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Advancing Marine Seismic Imaging: From Sensor to Image

Tom Hay, Mehul Supawala and Tim Brice; Shearwater GeoServices
A new focus on innovation, technology and collaboration for the advancement of marine seismic acquisition is developing. Can Our Industry Still Innovate Marine Seismic Acquisition ? An example of innovation:…

A Strong Start to CSEM Services in 2019

GEO ExPro
EMGS has to date acquired 950 surveys in 36 countries and territories, from Spitsbergen to New Zealand, all calling on their specialist CSEM services. Source: EMGS. EMGS has to date…

Following the Shale Gale

Jane Whaley
Reduced costs mean tight oil is now the second cheapest source of new oil volumes globally. A drill rig in the Fayetteville shale gas play, Arkansas. © Bill Cunningham, USGS.…

Oil Wealth and the Osage Murders

Rasoul Sorkhabi
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by American journalist David Grann Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth…

Artificial Intelligence and Seismic Interpretation

James Lowell, Peter Szafian and Nicola Tessen; Geoteric
The key to all seismic interpretation is the interpreter’s experience and knowledge, so why should artificial intelligence change that? The reality is, it shouldn’t. Figure 1: Exmouth Basin section with…

An Introduction to Geomechanics

Jane Whaley
Geomechanics is the study of how subsurface rocks deform or fail in response to changes of stress, pressure and temperature and it is becoming increasingly important in oil and gas…

A Balancing Act

Nick Cottam
Oil and gas majors must hedge their bets if they are to ride the energy transition conundrum. An industry in transition: exploring the options with more horsepower. If you happen…

The Future of Marine Seismic Acquisition

Ed Hager, Polarcus
Some thoughts on the future of marine towed streamer seismic acquisition for offshore oil and gas exploration. Polarcus XArray™ Triple source acquisition. © Polarcus. Seismic acquisition and exploration technology have…

William Smith’s Fossils Reunited!

Jane Whaley
An exquisitely produced new book celebrates and completes William Smith’s seminal unfinished work “Strata Identified by Organized Fossils” – and demonstrates the extraordinary skill of early nineteenth-century engravers and map…

Virtual Drilling for Liquid Hydrocarbons

Kristofer Skantze, Rex Technology Management
A novel seismic DHI technology using resonance and dispersion to indicate for liquid hydrocarbons is making inroads in the E&P industry, successfully identifying oil and predicting dry wells. Could this…

The Generation Z Factor

Nick Cottam
How can we attract the next generation into the oil and gas industry? © Olena Golubova/Dreamstime.com. In my early youth joining the oil and gas industry was very much a…