Grapevine

…Veritas DGC Inc. Launches Flagship Vessel Veritas DGC Inc. recently announced the launch of its new flagship seismic acquisition vessel, the SRV Veritas Viking, in Bergen, Norway. Following a christening ceremony on May 30th, the vessel is currently undergoing sea trials prior to beginning data production in the North Sea.…

Tracing the Industry

…Doug Campbell would like to announce that he has left his consulting business to take on the position of Chief Geophysicist for Wintershall Canada. You can contact Doug via phone direct (403) 261-6550, fax (403) 266-4414 or email: dcampbell@wintershall.ca. Good luck with your new endeavor Doug and I hope you…

Profile of Michael E. Enachescu

…A little Background Michael Enachescu was born and grew up in communist Bucharest ruled by the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. He was born into a dissident family that he described as "anti-everything." His father, and his grandfather and his grandfather's father and every generation before them were dissidents and as his…

Avoiding pitfalls in geostatistical reservoir characterization: A survival guide

K. Hirsche, S. Boerner and C. Kalkomey, C. Castaldi

…I. Introduction Geostatistics provide a powerful framework for combining sparsely sampled but accurate well information with the densely sampled but less precise 3D seismic information. When used correctly it can provide accurate estimates of reservoir properties and an assessment of the uncertainty and risks associated with our reservoir models. However,…

Executive Comments

…In the May issue of the Recorder we featured the results from the CSEG membership survey. The 1997 CSEG Executive committee to gain a better understanding of our membership conceived this survey. 'The Advisory Group', a professional market research firm was chosen to plan, advise and undertake this task. A…

Grapevine

…Seismic Data Available Offshore Russian Far East Over 40,000 km of seismic data on nearly 400 lines in the Sea of Okhostk and the Bering Sea are available in a newly released package from Wavetech Geophysical, Inc., Denver. The package consists of 24-48 fold 2D data made available through Dalwave,…

Tracing the Industry

…Rick Gildart would like to announce as of May 1st, 1998, he will be starting his own seismic data brokerage company, Priority Data Ltd. You can contact Rick via phone direct (403) 234-8801 or fax (403) 234-8805. Good luck with your new endeavor Rick. Gerard Haughey would like his friends…

Profile of Judi McDonald and Grafton Cole

…Judi MacDonald and Grafton Cole were awarded the title of Mr. and Ms. Ski Spree this year at the CSEG Ski Spree for their long time involvement in, as well as their volunteer work over the years for the Ski Spree. I called Grafton to see if they would be…

Systems

…This marks the completion of a year's worth of Systems articles. I have covered a lot of topics: the history and purpose of operating systems; details of the UNIX operating system; password security; information sources; UNIX zombies, daemons, and orphans; disaster recovery; bizarre and dangerous UNIX behaviour; and computer support…

Systems

…Why is it that, when your computer is misbehaving, the system administrator says it's an application problem, the application programmer says it's a hardware problem, the hardware technician says it's a system administration issue, and the systems programmer quietly closes his office door and tries to disappear. It is often…

Grapevine

…70 Years of Successful Business for Magrath Energy Corporation In 1998, Magrath Energy Corporation celebrates 70 years of successful business operation. Incorporated in 1928 in the Town of Taber as Majestic Mines Limited with some sixteen sections of freehold mineral rights in the area as its major asset, the company…

Profile of Herman Selcho

…Herman grew up for part of his young life in Hanna, Alberta and later attended high school in Warburg, Alberta. In those days you didn't stay around home if you didn't have a job. After high school, his Dad quickly suggested that he look for work which prompted him to…

Tracing the Industry

…Lorne Brack recently joined Triumph Energy Corporation as Vice President of Exploration. Lorne brings extensive experience to his new company and can be contacted at (403) 266-1227 or by fax (403) 262-5786. Congratulations on your new position Lorne. Geco-Prakla would like to announce that Mike Cardell has joined the office…

Simultaneous Estimation of Statics and Velocity

Timo Tjan and Ken Lamer

…Where subsurface is complex, reflection data from land seismic surveys often suffer triply – from statics variations, the presence of various types of noise, and imperfect moveout correction due to crossing events and non-hyperbolic movement that varies rapidly with midpoint. For such data, velocity analysis, already difficult due to the…

Geophysical Consortia in Universities – A Vehicle for Research and Education

Larry Lines

…As we approach the twenty-first century, the discovery of petroleum and minerals continue to have a major impact on the Canadian economy. Oil exploration and production efforts are active on the Atlantic Coast, the Rocky Mountain foothills, and the Western Canadian basin. With this activity comes an increased demand for…

CGG Newsnotes

…CGC Action Committees Progress JANUARY - FEBRUARY 1998 Introduction Four special CGC Committees (PUBLIC AWARENESS; COOPERATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE) have been set up to implement a series of specific projects to enhance the Geosciences in Canada over the next several years. Reviews of these plans were undertaken at…

Profile of Warner Loven

…Warner was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta in 1928. At the time Grande Prairie was a small town of about 350 people, with board sidewalks and dirt streets. Warner's mother was the first Matron of the Grande Prairie hospital. In the 1920's the Northern Alberta Railroad was built from Edmonton,…

Systems

…Many users regard the UNIX operating system as dull and boring, but to systems programmers it is rich in arcane lore . Although much of this faded as UNIX moved from academia and research labs to corporate machine rooms, enough remains for an astute user to discern the attitude, humour,…

Tracing the Industry

…Baytex Energy Inc. is pleased to announce that Dennis Dunsmore has joined their team as Senior Geophysicist. Dennis brings over ten years of experience, most recently with Mobil, to an active and growing exploration oil and gas company. Dennis can be reached at (403) 781-0361 or via fax (403) 267-0771.…

International Exploration and Expatriate Recruitment and Effectiveness: The Overseas Assignment

David Mitrovica

…A dominant theme of the 1990's has been and continues to be the issue of globalization. Globalization encapsulates a description of a rapid and pervasive diffusion around the world of production, consumption, investment and trade flows in goods, services, capital and technology. Globalization has yielded such crucial worldwide trends as…