Seismic News

Cloud Storage for E&P Data: Lessons Learned

It is increasingly clear that oil and gas companies are ramping up their efforts to put more and more E&P data into cloud storage.  The current industry dynamics are pressuring them to continue to drive down cost, declare a digitalization strategy and compete with companies in other industry verticals for capital. So what are they learning as they make the journey? Cloud Storage Cost According to the eighth annual State of the Cloud survey by […]

Revealing Your Oil and Gas Exploration Data to the Right People

As oil and gas exploration databases become larger and more complex, energy companies are challenged with regulating access to certain datasets. Oil and gas exploration companies use the Internet and social media on a daily basis to get news, share data and connect with others. On our personal time, many of us take part in online games, quizzes and personality tests on social media for fun.  The questions that we respond to in those ‘fun’ […]

Making it Work: Remote Seismic Data Loading for Interpretation Projects

Loading seismic and well data into projects when working from home Making things work while working from home has become a reality for many of us. Everyone is working through the practical issues that need to be addressed, such as setting up a home office or making sure you have enough bandwidth for a household suddenly full of workers and students. In addition to these, there are numerous other challenges associated with gaining access to […]

Cloud Storage for E&P Data: Drivers and Benefits

Cloud computing for subsurface data is part of a shift in our industry the likes of which may have never been seen. The scope, speed, and consistency with which oil and gas companies are pursuing digital transformation and digitalization strategies – and declaring them as strategic for them – could completely rewrite what an oil and gas company looks like within the next 2 – 5 years. It’s a wild, fascinating, scary disruption, and it’s […]

Disaster Recovery in a Multi-Cloud Environment for Subsurface Data

When we think about disaster recovery for subsurface data, we normally take our cues from nature and consider hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires, etc. Sometimes we might consider an aircraft crashing into the facility and other extreme scenarios. To mitigate these potential risks, oil and gas companies draw up business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans. From a threat to data perspective, the foundation of recovering from one of these disasters has long been the offsite […]

Simplifying Data Capture and Data Recovery

There’s hope for “lost” data when you have a data recovery plan. Data recovery services can often restore even the most damaged media. Exploration companies rely on these services, because old, legacy media that stores geophysical data is prone to fail. Whether stiction or skew errors affects tape media, geophysical data is plagued with potential corruption. This problem is compounded as exploration companies continue to generate and collect more seismic data than ever. Without a […]

Big Data Challenges Facing Seismic Data and Exploration Geophysics

Seismic data and exploration geophysics face plenty of big data challenges. In WSJ’s CIO Journal in December 2017 Deloitte analysts wrote that, with many companies doubling their data every two years, short-term, narrowly focused strategies for data storage can quickly become obsolete. New content management architectures and strategies will be needed to accommodate the Big Data explosion. The Holy Grail for today’s companies, Deloitte added, is an enterprise-wide content management strategy to handle increasing volumes […]