20 August, 2012
HOUSTON, TX
Rock Solid Images plc
RSI is proposing an industry funded research project to
examine regional trends and underlying controls of
resistivity and resistivity anisotropy. Phase one of the
study will be focused in the Barents Sea. The project will
build on RSI's existing atlas of rock physics and seismic
responses, and will use well log, CSEM data and rock physics
modeling to develop a better understanding of regional
resistivity and anisotropy trends, examine the underlying
causes of these trends and to develop methods to predict
anisotropy from common well log measurements, extending the
proven success of the EM method to a wider regional
application. Further phases will extend this work into
additional hydrocarbon basins including Gulf of Mexico, West
Africa and the Malay Basin.
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has agreed to join the
project and will contribute CSEM and anisotropic inversion
data from their comprehensive Barents Sea data library.
Richard Cooper, RSI's CEO commented: "A number of leading
operators have asked RSI to use our regional experience to
integrate our existing rock physics atlas from the Barents
Sea with EMGS's CSEM data to produce regional resistivity
trends and rock physics models that will enhance
understanding of reservoir rocks and hydrocarbon charge,
leading to more efficient exploration in the Barents Sea"
Stated Dr. Lucy MacGregor, RSI's Chief Technology Officer:
"Controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) survey data
provides valuable information on the resistivity of the
sub-surface, and increasing volumes of these data are now
available. Additional value of these data can be realized by
interpretation within a regional resistivity context, and
calibration, where possible, to well log data. To do this
requires analysis of regional resistivity trends, and
investigation of their underlying cause."
Rock Solid Images plc +1 713 783 5593
Richard Cooper - Chief Executive Officer
Gareth Taylor - President
RSI - 2600 South Gessner - Suite 650 - Houston, TX 77063 USA - +1 713 783 5593 www.rocksolidimages.com
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