The Danish Energy Island
Bridging the gap between seismic acquisition and geotechnical parameterisation How a Portuguese and Danish consortium took on the challenge to map and characterise the shallow and deep subsurface for the…
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Namibia’s Orange Basin and the holey slope mystery
On any 2D dip line, we can see several almost triangular notches, divots or holes in the seabed, some 1.5 km in width and 250 m deep. Upslope, the divot…
Supporting the search for large scale carbon storage sites
The role of the seismic industry in delivering successful CCS scale-up The seismic industry has, for a long time, been involved in helping to support the development and successful operation…
A new and unique multi-client core scanning and thin section digital catalog from pre-salt reservoirs offshore Brazil
The Pre-Salt reservoirs in Brazil are home to some of the world’s largest oil and gas reserves and one of the most exciting exploration frontiers. However, until now the exceptional…
Why the conjugate margin in Uruguay and Southern Brazil may have even more to offer than the Orange Basin in Namibia
Gondwanan break-up-basins and their multiple source rocks The advantage of Namibia’s conjugate margin in Uruguay and Southern Brazil is likely to be the sand and clay deposited by the Rio…
Rejuvenating legacy seismic for screening carbon storage sites in the Gulf of Mexico
A major challenge in the US Gulf of Mexico is transforming disparate public datasets into a quality-controlled database. CGG has successfully created and used a database for its Storage Play…
The Big Buzz of Buzzard II
Four 3D seismic surveys comprising the “Big Buzz” dataset. Buzzard II: the sequel How about looking for another Buzzard field, next to the one that was found over 20 years…
Santos Basin, Brazil: Understanding the CO₂ exploration risk with ultra-deep seismic
Location of pre-salt blocks in the Santos Basin, the Nebula-C polygon and exploration well results. Santos Basin: New seismic data helps de-risk CO₂ contamination for pre-salt exploration CGG’s latest imaging technology…
Advanced digital solutions help upstream oil & gas companies increase productivity and profitability
Today’s energy industry faces the unprecedented challenge of balancing energy security, affordability and environmental sustainability. As hydrocarbons are expected to remain major components of global energy demand for the foreseeable…
Quad 35 Hybrid MC3Ds: Innovative multi-parameter FWI for near field exploration
Figure 2: Gjøa Well Templates Show up on Timeslice 460 ms. Figure 3: Map of Geological Structures Around Quad 35. Utilising all hybrid acquired waveforms in a revolutionary MP-FWI processing…
Advancing ocean bottom node surveys through autonomy
In hydrocarbon exploration, innovation is essential for improving efficiency and sustainability, particularly in node operations. By incorporating Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) and utilizing the latest machine learning advancements, ocean bottom…
Shifts in the seismic acquisition space
“In the past, we as a provider of OBN and streamer technology would mostly liaise with seismic acquisition companies; our exposure to oil companies was very limited,” says Gaetan Mellier,…