What are Seismic Vessels?
Seismic vessels are ships solely used for seismic surveys in the high seas and oceans. They are used to pinpoint and locate the best possible area for oil drilling in the middle of the oceans.
Companies engaged in the oil drilling process make use of such vessels so that they find the best possible subsea areas to drill oil.
Another major reason such seismic vessels are so important is that if oil drillers do not get the best subsea location to drill oil and gas, it could lead to dangerous and threatening consequences for the marine ecosystem. The use of seismologic vessels prevents such inadvertent mistakes.
Seismic Survey and Seismic Vessels
Seismic waves are the main components analysed in seismic surveys. The process involves a seismic detector that shoots seismic waves to a selected underwater point.
The time it takes for the waves to refract back to their origin point determines whether that particular subsea area is feasible for oil drilling.
A survey vessel helps monitor such seismic waves. It is the primary requirement for any shipping concern engaged in or planning to engage in oil and gas excavation from oceanic reservoirs.
A seismic vessel is fitted with technological gadgets like GPS, computers, nautical charts, and any other equipment that enhances the seismic survey process.
Such vessels are built very carefully and only in selected locations worldwide. Seismic vessels are more in demand today, considering the amount of subsea drilling being carried out. They are also known as research vessels because, in a way, they help research the oceans and seas.
Benefits of Seismic Vessels
Seismic vessels survey underwater seismology and study the geology of the oceans and seas. This includes the formation of rocks, oceanic trenches, and many other important details that could affect the lives of humans and marine creatures alike.
Thus, the main USP of seismic vessels lies in their ability to help not only scientists and researchers find relevant oil and gas but also prevent any other major catastrophes in the form of natural calamities from occurring.
A seismic vessel is one technological development that can enable more successes than failures in fields where losses are far more costly than wins. For this purpose alone, a survey vessel can be regarded as the pride of modern technological invention and initiation.
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Raunek Kantharia is a marine engineer turned maritime writer and entrepreneur. After a brief stint at the sea, he founded Marine Insight in 2010. Apart from managing Marine Insight, he also writes for a number of maritime magazines and websites.
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One of the shipyard got “SEISMIC VESSEL” started building in. KEEL LAID IN 2007 and ready to be shipped in 2012,
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Seismic surveys destroy marine life. They are greed built for greed. It is like driving through a pristine beautiful neighborhood and setting off dynamite charges across 1 kilometer by 5 miles deep. It is the worse kind of technology for dirty oil to continue to rape Earth for what? To build more of the same horrors? When will it be enough? When the seas are nearly dead? When your grandchildren are mutated to the point they can barely breathe or see? Every part of the dirty oil industry is about egos and wealth on the backs of stupid desperate others while murdering the innocent wonders of the oceans.
I have been offered to work on Research survey vessel. I am a 3rd engineer with Indian class 4 coc. I wanna know, will it make any positive or negative difference to future ahead in this shipping field . I have experience in offshore fleet only. Please advise me