To be competitive, oil and gas companies must have the best information available to make operational and investment decisions. A key component for decision making comes through seismic data – images of Earth’s subsurface that help geoscientists identify reservoirs, map underground structures and make drilling decisions to maximize accuracy while minimizing environmental impact.
Securing accurate information can be difficult in complex structural environments, like those in fold and thrust belts, where challenging terrain, difficult surface access, high elevation changes and variable near-surface velocities limit companies’ access to quality data.
These environments present challenges both for seismic acquisition – obtaining the data in the field – and for seismic processing – finding actionable insights toward decisions about where to drill for oil and gas or other resources.
Fortunately, decades of technological advances, collaborative workflows and artificial intelligence are making it easier for companies to obtain and process their data.
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