INOVA Geophysical

Broadband Solutions for Land Seismic Operations

Broadband Solutions for Land Seismic Operations
UniVib

• UNIVIB™ (PLS-326) is our newest vibrator

• Small footprint with light environmental impact
and high maneuverability
• Flexible options for vehicle and hold down
weight (up to 26,000lb)
• More powerful drive system than any other
small vibe in the market
• Broadband frequency range, 1Hz to 475 Hz

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UniVib in Canadian Arctic conditions

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UniVib in rural Germany

Pictures courtesy of DMT

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UniVib in Middle East sabkha

• UniVib operations in ME
sabkha
• Lightweight with small
footprint and Broadband
performance

Pictures courtesy of PDO

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UniVib fleet operations

Pictures courtesy of Geokinetics

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UniVib in streets of Mexico City

Pictures courtesy of Comesa

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UniVib testing in wet conditions

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UniVib in Ugandan National Park

Picture courtesy of TOTAL

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Geophysical Benefits
Geophysical benefits

• Low frequencies.
• High frequencies.
• Force energy penetration.
• True source wavelet.
• Source signature consistency.

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UNIVIB’s PLS-326

Pre-Loaded Stilt
• Reduces Distortion
• Increases Reliability

Accumulator Manifold
• 2 x 1 Gallon Bladder Type
• Reduces hydraulic ripples
• Prevents cavitation
• Increases Bandwidth
• Same as AHV-IV Commander

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UNIVIB’s PLS-326

PLS-326 Baseplate
• 6 airbags for stability
• 1.02 m² area for low ground
pressure
• Stiffened BP for broad
bandwidth
• Uses technology from AHV-
IV Commander (Patent #
US8,061,471B2)

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Geophysical benefits – Low frequencies

• A low frequency sweep from 1.5 Hz to 86 Hz

in 9 seconds was run the UniVib vibrator.
• Through low frequency sweep design, we
could extend the vibrator bandwidth
towards very low frequencies.

(a) The pilot sweep or true reference.

(b) The vibrator ground force.
(c) The amplitude spectrum of the vibrator
ground force.

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Geophysical benefits – Low frequencies

 (a) Comparison of Maximum

theoretical forces at low
frequencies (4 to 12 Hz).

 (b) Comparison of Measured

Maximum fundamental forces at
low frequencies (4 to 12 Hz).

Note: Because Envirovibe cannot

stably shake below 4 Hz, the
comparison shown here is at 4 Hz
and above.

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Geophysical benefits – High frequencies

Figure 1 – The vibrator was run using a linear Figure 2 – The vibrator was run using a linear
sweep from 1 Hz to 300 Hz, 12 s at 10500 lbf sweep from 1 Hz to 400 Hz, 12 s at 10500 lbf
(46.7 kN) (46.7 kN)

• The vibrator can shakes stably up to 400 Hz with good

amplitude and phase performance.

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Geophysical benefits – Force energy penetration

• The vibrator force

was set at 4800 lbf
(21.3 kN).
• Ten 10-Hz
geophones were
placed in a
borehole from a
depth of 229 m
down to 297 m at
7.6 m interval.
• With the small
amount of force
(4800 lbf or 21.3
kN), the force
energy can reach
down to 275
meters in a wide
frequency range of
400 Hz.

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Geophysical benefits – True source wavelet

• The vibrator force

was set at 10400
lbf (46.3 kN).
• The vibrator was
placed on load
cells so that the
true vibrator
ground force can
be measured.
• The vibrator can
produce the true
source wavelet in
the frequency
range of 200 Hz.

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Geophysical benefits – Source signature consistency

• The vibrator was

run using a linear
sweep from 6 Hz to
400 Hz in 20s at
4800 lbf (21.3 kN).
• The vibrator
repeated for 20
times at the same
location.
• A geophone at the
depth of 900 ft (267
m) was used to
evaluate the
vibroseis source
signature
consistency.
• The vibrator is
very consistent in
the entire
frequency range
(400 Hz), very solid
below 250 Hz.

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Geophysical benefits – Source signature consistency

• The vibrator was

run using a linear
sweep from 6 Hz to
400 Hz in 20s at
4800 lbf (21.3 kN).
• The vibrator was
run at 3 different
locations.
• A geophone at the
depth of 900 ft (267
m) was used to
evaluate the
vibroseis source
signature
consistency.
• The vibrator is
very repeatable in
the entire sweep
frequency range
(400 Hz).

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Data example

• A image of a portion of
the South Georgia Rift
Basin.
• 2 UniVibs operated by
Vib Pro controllers were
used to run a linear
sweep from 6-76 Hz in
8s at 70% force level.
• The sub-structure at
3500 ms (approximately
10,000 ft) can be seen.

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Geophysical benefits

Summary:
• With low frequency sweeps the vibrator can reach to very low
frequencies (1.5 Hz).
• The vibrator can stably sweep up to 400 Hz.
• The vibrator offers strong force-energy penetration even though its
size is small. With only 5000-lbf force the fundamental energy can
detected at the depth of 900 feet (267 meters).
• The vibrator can offer precise source wavelet up to 200 Hz.
• The vibrator keeps a good source signature consistency up to 400 Hz.

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