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Dynamic Matching FWI + rEEI makes a difference to your interpretation

Bent Kjølhamar, Adriana Citali Ramírez and Reidun Myklebust, TGS

July 20, 2023

Gas to Europe: Refocusing exploration efforts in the Atlantic Margins According to the World Economic Forum, Europe has enough gas for the first quarter of 2023. However, there is no…

Geospace incorporates 3C fiber optic tech into downhole solution resulting in years’ long massive heat tolerance

Henk Kombrink

June 30, 2023

Global energy exploration equipment manufacturer Geospace Technologies recently spun-off technology from its OptoSeis® three-component fiber optical sensing permanent reservoir monitoring solution into a downhole system known as Insight™ by OptoSeis.…

Fast and slow catastrophes trapping slope and basin floor plays

Neil Hodgson, Karyna Rodriguez and Lauren Found

June 19, 2023

Fast and slow catastrophes trapping slope and basin floor plays How slumping, sliding and folding of passive margin stratigraphy creates the elements for successful exploration while the latest seismic imaging…

New GeoStreamer X data for exploration, ILX and appraisal in the Norwegian Sea

Kjetil Roverud, Stefan Möller and Jens Beenfeldt, PGS

May 31, 2023

The GeoStreamer X 2022 survey is shown in orange with the main seismic section highlighted. The survey area for the ongoing GeoStreamer X 2023 and the 2024 program is outlined…

Sands and source rock delivered by the Tangier WAZ3D in the current Nova Scotia Licence Round

Karyna Rodriguez and Neil Hodgson, Searcher

May 15, 2023

Map showing Blocks available in the 2022-2023 Bid Round and available seismic data from Searcher. Evidence-based exploration on the slope of Nova Scotia In his definitive book on the form,…

Northern Viking Graben – Chasing the Upper Jurassic Play

Jaswinder Mann-Kalil, Anna Rumyantseva and Idar Kjørlaug, CGG

May 2, 2023

Left: Location map showing CGG’s legacy north-south, new east-west and dual-azimuth seismic coverage in the Northern Viking Graben. Right: TL-FWI velocities with frequencies up to 14 Hz, draped over dual-azimuth…

Characterising CCUS sites: Legacy data – Powered by machine learning

Geoex MCG, Earth Science Analytics and BVGS

April 17, 2023

AOI with conditioned, integrated data, extent ranges from High Island to Brazos. The US GoM and beyond A clear candidate for CCUS is the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM).…

Offshore Brazil: Reducing risk with regional 3D reprocessing

Andrew Hartwig, TGS Houston

March 19, 2023

Coloured Pre-Salt Isopach Map relating mature Lagoa Feia source rock presence with Base of Salt structure contours displaying the fetch and hydrocarbon migration pathways to the pre-salt lead. Interpreted seismic…

Revealing new exploration potential onshore Colombia

Searcher UK & AGT

March 6, 2023

Location of area of interest and data available for Searcher’s reprocessing project onshore Colombia. Shale or Salt – diapiric dance onshore Colombia Despite having positive well results in the 1920’s…

Gippsland Basin, Australia: new data provides compelling insights in unexplored areas

Guest Author

January 16, 2023

Gippsland legacy data (left) comparison with CGG’s newly acquired and imaged 3D data (right). Example from deep-water area demonstrates significant uplift with longer cable lengths, utilizing P/Z components and the…

The gateway to India: OALP-IX offers industry access to East India’s extraordinary hydrocarbon basins

Guest Author

December 19, 2022

Accessing a seat at the L0w-carbon energy table on India’s Eastern Margin In June 2022, the DGH India announced the OALP Bid Round IX (2022/3) Licence Round which includes 9…

A new arcadia: seismic acceleration of the Nova Scotian Margin

Neil Hodgson, Karyna Rodriguez, Peter Hoiles, Julia Davies and George Kovacic; Searcher Geodata UK Ltd

November 18, 2022

Re-imagining the proven hydrocarbon basins offshore Nova Scotia In 1958 Parke Dickey wrote, “We usually find oil in new places with old ideas. Sometimes, also, we find oil in an…

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