FireFly - Cableless Seismic Acquisition System

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Hart's Award

jpg FireFly Receives Hart's Meritorious Award for Exploration Innovation

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FireFly in Action

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Mexico Deployment

Durham Ranch

Apache Survey

FireFly Workflow at Wamsutter

ION is changing the game in seismic imaging with the introduction of FireFly, the world's first cableless system for full-wave land acquisition. FireFly is purpose-designed to deliver key benefits to both E&P companies and seismic acquisition contractors.

Press Releases

July 21, 2009
ION Provides Update on FireFly Deployment in East Texas. Read the Press Release.

May 5, 2009
ION Deploying FireFly to Mexico. Read the Press Release.

April 23, 2009
FireFly Receives 2009 Meritorious Award for Engineering Innovation. Read the News Alert.

April 16, 2009
FireFly Deployed to East Texas on Behalf of BP. Read the Press Release.

January 16, 2009
ION Delivers Initial Commercial Version of FireFly Land Seismic System. Read the Press Release.

August 28, 2008
ION Completes Multi-client Acquistion Project Using FireFly. Read the Press Release.

FireFly in East Texas

Articles

Anisotropic Velocities and Offset Vector Tile Prestack-migration Processing of Northwest Colorado (PDF)

Wireless System Images Complex Shale (PDF)

FireFly Cableless Land Acquisition System Provides Greater Efficiency, Less HSE Risk (article)

FireFly Goes Commercial (PDF)

Technology Shaking up Land Seismic (PDF)

Another Look at Full-wave Seismic (PDF)

Evolution of FireFly (PDF)

FireFly at Wamsutter (PDF)

Unlocking the Potential of Challenging Gas Reservoirs (PDF)

Seismic Without Cables (PDF)

Why FireFly Can Deliver Key Benefits (PDF)

Commercial Collaboration Accelerates Technology Adoption (PDF)

FireFly Takes the Field (PDF)

Future of Land Seismic (PDF)

Converging Technologies Drive Land Seismic Revolution (PDF)

Moving Towards Full-sampling in Land 3D acquisition (PDF)

Resources

FireFly Deployment Highlights from the Haynesville Shale (narrated PPT)

Watch the movie
"FireFly Returns" (video)

Slideshow - FireFly Takes the Field in Colorado (slideshow)

Case study - Addressing Land Acquisition Challenges in Rugged Terrain and Complex Geology (PDF)

Case study - Optimizing Well Productivity via Full-wave Imaging (PDF)

Learn more about how BP is recovering tight gas from unconventional reservoirs (visit BP's website)

Download the FireFly overview (PDF)

View the FireFly Ecosystem (PDF)

Offset Vector Tiling (video)