Norwegian energy company Equinor will boost its seismic monitoring at the Johan Sverdrup offshore oilfield after agreeing a deal to install a soundwave tracking instrument from Sonardyne. The Pressure Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) will be placed as deep as 120 m to measure pressure and the two-way travel-time of soundwaves to give real-time data on average water velocity and tidal variation. “SONARDNEY’S technology is an important part in our efforts to improve safety for oil production operations around the world,” said Leif Larsen, CEO of Equinor.
Norwegian energy company Equinor will boost its seismic monitoring at the Johan Sverdrup offshore oilfield after agreeing a deal to install a soundwave tracking instrument from Sonardyne. The Pressure Inverted Echo Sounder (PIES) will be placed as deep as 120 m to measure pressure and the two-way travel-time of soundwaves to give real-time data on average water velocity and tidal variation. In conjunction with seafloor-based permanent reservoir monitoring devices, the PIES improves predictive analytics through time-lapse seismic information, representing only the second time the technology has been hardwired into topside power and communication infrastructure.