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Links & Acknowledgements

Links


Acknowledgements

Hydrocarbon exploration

  • Producing oil well with nodding donkey: www.uwec.edu
  • Oil rig: Copyright © Noble Corporation
  • Seismic section: Yilmaz, O. Seismic data analysis (2001), pp 798
  • Reflection diagrams: Dr Dorothy Satterfield (University of Derby) and Martin Whiteley (Barrisdale Ltd)

The 4 stages of seismic exploration

  • Field crew in desert: © 2009 Petroleum Geo-Services
  • Seismic processing system: Copyright © WesternGeco
  • Seismic section: Dr Dorothy Satterfield (University of Derby)

How a seismic section is produced

  • Marine field crew: Photo by Isabell Schulte-Loh, Alfred Wegener Institute.
  • Seismic boat animation: Copyright © Noble Corporation
  • The pages ‘Seismic acquisition offshore’, ‘Seismic acquisition onshore’, ‘Ray path animation’ were written by Dr Dorothy Satterfield (University of Derby) and Martin Whiteley (Barrisdale Ltd)

Find the oil interpretation exercise

  • Seismic section: Yilmaz, O. Seismic data analysis (2001), pp 798

Seismic Anatomy

  • Animated gif Offshore acquisition – Natural Resources Canada

Case study: Oil and Gas Exploration in the Weald

  • Stratigraphic column and geological cross section: Malcolm Butler and Christopher P. Pullan, Tertiary structures and hydrocarbon entrapment in the Weald Basin of southern England.
  • 3D PDF – Many thanks to the British Geological Survey

Special Thanks

  • Hazel Mather – For organising and driving this project forward
  • Ben Sayers – For technical assistance
  • Pete Loader and Alan Richardson for taking time to look, comment and help