Industry Article The Defining Series: Beginner's Guide to Seismic Surveying
Today, geophysicists bounce seismic waves off strata below the Earth's surface and record seismic reflections to create high-resolution images of the subsurface.
Use ultralong-offset, full wave inversion ocean bottom node data to reveal previously unseen structural relationships subsalt.
Building on our industry-leading OBN portfolio—which now boasts contiguous coverage exceeding 1,430 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) blocks (33,300 km2)—we're excited to announce Engagement 8, the largest survey of its kind, covering more than 400 OCS blocks.
Enabled by our OBN development program, this milestone project leverages our proprietary technology portfolio, including next-generation acquisition design geometries and ultra-low frequency enhanced source configurations to drive the most advanced elastic full waveform inversion (FWI) algorithms from SLB.
Together, these innovations unlock an unprecedented leap in subsurface resolution, fueled by ultra-long offset OBN data. Engagement 8 will deliver the clarity and confidence operators need to accelerate both exploration and development, faster and with greater certainty than ever before.
Engagement data is licensed by SLB Exploration Data.
SLB is acquiring a new 220 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) block, ultralong-offset, ocean bottom node (OBN) project in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Data processing and imaging is being performed by SLB, utilizing the latest signal processing techniques together with elastic enhanced template-matching full-waveform inversion (EFWI) on ultralong offsets, to create a step change in velocity model accuracy and streamer and OBN image quality. SLB will deliver EFWI fast-track images in Q2 2025 and final products in Q1 2026.
Engagement data is licensed by SLB Exploration Data.
SLB has acquired a new 200 OCS block ultralong-offset, ocean bottom node (OBN) project in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Data processing and imaging is being performed by SLB utilizing the latest signal processing techniques, together with EFWI on ultralong offsets, to create a step change in velocity model accuracy and streamer and OBN image quality.
Engagement data is licensed by SLB Exploration Data.
SLB, in partnership with TGS, is acquiring a new 172 OCS block ultralong-offset, ocean bottom node (OBN) project in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Data processing and imaging is being performed by SLB utilizing the latest signal processing techniques, together with EFWI on ultralong offsets, to create a step change in velocity model accuracy and streamer and OBN image quality.
Engagement data is licensed by SLB Exploration Data.
SLB, in partnership with TGS, has completed the acquisition of a new 152 OCS block ultralong-offset, ocean bottom node (OBN) project in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Data processing and imaging is being performed by SLB utilizing the latest signal processing techniques, together with EFWI on ultralong offsets, to create a step change in velocity model accuracy and streamer and OBN image quality. Intermediate EFWI image products are available now with final images in Q1 2025.
Engagement data is licensed by SLB Exploration Data.
SLB, in partnership with TGS, has completed the acquisition of a new 120 OCS block ultralong-offset, ocean bottom node (OBN) project in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Data processing and imaging was performed by SLB utilizing the latest signal processing techniques, together with enhanced EFWI on ultralong offsets, to create a step change in velocity model accuracy and streamer and OBN image quality.
Engagement data is licensed by SLB Exploration Data.
SLB, in partnership with TGS, has completed the acquisition of a new 165 OCS block ultralong-offset OBN project in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Data processing and imaging was performed by SLB utilizing the latest signal processing techniques, together with enhanced template-matching full-waveform inversion (ETM FWI) on ultralong offsets, to create a step change in velocity model accuracy and streamer and OBN image quality.
Engagement data is licensed by SLB Exploration Data.
SLB, in partnership with TGS, has completed the acquisition of a new 127 OCS block ultralong-offset ocean bottom node (OBN) project in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Data processing and imaging was performed by SLB utilizing the latest signal processing techniques, together with ETM FWI on ultralong offsets, to create a step change in velocity model accuracy and streamer and OBN image quality.
Engagement data is licensed by SLB Exploration Data.
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