Advanced Remote Sensing
Radio waves from satellites can now be used to measure miniscule movements at the Earth’s surface at a millimetre level. The method has gained wide acceptance for several scientific purposes,…
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The Road to Success
Bob Peebler, President and CEO of ION, helped turn the company around knowing “there will be bumps in the road.” Five years ago, I/O (Input/Output, Inc.) was losing money, wallowing…
New Seep Technology
Proper detection and analysis of hydrocarbon seepage can narrow the search for oil and gas and reduce the drilling risk in deep water plays. New Seep Technology
Time for Change
The unthinkable has happened. While many renowned experts recently claimed that the price for a barrel of oil would soon pass USD 200, we have now seen the price drop…
SPE Encourages Global Membership
Dr. Leo Roodhart, the 2009 President of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), hopes to enthuse a younger generation of oil industry experts by encouraging membership and active participation in…
The Virtual Seismic Atlas – Now Open
The innovative Virtual Seismic Atlas has now been launched. This is a major contribution to teaching, training as well as research – and paves the way for further progress in…
Making Geology Accessible
Renowned palaeontologist and writer Dr. Richard Fortey is the President of the Geological Society in its bicentennial year. Author of five ‘popular’ books about geology, as well as numerous scientific…
Safeguarding the “Crown Jewels”
By preserving data and knowledge we can connect current to future generations of geoscientists. But to safeguard your most valuable assets you need some simple rules of thumb. All exploration…
Challenging the Established Truths
The use of aeromagnetic data is an important tool in modern geological mapping and petroleum exploration. The advantages of recent advances in technology can be compared to the advancement from…
Seismic boom-time
WesternGeco, along with a whole range of other seismic companies, is taking advantage of a dynamic marketplace. We have talked to Dalton Boutte, president of WesternGeco, about current and future…
4D Seismic – Status and Future Challenges Part I: Status
Time-lapse seismic is now a proven technology for monitoring fluid movements and identifying undrained compartments in thick offshore clastic reservoirs. Several challenges still exist, however, in particular the use of…
Exorcising the Ghosts – The New Streamer Technology Launched by PGS
PGS claims to have built a marine seismic streamer that is capable of removing receiver ghosts, thereby enhancing frequency bandwidth and seismic resolution. If proven by full-scale field tests, this…