Technology

Thinking like a geologist in the age of AI

We’re all feeling a tension as geosci­entists: Caught be­tween an old way of working and a rapidly changing future dominated by Artificial Intelligence. As the dust starts to settle, anoth­er…

Crafting a software that is ready for the future

As much as there is a consolidation happening in the large operator landscape and the seismic acquisition space, the same applies to the subsur­face software business. “Let’s face it,” says…

Seismic data on the workbench

“My goal is to equip explorationists with a toolbox containing all relevant algorithms to efficiently create optimal seismic volumes for interpretation and stratigraphical analysis,” says Anders, who hails from Sweden…

The bit boy has gone

The Canadian oil sector has changed dramatically in a matter of 20 years. Back in the early 2000’s, vertical drilling was very much common good, but these days, you would…

The well listeners

Karol Jewuła. “ I recently gave a talk in Kuala Lum­pur,” says geologist and pore pressure specialist Karol Jewuła, “for which I made an overview of drilling-related issues with wells…

How AI helps democratize seismic interpretation

“The times of gurus telling younger staff how to plough through a seismic volume and what to interpret is over,” says Herman van Nieuwoudt from Blu­ware. Herman started as the…

“You need some chaos to thrive as a company”

“Let’s get this straight,” Benoît Matha says at the start of our conversation on a Friday morning in February, “the subsurface upstream business is not a big data environment.” It…

How your WhatsApp call helps detect seismic activity

Our global telecommu­nications infrastructure consists of millions of kilometers of fiber op­tic cables. These include terrestrial and subsea networks that ensure that information travels across the planet. With the increased…

Can technology replace fieldwork?

At times of better access to digital outcrop imagery, drone footage and satellite shots, is it still worth going into the field to have a look at the rocks in…