EcoSeis

EcoSeis is an innovative program from WesternGeco that provides an effective tool for monitoring, tracking, and ensuring environmental regulatory, contractual, and permit compliance in the field.

EcoSeis features

• Consolidates all applicable requirements in one place
• Focuses training of personnel to meet project requirements
• Monitors performance and presents results
• Recognizes excellent performances, fosters best practices
• Addresses non-compliance using an effective remedial action process

Client benefits

• Reduced exposure to environmental risk
• Improved QHSE performance
• Clear understanding and communication of environmental requirements
• Improved communication and relations with local communities
• Better communication with stakeholders
• Reduced costly environmental errors

Minimizing land seismic environmental impact

An example of the practical use of the EcoSeis approach is the use of mulch cutters. Mulch cutters are extensively used by WesternGeco land crews when working through areas of brush, whether in Siberia or Sub-Saharan Africa, to help us enable our goal of "leaving no footprint". Mulch cutters enable seismic operations to be carried out with minimum environmental impact. The mulch layer prevents rutting of the surface as the seismic vehicles pass, which in turn prevents the erosion and alteration of local drainage patterns. The mulch layer left behind effectively protects the root stock and actually nourishes the top soil so that there is a rapid regeneration of vegetation during the next season's growth.