Patent ID: 8061470

Claim:
A method for deploying at least one seismic device into a borehole, the method comprising: winding a cable comprising a plurality of inter-connectable segments onto a rotatable drum; unwinding the cable from the rotatable drum and directing the cable to the borehole; at a predetermined point, disconnecting a cable segment from the cable before the cable segment descends into the borehole; attaching an ellipsoid seismic device between the detached cable segment and an adjacent cable segment; and pulling the cable taunt within a borehole casing by attaching a distal end of the cable within the borehole casing such that the distal end of the cable is fixed with respect to the borehole casing and pulling up on the cable within the borehole while the cable is fixed with respect to the borehole casing to move the ellipsoid seismic device into secure contact with the borehole casing.