Q-Marine technology is the result of detailed analysis to identify the key sources of noise and error that impact seismic data quality and repeatability. Q-Marine technology has four main components.
Calibrated sources The signature of any air-gun source varies from shot-to-shot for a multitude of reasons, including gun dropouts and array movement; this variation reduces the accuracy and repeatability of seismic data. Q-Marine has an advanced digital source controller that provides a fully calibrated source signature derived for every shot utilizing the "notional source" method.
Q-Marine has a positioning system for the in-sea seismic equipment that uses a fully braced acoustic positioning network from the front to the tail of the streamers, independent of streamer length, bringing seismic positioning accuracy to a new level.