The Grand Canyon of the Middle East
Map showing location of the Al Hajar Mountains in Oman. Oman is often described as a geologist’s paradise – with good reason. Boasting a huge diversity of rocks ranging in…
Geology & Geophysics
How To Generate The Best Structural Maps
The oil and gas industry has everything to gain from high-quality structural maps and this article from Dr. Francis Richards aims to tell you just how to generate the best…
TopSeis: Imaging Shallow Reservoirs through Innovation
The radically new solution for seismic acquisition and imaging. “Good things can come out of a downturn, despite what you might expect. Sometimes it can encourage creative sparks that help…
Victoria Falls: The Smoke That Thunders
With an annual average of 1,100 cubic metres of water plunging down its 108m-high face each second, Victoria Falls is unquestionably one of the world’s greatest natural wonders. Location Map…
Frontier Exploration in Egypt’s Mediterranean Sea
Several promising play types can be identified on new pre-stack depth migrated seismic. Offshore west Egypt is a frontier region that offers significant and diverse potential plays. There are proven…
Shaping the Future of Seismic Interpretation
A quicker way from seismic data to geomodel – or how seismic interpreters have finally come to the centre of the exploration workflow From the advent of the first computer-aided…
Reflection or Refraction?
Taking advantage of joint acquisition and processing techniques: a case study in the Barents Sea Bjørnøya Basin. The Norwegian Sector of the Barents Sea is located in between the Norwegian…
Vietnam – Improved Images of Fractured Basement
Detecting basement reservoir fractures on Vietnam’s first ocean bottom seismic survey in the Cuu Long Basin It is estimated that two billion barrels of oil will be produced from fractured…
The Future of Marine Seismic Acquisition?
A new marine seismic acquisition method offers full azimuth, full offset coverage, excellent quality data and repeatability, all in a very efficient manner. Over the past 50 years developments in…
Minute To Read
SEG-Y Update Anyone that has worked with seismic data in the last 40 or so years will be familiar with the SEG-Y seismic data exchange standard. SEG-Y is one of…
Seismic Interpretation with Machine Learning
A methodology to deal with ‘Big Data’. Machine learning resolves two significant issues in seismic interpretation: firstly, the ‘Big Data’ problem of trying to interpret dozens, if not hundreds, of…
Why Leopards Can Change Their Software Spots
The take-up of innovative software is often held back by the effort involved in a long learning process Turning seismic waves into images of the sub-surface has been around for…