Acknowledgements

Hydrocarbon exploration

Images:

Producing oil well with nodding donkey: www.uwec.edu

Oil rig: Copyright © Noble Corporation

Seismic section: Yilmaz, O. Seismic data analysis (2001), pp 798

Reflection diagrams: Dr Dorothy Satterfield (University of Derby) and Martin Whiteley (Barrisdale Ltd)

The 4 stages of seismic exploration

Images:

Field crew in desert: © 2009 Petroleum Geo-Services

Seismic processing system: Copyright © WesternGeco

Seismic section: Dr Dorothy Satterfield (University of Derby)

How a seismic section is produced

Images:

Marine field crew: Photo by Isabell Schulte-Loh, Alfred Wegener Institute.

Seismic boat animation: Copyright © Noble Corporation

The following pages were written by Dr Dorothy Satterfield (University of Derby) and Martin Whiteley (Barrisdale Ltd) : Seismic acquisition offshore
Seismic acquisition onshore
Ray path animation

Find the oil interpretation exercise

Image:

Seismic section: Yilmaz, O. Seismic data analysis (2001), pp 798

Anatomy of Seismic

Animated image:

Offshore acquisition - Natural Resources Canada

Case study

Geological History

Images:

stratigraphic column and geological cross section: Malcolm Butler and Christopher P. Pullan, Tertiary structures and hydrocarbon entrapment in the Weald Basin of southern England.

3D PDF - Many thanks to the British Geological Survey

Special Thanks

Hazel Mather - For organising and driving this project forward

Ben Sayers - For technical assistance

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