Oil and gas software creator Ikon Science announced today the purchase of


Edinburgh-based specialist software and interpretation company Anitec Limited,


enhancing Ikon’s anisotropic, multicomponent and time-lapse capabilities. Under the


transaction, Anitec co-founders Professor Colin MacBeth and Dr. Phil Wild will join the


Ikon team.


Based at the Heriot-Watt University’s Research Park, Anitec has been working with Ikon


since March 2004 developing a unique seismic anisotropy modeling and database


module within the RokDoc software. In September 2006 the two companies signed a


development agreement to further enhance RokDoc®’s anisotropic and multicomponant


seismic capabilities.


To enable closer links with Heriot-Watt, Ikon will also join the world-renowned Edinburgh


Time Lapse Project as a consortium member and will contribute funding and software


including RocDoc 3D/4D to further the consortium’s aims.


Spun out of Heriot-Watt University in 2001, Anitec has developed software that deals


with the processing and interpretation of multi-component seismic data and on the


exploitation of seismic anisotropy for reservoir characterization.

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