The Other Side of Fold

J. Bouska

…Introduction Traditional notions of stack fold can lead us astray in 3-D seismic design. The consequence of fold variation appears to be more complicated than a simple relationship for signal to noise based solely on the square root of the number of traces in a common midpoint gather. This is…

Systems

…Joe Bloggs was tired but happy. His latest article for Exceptional Geowhizicist was finally complete. He pressed the print button, then leaned back and stretched his legs. Click. His monitor went black and the printer fell ominously silent. Only the whine of his disk drive spinning down gave testimony to…

Profile of Gay Allen

…John Boyd suggested to me that writing this article and a good bottle of red wine go very well together so.... I have always been in the oil patch. My father worked in the field for a predecessor to Home Oil. At that time we lived on a tank farm…

Grapevine

…CDA Appoints New Chairman Common Data Access Limited is pleased to announce the election of John Foot as its new chairman, effective January 1st, 1998. John Foot replaces Dave Overton (Amoco Exploration) who steps down after a very successful period in office during which CDA was initially launched and successfully…

Tracing the Industry

…Enertec Geophysical Services is pleased to announce the recent arrivals of four employees to our growing processing staff. Anna-Marie Erickson with four years experience in the geophysical industry joins Enertec as a Junior Technician. Tom MacFarlane and Heath Pelletier, both recent university graduates join us as Junior Processors. Our new…

Executive Comments

…The Oil Patch in Calgary is DOOMED!!! How do I know? Have I consulted financial and industry experts? No. Tracked global consumption patterns? No. Consulted local psychics? No. Instead, I've looked at the most reliable indicator in the last 15 years of the state of the industry... Graduating class size…

International Exploration and Expatriate Recruitment and Effectiveness: The Overseas Assignment

Gary F. Margrave, Robert J. Ferguson, and Alana R. Schoepp

…Summary A nonstationary generalization of the convolution integral is presented. Called nonstationary convolution, it forms the scaled superposition of impulse responses, whose form can vary arbitrarily with time or position, 'and has stationary convolution as a limiting form. An alternate formulation is also given, which has the same limiting form…

Systems

…If you suspect your UNIX computer is haunted or possessed, you may feel vindicated to know that it is, in fact, harbouring both zombies and daemons. As if that were not enough, it is also known to occasionally produce orphans. Yet, despite this apparent wasteland of the undead, spirits, and…

Profile of Dr. Larry Lines

…Reprinted with permission of the University of Calgary Gazette. First published December 15, 1997. Story by Jacqueline Louie, a Calgary freelance writer. Larry Lines brings an international reputation in applied seismology to the University of Calgary's Department of Geology and Geophysics. And that can only benefit the U of C.…

Tracing the Industry

…Renata Resources Inc. welcomes the addition of John Behr and most recently Ward Bradley to the company as Senior Geophysicists. Both John and Ward bring years of experience and will be a valuable addition to their team. They can be reached at (403) 231-3100 or by Fax (403) 262-8508. Good…

Grapevine

…Western Atlas Inc. Acquires Heartland Kingfisher Inc. A Canadian Well-Logging Company Western Atlas Inc., recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of Heartland Kingfisher Inc., a highly respected provider of well-logging services in Canada. Heartland Kingfisher's revenues in 1997 are expected to exceed C$12 million. OSEA 98 Once again…

Executive Comments

…Congratulations on your recent victory in the CSEG elections... ...a seemingly harmless and supportive introduction to the world of volunteerism within a truly world class geophysical society. Although not entirely my first realization of what the duties of Second VP of CSEG might entail, it certainly is a trigger for…

Reservoir Quality Mapping with Geostatistical and Neural Network Techniques

Rainer Tonn and Jonathan Downton

…This case study shows techniques to map quantitatively a Triassic Halfway reservoir in NE British Columbia, Canada. The sand is at a depth of roughly 1000 meters and has a reservoir thickness that is within the seismic tuning thickness. It demonstrates how significant seismic attributes can be extracted from 20…

Regional interpretation of steep faults in the Alberta Basin from public-domain gravity and magnetic data: an update

Darran J. Edwards, Henry V. Lyatsky and R. James Broten

…Introduction The capability of providing regional information cheaply on the structure of sedimentary basins makes gravity and magnetic maps, in conjunction with seismic and geological information, potentially powerful tools in hydrocarbon exploration. In the Phanerozoic rocks of the Alberta Basin, significant magnetization is rare, and most magnetic anomalies are sourced…

History Revisited – Atlantic No.3, 1948

Aubrey Kerr

…Aubrey Kerr commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Atlantic No.3 blowout by recently republishing this book which is on the best seller list and is for sale exclusively at DeMille's Book Store, 815 - 8th Avenue S.W., Calgary. Excerpt from Book The tumultuous chain of events on this freehold quarter,…

Systems

…When asked how I "know so much" I often obfuscate the issue by replying: "Hard work"; "Experience"; or "Research". These may sound impressive, but I often use a much easier, time proven method of knowledge acquisition – reading. The converse, writing, requires significantly more effort, but even in the age…

Profile of Charlie Trefanenko

…Charlie was born in Wandering River, Alberta. When asked where Wandering River is, he responded "it's about 125 miles southwest of Fort McMurray, not the end of the world but you can just about see it from there". Charlie grew up on a farm along with seven brothers and three…

Grapevine

…First Commercial Contract Signed for Delta Gas More than two decades after the massive exploration campaign to find Mackenzie Delta energy resources, the first commercial deal has been signed to bring a natural gas field into production. The Inuvialuit Petroleum Corporation (IPC) and the Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NWTPC) announced…

Tracing the Industry

…Earth Signal, a data processing company, is pleased to announce that Paul Blaine has joined their team as Senior Processing Geophysicist. Paul brings twenty-two years of extensive experience in 2D/3D seismic data processing. Paul would like his friends and clients to know that he can be reached at (403) 264-8722…

Executive Comments

…The November 1997 SEG Convention in Dallas was truly outstanding. This convention is the only international event of the SEG. I went to the SEG council meetings during the convention and there were over 100 SEG representatives from around the world. The convention floor was big. There was around 1200…