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Broadband Seismic Technology and Beyond. PART IX: BroadSeis in Production.

There are benefits for field development through the application of both the low and high frequency ends of the BroadSeis bandwidth. In the previous part in this series on broadband seismic…

Communicating Naturally

Critical decision making can be speeded up through Natural Language Generation software, a technique that originated in the medical world. On the surface, you might not think that the oil…

Folds and Folding – Part II

The Alps, the Himalayas and other similar high mountains on Earth owe their existence to a series of giant rock folds. But how do stiff, solid rocks fold? In the…

Inside the Rock

For the first time, geoscientists can produce 3D images of rock features at a wide range of scales – from millimetre through micron and down to nanometre size – and…

Technology Driving Unconventional Exploration.

The oil and gas industry is changing more and faster than ever. A historic shift is underway, as each day brings new technology and techniques. We bring you a quick…

Broadband seismic technology and beyond – PART VIII

The advantages of broadband seismic have been demonstrated around the world at all stages in the exploration and production cycle, for many different geologies, and in various environments. High frequencies…

3D Seismic Data and Geohazard Analysis

The last few years have seen a growing focus on shallow hazard analysis and, in particular, the structural and stratigraphic interpretation of 3D seismic data to identify and delineate such…

Polarising Pyrite

Norwegian company ORG Geophysical aims to find previously hidden hydrocarbon reservoirs by detecting shallow pyrite bodies using Induced Polarisation. In the second decade of the twenty-first century, competition for exploration targets is…

Completing the Picture

Enhancing the understanding of the Barents Sea with full-tensor-gravity gradiometry. The Barents Sea represents one of the largest areas of continental shelf on the globe and is a structurally complex region, composed of…

Think molecular. It translates into pay!

Petroleum source rocks can be formed in a variety of depositional environments. Key controls are organic matter production and preservation in the sediment. The organic matter deposited can be of…

Technology for Virtual Boreholes

Can a technology devised from space exploration help discover hydrocarbon resources? In the 1980s, Dr. Colin Stove, a researcher at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, was working on a…