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Pipeline & Facilities Data Set

The Excalibur-Gemini Group Ltd . is pleased to announce the addition of a new Pipeline & Facilities data set that is second to none. A new agreement with Ensight Information Services Ltd. allows Excalibur-Gemini to use their PipesWest data for both hard copy maps and digital data. The Ensight Pipeline File Advantage : Ensight has exclusive contracts with over 20 surveyor and line locator offices in Saskatchewan who provide them with their historical pipeline/flowline surveyed ROW plans, as well as all current new pipeline survey activity to populate this data set. Both Saskatchewan Energy & Mines and SaskGeomatics contribute to the dataset in addition to using them for internal operations. Saskatchewan is unique in that they differentiate between 'pipelines ' and 'flowlines'. Legislation requires 'pipelines', meaning lines that are downstream from the first processing facility, to be surveyed and registered. The upstream lines 'flowlines' which account for approx. 70% of all pipelines require neither registration at Land Titles nor Licensing at Energy and Mines. Flowlines are therefore difficult to research and are missing from datasets supplied to industry by other data vendors.

Veritas Announces Schedule for Fall/winter 2001 Technical Luncheon Series

Veritas DGC Inc. announced the fall/winter schedule for its sixth technical luncheon series. This series of technical luncheon presentations is a convenient forum for industry professionals to gain exposure to new and innovative technologies in seismic processing research , data analysis and visualization. The following free sessions, which include a complimentary lunch, are interactive, promoting discussion between technology users and developers.

First Arrival Tomography for Near-Surface Model Building
Presenter: Rob Vestrum
Thursday, September 20
Thursday, October 25

Application for Petrophysical Rock Properties in Evaluating Seismic Prospects
Presenter: Jay Gunderson
Thursday, September 27
Thursday, November 1

2D and 3D Anisotropic Depth Migration in Production
Presenter: Scott Cheadle
Thursday, October 4
Thursday, November 15

All sessions are located at Veritas' downtown Calgary location at 2200, 715-5 Avenue S.W. from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm. Contact Veritas by phone at 403-205-6257, by e-mail at techlunch@veritasdgc.com or on the internet at www.veritasdgc.com to register for a scheduled course in Calgary or to request a full course outline.

Excalibur-Gemini Announces Geowiz as a Web-Browser

Looking for a better way to access your proprietary seismic data? Excalibur-Gemini announces GeoWiz as a WebBrowser! Short for Geographic WiZard, GeoWiz can now be used to access your seismic location database from anywhere in the world!

Downloading files, making maps, converting coordinates and printing reports are just a few of the available functions. GeoWiz, as a Web-Browser, is the key to saving yourself some time as you access your seismic database managed at Excalibur-Gemini. Your data has never been so accessible! GeoWiz gives you the competitive edge.

Contact Allison Niemi - 537-9892 - allison.n@teggl.com or Trudy Pelletier - 537-9904 - trudy.p@teggl.com for further information.

Geo-X Systems Technical Luncheon Series

Geo-X cordially invites people to attend their "Lunch and Learn" series . There is no cost involved, and lunch will be provided. You are asked to register (or enquire) at info@geo-x.com.

Fur ther information can be found at www.geoxsystems.com.

Give your name, company, phone number, and which talk (s) you will attend. Confirmation will be given via email.

Location: 500, 440 - 2nd Avenue S.W. Ernst & Young Tower
(Between Canterra Tower and the YMCA, directly west of the Sheraton Suites Hotel.)

All talks will begin at 12 PM and finish by 1 PM. Please register early, space is limited!

AVO/LMR - Overview & case study
Ciprian Mihai
Oct. 4, Nov. 8

QC cube - Processing QC for interpreters
Mike Perz
Oct. 11, Nov. 14

Deconvolution - Design and QC strategies
Xishuo Wang
Oct. 17, Nov. 22

Velocity Analysis - Comparison of techniques
Sandor Bezdan
Oct. 25, Nov. 29

Inversion - Overviewand case study
Ayon Dey
Nov. 1, Dec. 6

**NOTE: Oct. 17 & Nov. 14 are on Wednesdays due to conflict with CSEG lunch