Total and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) have joined forces to develop an automated seismic sensor system that deploys drones and an autonomous ground vehicle to deliver and retrieve sensors. The system, aimed at cutting costs, will use Total’s Multiphysics Exploration Technology Integrated System in Abu Dhabi following trials in Papua New Guinea. ADNOC Onshore will test the system in 36 sq of desert by dropping the sensors from drones. An autonomous ground vehicle will collect them. ADNOC said the aim was to develop a safer, faster and cost-effective way of sourcing 3D and 4D subsurface images.
Total and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) have joined forces to develop an automated seismic sensor system that deploys drones and an autonomous ground vehicle to deliver and retrieve sensors. The system, aimed at cutting costs, will use Total’s Multiphysics Exploration Technology Integrated System in Abu Dhabi following trials in Papua New Guinea. ADNOC Onshore will test the system in 36 sq km of desert by dropping the sensors from drones. An autonomous ground vehicle will collect them. ADNOC said the aim was to develop a safer, faster and cost-effective way of sourcing 3D and 4D subsurface images.