http://www.seismictalk.com News and views, rants and raves from the seismic industry Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:16:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.seismictalk.com/new-sensor-supports-oil-exploration http://www.seismictalk.com/new-sensor-supports-oil-exploration#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:00:48 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/new-sensor-supports-oil-exploration Sensor Systems claim to have made a the first advancement in almost 50 years in seismic sensors. The new device, an all-optical, fiber-optic omnidirectional geophone, requires no in-situ electronics, copper conductors, or electrical power. It incorporates a self-contained optical interrogation unit (using an optical time division multiplexing methodology) with integrated laser sources; all of the [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/new-sensor-supports-oil-exploration/feed 0