MicroSeismic

What MicroSeismic does

MicroSeismic, Inc. is a Houston, Texas-based geophysical services company founded in 2002 that provides real-time microseismic monitoring and passive seismic imaging for energy-sector subsurface operations. The company deploys surface-based sensor arrays and proprietary data processing algorithms to detect and analyze microseismic events generated during hydraulic fracturing, enabling completions teams, geologists, and geophysicists at oil and gas operators to make in-execution decisions about fracture geometry, structural hazards, and stress behavior. According to company-reported figures, MicroSeismic has monitored more than 2,400 wells and analyzed 57,000+ frac stages across 18 countries, with 16 years of real-time monitoring experience and 3M+ work hours without a lost time incident.

The company's product suite consists of FracRX® (real-time completions intelligence and frac-driven interaction monitoring for hydraulic fracturing), CO2 SeQure® (carbon capture and sequestration monitoring), MicroThermal Energy (enhanced geothermal system monitoring), KarstAlert® (sinkhole detection), PipeSentry (water and CO2 pipeline integrity monitoring), and Claros, a 2025-launched mobile real-time seismic client portal that replaces static PDF reporting with on-demand data access. Field data acquisition uses MicroSeismic's proprietary MicroStar® recording trucks and customized buried monitoring arrays, with analytical capabilities spanning automatic moment tensor inversion and real-time event reporting. The intellectual property portfolio comprises 49 patents covering passive seismic monitoring, microseismic analysis methods, and the registered solution trademarks.

Commercially, MicroSeismic runs a direct enterprise field sales motion targeting oil and gas operators and, increasingly, CCS, geothermal, and pipeline operators. Revenue streams include project-based managed monitoring services, recurring software revenue through the Claros portal, and R&D partnership funding including U.S. Department of Energy SBIR grants ($199,721 in December 2023 and a $1.2 million Phase II award in April 2025 for CO2 SeQure® deployment). Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company is privately held and founder-led by CEO Peter M. Duncan, with 251-500 employees concentrated at its Houston headquarters. Strategic alliances include a ShearFRAC partnership for combined completion intelligence and ongoing collaborative relationships with energy research institutions such as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Name

MicroSeismic

Legal name

MicroSeismic, Inc.

Website

https://microseismic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

MicroSeismic is a Houston-based geophysical services company that provides real-time microseismic monitoring and passive seismic imaging for oil and gas completions teams, with secondary applications in carbon capture, enhanced geothermal, and pipeline monitoring.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Monitoring Services: Real-time microseismic monitoring services for hydraulic fracturing, CCS, geothermal, and other subsurface operations. Services include customized monitoring array deployment, data acquisition, and real-time analysis.
2. Software and Data Analytics: Claros client portal providing on-demand access to monitoring data. Advanced analytics including event editing, fracture geometry analysis, and moment tensor inversion.
3. Technology Licensing and R&D Partnerships: Government-funded research partnerships such as DOE SBIR grants for developing specialized monitoring solutions for carbon capture and storage.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MicroSeismic provides real-time microseismic monitoring and passive seismic imaging services for hydraulic fracturing, carbon capture and storage, geothermal energy, sinkhole detection, and pipeline integrity applications. The company sells project-based monitoring services supported by proprietary field equipment, advanced subsurface data analytics, and the Claros client portal that delivers on-demand access to monitoring data for completions teams and energy operators.

Product overview

MicroSeismic offers a suite of real-time completions intelligence products centered on passive seismic monitoring technology. The core offerings include FracRx for hydraulic fracturing monitoring, CO2 SeQure for carbon capture and storage, MicroThermal Energy for geothermal applications, KarstAlert for sinkhole detection, PipeSentry for pipeline monitoring, and Claros as a client data portal. The company provides end-to-end monitoring services using proprietary equipment including MicroStar recording trucks and customized monitoring arrays, combining advanced analytics with real-time event reporting to deliver subsurface insights for oil & gas, geothermal, and carbon sequestration operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FracRx: Frac Driven Interactions monitoring system for detecting strike-slip faults and providing early-warning insight
• CO2SeQure
• MicroThermal Energy
• KarstAlert
• PipeSentry
• Claros
• MicroStar

Products and services

• FracRx (Frac Driven Interactions) A real-time completions intelligence solution that analyzes microseismic activity to provide early-warning insight into fracture geometry, structural hazards, and stress behavior during hydraulic fracturing operations, targeted at completions engineers in oil and gas operators.
• CO2 SeQure A carbon capture and sequestration monitoring system that uses advanced subsurface imaging and passive seismic science to enhance the safety, efficiency, and environmental security of underground carbon storage, serving CCS project developers and operators.
• MicroThermal Energy Geothermal energy monitoring solutions for enhanced geothermal systems, providing subsurface imaging and real-time monitoring during stimulation and production for geothermal energy operators.
• KarstAlert A sinkhole detection monitoring system that uses passive seismic technology to identify and monitor karst features and potential sinkhole formation for hazard identification purposes.
• PipeSentry A pipeline monitoring solution for water and CO2 pipelines that provides leak detection and pipeline integrity monitoring, serving CO2 and water pipeline operators.
• Claros A mobile real-time seismic client portal that provides operators on-demand access to microseismic monitoring data, replacing static reports and enabling engineers, geophysicists, and asset teams to view and explore monitoring data without waiting on emailed PDFs.
• MicroStar Recording Acquisition Truck Proprietary mobile recording and acquisition equipment deployed in the field for microseismic data collection during monitoring operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduce uncertainty during execution when it matters most - during operations
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ShearFRACcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic alliance to deliver real-time completion intelligence combining MicroSeismic's microseismic monitoring technology with ShearFRAC's fracture analysis capabilities. Joint go-to-market for completions optimization solutions.
• Fervo EnergyminorOthersCollaboration through virtual talks and panel discussions on geothermal energy. Fervo participates in MicroSeismic-hosted events discussing enhanced geothermal systems and monitoring technologies.
• Stantec ConsultingminorOthersExpert speaker collaboration. Dr. Jon Noad, Senior Palaeontologist at Stantec, presents on CCS geology topics through MicroSeismic's virtual talk series.
• OptiSeis SolutionsminorOthersExpert speaker collaboration. Andrea Crook, CEO of OptiSeis Solutions, presents on seismic acquisition innovations through MicroSeismic's virtual talks and IMAGE conference events.
• GeoSoftware / HampsonRussellminorOthersExpert speaker collaboration. Brian Russell, Vice President of GeoSoftware, presents on seismic inversion history through MicroSeismic's virtual talk series.
• ResFracminorOthersExpert speaker collaboration. Dr. Egor Dontsov, Chief Scientist at ResFrac, presents on hydraulic fracture propagation topics through MicroSeismic's virtual talks.
• Devon EnergyminorOthersExpert speaker collaboration. Dr. Molly Turko from Devon Energy presents on strike-slip faulting at MicroSeismic-hosted IMAGE conference.
• Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryminorOthersExpert speaker collaboration. Dr. Nori Nakata from LBNL participates in geothermal panel discussions hosted by MicroSeismic.
• Mazama EnergyminorOthersExpert speaker collaboration. Alain Bonneville, Chief Geoscientist at Mazama Energy, participates in MicroSeismic-hosted geothermal panel discussions.
• Geo2WattsminorOthersExpert speaker collaboration. Bill Bartling, Co-Founder of Geo2Watts, presents on energy storage solutions through MicroSeismic's virtual talk series.
• Hart EnergyminorOthersExclusive media sponsor for Romancing Energy Forum event. Hart Energy provides media coverage and promotion for MicroSeismic's annual operator forum.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Baker Hughes: Integrated oilfield-services provider offering completion diagnostics, frac monitoring, and increasingly CCS/geothermal solutions; competes with MicroSeismic in completions intelligence and emerging CCS monitoring opportunities.
• Schlumberger (SLB): Global oilfield-services giant offering microseismic/diagnostic completions services as part of integrated drilling and production packages; competes with MicroSeismic at large operators where bundled service contracts dominate.
• CGG: Global geophysical services company covering seismic acquisition, processing, and reservoir characterization; broader than MicroSeismic but serves the same E&P customers and overlaps in subsurface imaging/reservoir monitoring adjacencies.
• TGS: Multi-client geophysical and geological data provider for oil & gas and increasingly CCS/energy-transition markets; while primarily a data and library business, it competes for budget earmarked for subsurface intelligence.
• Halliburton: Major integrated oilfield-services company with diagnostic-while-drilling and microseismic/monitoring capabilities bundled with its frac and completion services; a broad incumbent competing for the same completions-engineering budgets.

Emerging players

• ION Geophysical: Geophysical technology and services provider spanning seismic acquisition and imaging; smaller and more specialized than the majors, with overlapping subsurface-imaging customers in oil & gas and CCS exploration.
• ResFrac: Fracture-modeling software company that collaborates with MicroSeismic on completions topics and offers an analytical adjunct to monitoring data; competing on the interpretation/decision-intelligence layer rather than the acquisition layer.

Direct peers

• OptaSense (Luna Innovations): Fiber-optic DAS vendor offering microseismic and pipeline monitoring across oil & gas, CCS, and security markets — comparable in product/customer overlap and a credible alternative to MicroSeismic's pipe and completion monitoring suites.
• Silixa: UK-based distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) provider for microseismic, fracture diagnostics, and pipeline monitoring; competes with MicroSeismic's buried-array monitoring for completions, CCS, and pipeline-integrity use cases.
• ESG Solutions: Canadian microseismic monitoring specialist providing passive seismic services for hydraulic fracturing, geothermal, CCS, and mining — directly comparable to MicroSeismic's microseismic monitoring core, with similar customers (O&G operators, geothermal developers) and adjacent technology stack.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Micro_Seismic
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors5 records

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M&A

Investments

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