As demonstrated by recent exploration success, Viridien’s Northern Viking Graben (NVG) seismic survey in the Northern North Sea has already proven to be a valuable exploration tool. Thanks to the high-quality seismic data in this geologically challenging area, prospects are better defined, allowing for ...
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Côte d’Ivoire: West Africa’s Rising Star in Exploration
Côte d’Ivoire: West Africa’s Rising Star in Exploration
Viridien drills down into the prospectivity of Côte d’Ivoire’s Tano Basin while sharing the final data from its multi-client CDI23, 3D PSDM re-imaging project.
Supporting global exploration trends with geoscience insight
Supporting global exploration trends with geoscience insight
Erling Frantzen, Anna Lougon & Joe Zhou from our Earth Data team discuss how advanced geoscience technologies and data are successfully supporting energy companies in the search for hidden opportunities in the world’s hotspots.
Full-waveform inversion (FWI) has found great success in different geologic settings and has become a must-have tool for velocity model building (VMB), particularly in salt environments where geology and velocity are often highly complex. While still acoustic, FWI has already significantly improved salt models ...
The benefits of elastic full-waveform inversion for subsurface imaging in North Sea shallow-water environments
The benefits of elastic full-waveform inversion for subsurface imaging in North Sea shallow-water environments
In areas of complex geology, strong impedance contrasts can generate highly elastic behavior leading to the breakdown of the acoustic assumption in FWI. In these cases, accurate Earth models cannot be obtained without considering the elastic wave equation. Many previous studies of elastic FWI ...
Advancing geologic document digitalization and information retrieval with generative AI
Advancing geologic document digitalization and information retrieval with generative AI
This paper demonstrates how generative artificial intelligence (AI) enhances geoscientific document processing by improving text analysis, table extraction, and figure classification.
Unlocking onshore imaging challenges with FWI: case studies from the Sultanate of Oman
Unlocking onshore imaging challenges with FWI: case studies from the Sultanate of Oman
This paper highlights recent progress and breakthroughs in land FWI with two examples from the Sultanate of Oman (one from the north and one from the south).
Chris Page, EVP New Businesses Development, Viridien, explains how technologies used to support oil and gas exploration and development are enabling innovations in the energy transition and beyond.
Exploring the benefits and pitfalls of using multiples in imaging
Exploring the benefits and pitfalls of using multiples in imaging
We demonstrate how the use of multiples in imaging may provide improved shallow illumination and potentially reduce the requirement for extensive site-survey acquisition in some areas.