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Oil & Gas Exploration with Orion 3D
As oil and gas exploration moves beyond traditional areas, there are times when 3D seismic data collection can be unreliable: Identifying bitumen versus water in petroleum exploration for more energy-efficient heavy oil recovery, Targeting hydrocarbon-bearing-shale-formations in relation to shale gas exploration, Imaging the geology underneath permafrost and volcanic cover. Without the right technology, oil and gas exploration projects are even more expensive in these new destinations.
From 50°C below to 50°C above: Quantec’s Technologies Work In All Conditions And Climates.
Quantec helps oil and gas companies increase exploration success no matter what challenges lie in your geological landscape. Lightweight and robust, Quantec’s technologies prioritise safety and are functional in all climates, across any terrain.
Acquisition and inversion techniques, such as magnetotellurics (MT), enable oil and gas clients to create cost-effective drill programs based on precise drill targeting. World-experienced Quantec geophysicists use sensitive 3D DCIP & MT (magnetotelluric) acquisition methods to gather more data (omni-directional) than any other geophysical service provider. Next, the data is inverted into a high-resolution 3D image enabling easy drill program design and significant cost savings on unnecessary drilling.
When Would The Oil And Gas Industry Want Quantec Orion 3D Technology?
Orion 3D has proven to be especially effective for oil and gas exploration during the following conditions:
- Heavy Oil: maximise oil recovery with less energy using high-resolution DCIP & MT images of the bitumen/water interface.
- Permafrost stops seismic from seeing investment potential in vast, cold landscapes. In remote areas, drilling a well is even more expensive than usual. But Quantec’s technologies penetrate permafrost to provide detailed resistivity images for cost-effective drill targeting.
- Shale Gas: Orion 3D targets the layer within shale that contains hydrocarbons encouraging better drill core results.
- Volcanic cover prevents seismic from giving a reliable image. Orion 3D sees through volcanic layers to show you what resources lie beneath.