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Petrophysical Analysis Added to the GMAplus Product Line

By relating rock properties from an earth model to geophysical interpretations, PetroSolv integrates the exploration world of the geophysicist, geologist and petrophysicist. Based on user defined geological models and utilizing core, wireline, cuttings and mineral log data PetroSolv optimizes mineral and fluid volumes. Additionally, PetroSolv has the ability to estimate a variety of curves, including shear transit time and Poisson's Ratio which can then be used for AVO modelling.

1997 CADE/CAODC Spring Drilling Conference

CADE and the CAODC are pleased to announce their seventh joint Drilling Conference "Efficiency & Creativity – The Competitive Advantage" to be held April 8 - 10, 1997 at the Calgary Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The purpose of the Conference is to provide a forum for the exchange of technical and operational information pertaining to the Canadian drilling industry.

Digi-Rule Inc. and MicroSeis Technology Ltd. Join Forces

Digi-Rule Inc. is proud to announce their merger with MicroSeis Technology Ltd. This will bring the Micro-Seis Outrider seismic modelling programs into the Digi-Rule suite of products. The Outrider programs have been designed to be easy to use, practical tools for the explorationist, and they are capable of creating realistically complex geological and seismological models for both forward and inverse modelling.

Western Atlas Appoints Will Honeybourne Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development

Western Atlas International (NYSE:WAI) has recently appointed Will Honeybourne to the new position of Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. He will be based in the company's Houston headquarters.

Western Atlas Promotes Damir S. Skerl to Executive Vice President

Western Atlas International (NYSE:WAI) has recently promoted Damir S. Skerl to Executive Vice President with additional responsibilities for technology and business development. Skerl will continue to serve as President of the Western Atlas Logging Services division and remain based at the company's Houston headquarters.

Western Atlas Promotes Orval Brannan to Executive Vice President

Western Atlas International (NYSE:WAI) has recently promoted Orval Brannan to Executive Vice President with additional responsibilities for business development. Brannan will relocate to Western Atlas' London office. He will retain his present responsibilities for PetroAlliance, the Western Atlas joint venture in the former Society Union, and remain President of the E&P Services division.

Canex Information Services Releases SaskGIS(2.0) Grid

Canex now has the SaskGIS(2.0) grid available for purchase. The Saskatchewan government recently released this long awaited surveyed data set, which covers the southern half of the province. This grid set will be available in both unclipped and clipped formats. For further information please contact Sharon Hardy or Carolyn Quantz at 263-9414.

Enertec Announces Significant Hardware Additions

Enertec Geophysical Services Limited has purchased additional Hewlett Packard workstations for its seismic data processing centers. With the purchase of two C110' s and one C160 with the PA-8000 chip, Enertec significantly increases the resources available to service its growing clientele. Each of the new workstations will be configured with 256 MB of RAM.

In response to our clients' increasing requirements for rapid turnaround of large 3D datasets and 2D and 3D pre-stack imaging work, Enertec has increased the memory on its Hewlett Packard K200 SMP server to 1 Gigabyte and increased the K200's network throughput to 100 Mb/sec. Processing disk storage has also been increased to 400 Gbyte and its network bandwidth to 600 Mb/sec.