Fibre Optic Sensor Arrays for Large Area Reservoir Monitoring

We describe a fire optic sensor technology, originally developed for seabed permanent reservoir monitoring, which offers high channel counts and the ability to monitor large area reservoirs at high spatial density. We discuss how the technology can be adapted for the specific requirements of land use, and describe a sensor package developed for this application. We explain how the flexible nature of the technical approach allows integration of acceleration, pressure and EM sensors into a common architecture. We also describe how the same approach allows large area surface and downhole arrays to be interrogated simultaneously,