Seismic News

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 […]

Digital Transformation Framework for Geophysical Data

You’ve made the decision to begin (or at least take the next step in) your company’s digital transformation. You realize there are benefits to be had, like organizing volumes of geophysical data that hold valuable insights, taking advantage of big data analytics and finding value in existing assets. But where to begin? Katalyst Data Management has undertaken a digitization strategy framework for geophysical data that includes the four key components of digital transformation, no matter […]

How Data Audits Can Save Companies Millions

Your company has collected data for decades. Do you know how much data you have? Or if that data is accurate and up-to-date? The question becomes, how much potential value are you losing due to inaccurate data? If you’re asking yourself these questions, you’re not alone. Oil and gas operators have collected subsurface geological data for generations, but this data faces challenges. Often, data collects dust and goes unused. It may be inaccurate, mislabeled, or […]

Introducing Katalyst Data Management’s Digitize The World Tour

The world of subsurface data management is changing. Most of us have heard and felt the changes we are experiencing as part of the digital revolution. Whether it’s digital transformation, data analytics, machine learning or artificial intelligence, it all requires a vast amount of content to take advantage these revolutionary technologies. The first step in this revolution is digital transformation. Tremendous amounts of subsurface data must be made digital. As a result, we are excited […]

Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Oil and Gas

Do the math. How many pieces of paper do you think would fit into ten terabytes? In a typical oil and gas digital transformation project, ten terabytes holds the equivalent of 35,000,000 pieces of paper full of text and images. That’s roughly 16,000 boxes of paper. Add another terabyte of subsurface maps and seismic sections, and that’s an additional 15,000 images and 350 boxes of paper. Just the storage for all of those boxes could […]

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 […]

Seismic Data Digital Transformation Begins with Tape Transcription

Evaluating legacy media inventory opens a pathway to digitalization of seismic data One of the biggest digital transformation challenges facing the oil and gas exploration and production industry today is the vast amount of different tape media technologies used by E&P and geophysical companies throughout the history of seismic exploration. Seismic data is extremely valuable and rarely ever destroyed. To make this data usable in today’s environment, oil and gas companies often require tape transcription […]

Digital Transformation for E&P Data – Hike Production While Reducing Risk

In the upstream oil and gas industry, digital transformation is changing how we do business. In fact, according to Booz Allen Hamilton in December 2018, digital transformation of E&P proprietary data could save the industry as much as $1 billion each year while boosting production up to 8 percent. E&P data is commonly stored in warehouses on decades of various media technologies that cannot be accessed on today’s platforms, and that means missed opportunities. Geophysical […]

Geophysical Data Compliance – Utilizing Technology

By Sue Carr and Trish Mulder As published in PPDM Foundations Vol 5, Issue 2 Geophysical data compliance means only using data you are entitled to use for an implicitly defined purpose and timeframe. Geophysical / seismic data is complex.  Seismic is an image of a defined position of the earth. It is multi-dimensional, multi-faceted and geographically based. It consists of raw and interpretation data and could reside on different media types and formats. It may also […]