Tech Trends (Week of Nov. 1, 2021)

This weekly section highlights the latest upstream technologies designed to improve efficiencies.

Exploration Advances in Airborne Gravity Gradiometry Technology

Wide-line spaced regional scale exploration provides significant cost and operational efficiencies for operators working transition zones. 

Wilks Brothers to Acquire Midland, Texas-based Dawson Geophysical

Midland, Texas-based Dawson Geophysical agreed to sell itself to Wilks Brothers citing waning demand for its onshore seismic data acquisition services in both Canada and the Lower 48.

Geomechanics Company Educating Next Generation, Helping Bridge the Talent Gap

Keeping scientific and engineering experience and knowledge in place continues to be a challenge.

Offshore Exploration: How to Swim, Not Sink

In this roundtable, offshore experts provide insights on how new technologies are opening the door to a new era of productivity and efficiency in offshore exploration.

Advanced Trends in Machine Learning for Seismic Fault Delineation

Combining machine learning approaches to produce optimum fault interpretation.

Unlocking the Potential of Mature Areas with Quantitative Seismic Analysis

A North Sea case study reveals that even in new plays, quantitative inversion-led techniques can reduce drilling risk by validating predrill reservoir scenarios.

Reveal Energy Services Enhances ORCHID Completions Evaluation Platform

Reveal Energy Services has released version 2021.2 of its ORCHID completions evaluation platform, which supports the interpretation and analysis of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) data acquired from casing or dip-in fiber optics, the company said on July 26.

AI and Ultralong Offsets Updating the Story of Utsira OBN

Earth Science Analytics and TGS have combined the power of machine learning and historical data with the modern Utsira OBN survey.

Reading Between the Lines of Subsurface Data

New subsurface software developments are helping operators create higher resolution between well correlations.