CAGC Column: Revised Alberta Exploration Directives Will Change the Layout of Future Seismic Programs
Doug Iverson
There have been important updates to the Alberta Exploration Regulation and the associated Exploration Directive that will allow better subsurface imaging on most new seismic acquisition programs and repeat 4D projects.
Appreciating the Value of Your Seismic Data
Stephen Kotkas and Joanne Poloway
Do you know the value of your seismic assets? They can actually be a significant part of your companies net worth but are often passed over. The revenue generated from sales of your company’s seismic can be used for other projects and can be a source of revenue that your…
Exploration and production of oil and gas from naturally fractured and weathered basement reservoirs in Asia, Africa and the Americas
Tako Koning
Oil and gas occur in basement reservoirs in many parts of the world. The reserves range from as small as one or two million barrels of oil or gas equivalent to as much as almost two billion barrels of oil, as in Libya’s Augila-Naafora field. Exploration has been remarkably successful…
An interview with John Duhault
Mr. Duhault, Senior Geoscience Consultant at Starbird Enterprises, is a time honoured senior geophysical interpreter. He likes to tell stories of hunting for, and FINDING, oil and gas reserves for his shareholders and other clients. He has done technical and “Life’s a journey not a destination” type presentations in Canada,…
Recent Articles
Breathing New Life into Old Data
Jason Noble and Paul McColgan
Relative strength in oil prices, and sentiment that future supplies may be limited, have led some operating companies to explore in frontier areas that have proven, historically, to be highly productive. Some of these areas have seen little exploration activity for several decades for varied reasons, such as difficulty of…
Review of global warming, climate change, renewables, CCUS, geothermal and the geoscience involved (Part 2)
Brian Wm. Schulte
In this, the second part of a three-part article, we will discuss renewables (wind turbines and solar). We will look at price and Energy Returned on Investment (EROI) to compare sources of energy. We will also look at OPEC, at the lack of investment (which is causing the overall supply…
Overview of Carbon Management Canada’s pilot-scale CO2 injection site for developing and testing monitoring technologies for carbon capture and storage, and methane detection
M. Macquet, D. Lawton, K. Osadetz, G. Maidment, M. Bertram, K. Hall, B. Kolkman-Quinn, J. Monsegny Parra, F. Race, G. Savard, Y. Wang
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) in geological formations is becoming a key technology for the permanent reduction of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere. Pilot-scale projects with small volumes of injected CO2 are important, as they provide well controlled conditions that enable testing, validation, and quantification of these monitoring technologies.
The Variogram Basics: A visual introduction to one of the most useful geostatistical concepts
Evan Brown
The job of a petroleum geoscientist is rapidly transforming into a role that requires proficiency with statistical concepts and data management. The goal of this primer is to provide the reader, through words, basic examples and images, an understanding of some of the basic principles behind the semivariogram/variogram, a statistical…
Past, Present, and Future applications of Geophysics in Oil Sands – Part 2
Draga Talinga, David Gray, Hong Feng, Don C. Lawton, Brian Wm. Schulte
This is the second part of a two-part paper. This part of the paper explores some of the most recent advances in using seismic data for oil sands reservoirs. These are Time-lapse (4D) Inversion for SAGD; Predicting where Bitumen has been Liquified using PS-4D Seismic Data; 4D Time-Lapse Full Waveform…
Recent Interviews
An interview with John Duhault
Mr. Duhault, Senior Geoscience Consultant at Starbird Enterprises, is a time honoured senior geophysical interpreter. He likes to tell stories of hunting for, and FINDING, oil and gas reserves for his shareholders and other clients. He has done technical and “Life’s a journey not a destination” type presentations in Canada, and when invited, in other countries on this planet.
An interview with Marit Brommer
Dr. Marit Brommer is the Executive Director of the International Geothermal Association. She is focused on creating strong partnerships with international operating organisations and industries. Prior to taking on this role, Marit worked at Shell for 15 years as a subsurface portfolio manager.
An interview with John Duhault and Julia McElgunn
This month’s interview is a little different – discussing the organizing of the VIG special session in the 2021 GeoConvention.
Recent Columns
Tracing the Industry
Kristy Manchul
Happy Spring! The 49th Doodlespiel actually happened! I’m celebrating that CSEG social events are BACK and wanted to say congratulations to the winning A bracket team of Sterling Hansen, Matt Ng, Dan Perez and Igor Senek! Fabulous work by the Doodlespiel Committee keeping everyone safe and entertained.
President’s Messages
Nanna Eliuk and Kathleen Dorey
Past president Nanna Eliuk and incoming president Kathleen Dorey share their thoughts and views for the future of the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
Student’s Corner: A Quest for Hot Rocks
Zoë Vestrum
Hello! My name is Zoë Vestrum. I’m a third year PhD student at the University of Alberta, studying magnetotellurics (MT) under Professor Martyn Unsworth. My research focuses on incorporating different near-surface resistivity measurements into the MT inversion model, in order to more reliably model deeper resistivity structures. I am currently…
