Shooting Seismic in Linked Circles
“Coil shooting” is a cost-effective technique towards better imaging over small to medium sized exploration areas. Encouraging results may lead to a rapid increase in the next 5+ years. Seismic…
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Conference Provides Truly Global Perspective
Dr. Bernie Vining, Regional Director for consultants Gaffney, Cline & Associates, is Chairman of the Technical Committee for the 7th Petroleum Geology Conference. He talked to GeoExPro about the Conference…
Strong – after all these Years
The resources in the North Sea created the possibilities. People and their knowledge created the technology. Anders Farestveit created Geco. For posterity, he will be the only world champion in…
Volumetric Curvature: The Next Step in Seismic Attributes
In 1828, Johann Gauss developed his theorema egregium, latin for remarkable, to deal with curvature in 3-dimensional space. Now, through the use of volumetric curvature attributes, geoscientists apply this remarkable…
The Mid-Atlantic Evergreen Volcanoes
Island jumping in the Azores is highly recommended. In this way you can experience the geological wonders of these islands, which all owe their existence to the plate tectonics within…
Planet Earth – Resources
The United Nations International Year of Planet Earth (2008) received its Global Launch at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, on February 12 and 13. The aim of the Year is to persuade…
A Revolution in Resolution
The need to maximise recovery has spelt success for a seismic technique which hugely increases reservoir knowledge. Z-Seis is a specialist seismic company concentrating exclusively on the acquisition and processing…
Low-frequency Seismic Noise: The Music of Oil?
Passive low-frequency seismic is an area of active research and development, and is rapidly being taken up as a new direct hydrocarbon indicator (DHI) technique for exploration. The interest in…
“The Great Global Biofuel Swindle”
It’s too bad. But it’s happening. Partly because of a massive marketing campaign instigated by a multitude of environmental organisations (the “green mafia”), endorsed by several governmental bodies around the…
Salt: Deformation, Trapping and Complexities
Salt structures come in every possible shape and stretch our imagination. This means difficulties in seismic imaging, but it also means that the innovative explorationist can look for spectacular traps.…
Incorporating Geophysics into Geologic Models
New approach makes geophysical results available to engineers in a form they can use. History matching, volumetric calculations and reserve estimates may all be improved. Most oil and gas exploration…
A New Concept in Seismic Exploration
Polarcus is a new seismic company with an unusual agenda – to pioneer the acquisition of high quality towed streamer seismic data while causing minimal impact on the environment. “Our…