Millimeter Scale Logging Systems / Wellbore logging using AEC microsensors

Modern energy operations need precise, real-time data from tough subsurface environments. Traditional tools often fall short due to size and power demands. Millimeter-scale sensors offer a breakthrough—compact, efficient systems that capture critical pressure and temperature data with integrated memory and rechargeable batteries. Ongoing work on high-temperature solid-state batteries and 5mm designs aims to push performance, size, and flexibility even further.

Some key benefits include:

• Lower Costs: Fewer resources are needed to deploy and retrieve the tools.
• Access Hard-to-Reach Areas: Small size means the sensors can be used where larger tools cannot go.
• Future-Ready: These systems could be the building blocks for more advanced, networked subsurface monitoring tools