Patent ID: 8687460

Claim:
A method for conducting a borehole seismic survey with one or more seismic receivers deployed in a borehole using a first seismic survey system and a second remote seismic survey system, comprising: providing a first satellite receiver at the first seismic survey system and a second satellite receiver at the second remote seismic survey system; receiving a universal time signal by each of the first and second satellite receivers; choosing a unique time break based on the universal time signal; communicating the unique time break to an acquisition control system of the first seismic survey system and a source control system of the second remote seismic survey system; and synchronizing source firing of the second remote seismic survey system with the recording of seismic data from the one or more receivers deployed in the borehole at the time break based on the universal time signal, wherein the second remote seismic survey system comprises: a first seismic source; a second seismic source spaced vertically from the first seismic source; and a first seismic sensor at the second seismic source; and wherein the source control system is operatively connected to the first and second seismic sources and the first seismic sensor and programmed to fire the first seismic source and dynamically adjust a firing time of the second seismic source based on feedback from the first seismic sensor in a single sequence of firing.