As Acoustic Data steps into 2025, we have been able to reflect on the remarkable journey that brought us here. Our story is one of resilience, innovation, and a relentless drive to transform ideas into groundbreaking solutions.

Thirteen years ago, a small team, fueled by ambition and operating on a shoestring budget, embarked on a mission to create a cost-effective technology that could revolutionise reservoir surveillance. This was long before the concept of the digital oilfield became the upstream industry buzzword it is today.

In just 18 months, we introduced our Generation-1 SonicGauge, a one-way (simplex) downhole gauge without repeaters deployed with artificial lift systems in new completions—a proof of concept that demonstrated what was possible. But innovation often reveals uncharted complexities. As the saying goes, "You don't know what you don't know".

It took another 12 years of unwavering perseverance to overcome those challenges (despite two oilfield crashes and COVID-19) and develop what is now our Generation 5 platform—a cutting-edge real-time subsurface telemetry system now being deployed in oilfields across the globe. This milestone would not have been possible without the diverse expertise and ingenuity of our personnel, consisting of talent drawn from around the world.

Key breakthroughs, such as our two-way (duplex) communications network with self-healing capabilities, have redefined how high-frequency downhole data is captured for production well testing while maintaining multi-year reservoir surveillance in high-flow oil and gas production and injection environments with significant and variable noise. These advancements lay the foundation for the next chapter in our journey.

And now, as we look to 2025, the best is yet to come. This wireless technology platform will give rise to several new systems designed to seamlessly integrate with leading OFS players, further advancing the digital oilfield ecosystem. Stay tuned—big things are on the horizon.

Photo: 2012 - Another Sunny Day in the South East of England