Seismic exploration technology development and its outlook

Abstract

Seismic exploration and its continuous technology development have historically contributed to both exploration successes and improved petroleum geology understandings, and the seismic survey deliverables have changed from initially primitive analogue seismic sections to massive high quality and high resolution multi-dimensional seismic volumes enabling “cognitive” interpretation. The recent technical development moves towards broadband, multi-azimuth high density, and efficiency of data acquisition to reduce turn-around time and cost. Meanwhile, digital transformation has become the key development focus for upstream industry, and is expected to make step change uplift to our exploration activities in subsurface understandings and work effciency.