Broadening horizons in Galveston's heavy traffic

• Main Author: Snieckus D
• Other Authors: Offshore Engineer
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: ASW,USA,Texas,Galveston Bay; Galveston Bay; mapping; O 6030 Oil and Gas Resources; Oil and gas exploration; Q2 02270 Seismology; Seismic reflection profiling; Signal processing; Arctic; Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/22971

- Prudently anticipating leaner commercial times ahead for the global seismics business, Fugro-Geoteam in Norway has been working flat out to establish coverage of a range of further-flung niche markets. Last month it wrapped up a 4500 line km 2D multi-client survey of the Outer Galveston Bay area in the US Gulf of Mexico. The seismic specialist made use of the amplitude-versus-offset (AVO) technique to shoot the long-offset 2D programme with the aim of producing a clearer picture than has been possible before of the shale and sand strata that underlies the bay. The Geo Arctic, a conventional 2D ship conversion now upgraded with a 9km streamer to handle more complex geological mapping, was deployed for the job http://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htm