The CSEG RECORDER – Then and Now

In September 1985, the first edition of the RECORDER was launched. Having evolved from our humble CSEG member newsletter, the RECORDER has grown into a well-received and respected publication within both the energy and geophysics fields. Like the industry around us, the RECODER continues to evolve to meet the needs of our readers.

In response to technical shifts, and the economic realities around us, the RECORDER magazine moved to an online only publication and printed its last paper edition in 2017. Although we reserve the 3 most recent issues for our member’s only, the RECORDER otherwise shares its vast backlog of content with the public for free. As a result, we have seen tremendous growth in our readership to the tune of 450,000 page views, from over 200 countries over the last 12 months*. We are very proud of this, and pleased to contribute quality content to the industry.

That leads us to this blog and why we have chosen to start one. As we moved online, despite the effectiveness of the RECORDER, we are also aware of its limitations. On a current 6 week publication timeline, we are presented with large spans of time where we aren’t contributing new content to the readership. As well, our editions are well-structured to feature themed content, which can sometimes make it difficult to provide input or comment related to the most current happenings around us.

Although we are still evaluating the full potential, our goal is to provide content that may include quality articles that didn’t fit under issue topics, possible  industry opinion pieces, previews and abstracts of upcoming RECORDER articles and general musing about the industry and technology as a whole. We are also evaluating the idea of guest and sponsored posts if they meet our editorial standards.

We are enthusiastic to see where we go with another avenue of communication with our readership and hope you will count yourself among them.

If you have topics to suggest, or you wish to submit content for review, please contact editor@csegrecorder.com.

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