Airborne EM: Peace Project, British Columbia, Canada

Melvyn Best, Anne-Sophie Høyer, Flemming Jørgensen, Antonio Menghini, Carlos Salas, Andrea Viezzoli

…Over the last decade, Airborne Electromagnetics (AEM) has become a widespread tool for groundwater applications. Besides the demand of acquiring good quality AEM data, there are two other fundamental steps to obtain a robust geological and hydrogeological model: accurate processing/inversions and advanced interpretation. We show the results achieved adopting this…

Introduction to December Focus: The Banff 2018 International Induced Seismicity Workshop

Paige Mamer

…The Banff 2018 International Induced Seismicity Workshop took place October 24-27, 2018 and was hosted jointly by the Canadian Induced Seismicity Collaboration and the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources. It featured an international and diverse audience consisting of members of government and academia as well as attendees from the oil…

Real-time Induced Seismicity Forecasting and Risk Management Utilizing Research-grade Seismic Catalogs

Sepideh Karimi and Dario Baturan

…Practical management of induced seismicity risk and effective mitigation approaches are crucial to oil and gas operations. Effective risk management procedures benefit from an accurate forecast of the largest potential magnitude event in near real-time, allowing the adjustment of operational parameters to reduce the probability of a felt or damaging…

Managing Induced Seismicity in Canbriam’s Altares Field in the Montney Formation, N.E. British Columbia – An Update

John Nieto, Brad Bialowas, Bogdan Batlai, and Graham Janega

…The Montney formation in British Columbia and Alberta has gained prominence in recent years due to the exploration and production boom which has yielded more than 3.5 bcf/d in production output and in excess of 440 TCF of reserves. It is one of the largest unconventional plays in North America,…

Roy Oliver Lindseth

…19 August 1925 – 8 July 2018 To many of us, Roy Lindseth was our geophysical father. He was a scientific visionary, entrepreneur, respected advisor, and kind mentor to many geophysicists, both young and experienced. He encouraged us to do great things while taking care of small details. Roy worked…

Analyzing a Seismic Pitfall – Pliocene Superdeep High Amplitude Anomaly, Offshore, Bay of Bengal, India

Niranjan C. Nanda

…A wildcat was drilled on a Pliocene superdeep seismic high amplitude anomaly in 1050 m of water to explore the hydrocarbon potential in the bathyal zone of Bay of Bengal. The well penetrated a thick monotonous section of 1400 m of siliciclastic mudrocks without encountering the prognosticated hydrocarbon sands, resulting…

Applied Geoscience in Academia – Quo Vadis?

Larry Lines

…The following article is based on a talk that I gave to a group of geoscientists at the 2017 Geoconvention in Calgary, Alberta. It included a series of observations that I have made regarding the state of applied geoscience at Canadian universities. While the talk was apparently not controversial nor…

Board of Directors’ Message

…When I was asked to consider standing for a role on the CSEG executive as Assistant Finance Director a year ago, I thought long and hard before responding. I had previously served as Treasurer for the CSEG in 1996/97 when the role primarily involved overseeing the bookkeeping role of the…

Chief Editor’s Message

…Deep Roots In June 2001 Tropical Storm Allison stalled over Houston creating widespread flooding and wind damage. With sustained winds of 95 km/hr and 50 cm of rain Allison did extensive damage and the I10 became a riverway. I was living on Eldridge just south of the I10, and on…

CAGC Column: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane! No! It’s the Supervisor!

…As we near Christmas (for most in the Christian world the season of celebration of the birth of Jesus), there is another that we should remember and recognize, and who, on April 18th this year, celebrated his 80th birthday. His name is Kal-El, son of Jor-El, aka Clark Kent, but…

Tracing the Industry

…On the Move... Kevin Frankiw is pleased to announce he’s joined Tourmaline Oil Corp, starting November 1, 2018. Kevin can be reached over email at kevin.frankiw@tourmalineoil.com, or on his cell phone at 403-813-3262. Technically Speaking 2019 Symposium The Symposium Committee has named the late Roy Lindseth as their honouree for…

Introduction to October Focus: Hydrogeophysics: The Past, Present & Future

Jon Fennell

…The ability to detect and image things that are hidden from our sight has always been a fascination of humans. This applies to geoscience as much as any other field. With the ability to sense objects and materials beneath the earth’s surface, the discipline of exploration geophysics has been instrumental…

Emergency Response Groundwater Exploration at Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh

Alastair McClymont, Paul Bauman, Colin Miazga, Eric Johnson, and Chris Slater

…As geoscientists and engineers, and like most other professionals, we take pride in using our education and experience for the betterment of society. In developed countries, the value of such work on water supply projects may not be so obvious, where we take for granted that our communities will always…

A Cost Effective Approach to Regional and Site-specific Aquifer Exploration Using Combined Airborne and Ground Electromagnetics

Jane Dawson, Robert Perrin and Jim Henderson

…Shallow groundwater is often hosted in Quaternary sediments that are very complex in nature and challenging to map. Traditional mapping and exploration methods to delineate these features are often time consuming, costly, and provide uncertain results. Airborne electromagnetic (EM) techniques have proven effective in delineating these aquifers over extensive geographic…

Douglas Clark

An Interview with Douglas Clark

…Let us begin by asking you about your educational background and your work experience? How did you get into geophysics? From as far back as I can remember, I’ve been interested in science. When I started university, I was leaning towards computer science but was a little disillusioned with the…

Board of Director’s Message

…We are heading into the fall and it is an appropriate time for the board to take a hard look at the strategy and main goals of our society and share with our members what has been accomplished and what remains to be done. Last April, our Past President John…

CAGC Column: Things are Looking Up

…It was somewhere between as much as 2 million years ago and maybe as little as 350,000 years ago that your ancestors and mine may have warmed themselves as they sat around a fire, enjoying the delights of a barbequed mammoth steak and possibly looking up in hypnotic wonderment at…

Tracing the Industry

…On the Move... Christopher Chalcraft would like for his friends and colleagues to know that he has joined Chevron as a Data Scientist. He may be reached at christopherchalcraft@chevron.com. Nicole Willson, P.Geo. has joined CGG as a Technical Writer in the GeoSoftware group. She has several years of experience in…

Science Break: Calendars

…Calendars A friend of mine recently put forward the theory that differences in the historical levels of technical sophistication between human cultures are largely a matter of latitude. His thinking is that the further an ancient society lived from the equator, the more affected they were by the changing seasons.…

Extending the Reach of Radio Waves for Subsurface Water Detection

Gordon D.C. Stove

…Shallow and deep groundwater can be a major environmental obstacle for any geophysical surveying technique, especially radio waves. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a mature technology with applications in many areas; see Daniels (2004) for an overview. Almost all applications are restricted to imaging the subsurface to a rather shallow…