercial program managed by ION 6000+ FireFly Field Station Units and VectorSeis sensors Concept Systems…
The Credits Executive Producers Directors (aka On a Boondoggle in Steamboat) (aka Did All the Real Work) A Special Thanks to Our Primary Survey Underwriter and Our Field Service Providers [ 23 ]
Coming at SEG Premiering 10-November 2008 in Las Vegas RETURNS A Field Operations Movie [ 24 ]
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