Spectraseis Completes LF Seismic Survey over France's Largest Gas Storage Facility
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Results to Accelerate LF Seismic Applications in Brownfield, Production
Monitoring and Field Development Settings as Part of Low Frequency Seismic
Partnership (LFSP)
Zurich, Switzerland, May 19, 2010. Spectraseis, the leading provider of low
frequency (LF) seismic solutions to the upstream oil & gas industry, today
announced the completion of its most comprehensive LF seismic survey to date
over France's largest underground gas storage facility near Chemery. The field
is operated by Storengy, a fully owned subsidiary of GDF Suez, a member of the
recently established Low Frequency Seismic Partnership (LFSP).
The survey, conducted by Spectraseis in partnership with German geophysical
company DMT, is a cornerstone project conducted under the LFSP with the results
likely to provide significant insight into all applications of LF seismic,
including brownfield, production monitoring and field development settings.
Among many research objectives, the data will provide an examination into how
reservoir characterization can be improved by relating LF seismic attributes to
reservoir parameters. In addition to reservoir characterization, the survey was
designed to test expanded methods in LF seismic data acquisition and processing,
such as interferometry. A second data acquisition phase is planned for later in
2010 to acquire 4D data under different gas-filled conditions in the reservoir
where Spectraseis' soon to be launched new borehole multi-level receiver array
for LF measurements may also be utilized.
The survey saw the acquisition of 630 data points employing over 110 broadband
sensors in a record 12 days with the design consisting of lines, interleaved
grids, and tuned 3D arrays. The survey was also marked by strong HSE performance
with no LTIs (lost time incidents) from a crew of 35 people and, in an area with
landowner sensitivity, the survey was completed with the full satisfaction and
support of the local communities.
The news follows recent Spectraseis announcements of the completion of a LF
seismic synchronous survey for Shell in Western Egypt and the signing of
Malaysian oil and gas giant, PETRONAS as part of the LFSP.
Rob Habiger, Chief Technology Officer of Spectraseis, commented:
"The completion of this survey is a significant milestone for Spectraseis. It is
the first major deliverable for the Low Frequency Seismic Partnership formed
last September and it provides the LFS Partners with a rich, controlled data set
from which to further develop key application elements of the technology. We
look forward to analyzing the results and revisiting the site at a different
time in its fill cycle later this year."
Located 200 kilometers south west of Paris, the Chemery gas storage facility is
the largest such underground facility in France with capacity of 7 Bcm (billion
cubic meters). The site serves Paris, Nantes, Lyon and the South of France. The
reservoir, with a depth of 1100 meters, is in the Trias formation and has 93
existing wells.
The LFSP is a multi-year Joint Industry Project (JIP) for the research and
development of LF seismic technology, led by Spectraseis and including six major
industry partners, and academic partners Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(ETH) in Zurich and University of Bern, Switzerland. [Seewww.spectraseis.com
Note to editors
About Spectraseis
Established in 2003, Spectraseis is the principal technology and service
provider in the fast-emerging field of low frequency seismic geophysical surveys
and data analysis. Spectraseis helps oil and gas companies reduce risk and more
efficiently find and produce hydrocarbon reserves by providing new subsurface
information. In October 2007, Spectraseis won the 2007 World Oil Award for Best
Exploration Technology. In 2009 Spectraseis received the annual Swiss Economic
Award in the category high-tech/biotech. Broad adoption of the company's
technology by the global oil and gas exploration and production industry can be
expected to save billions of dollars each year which is currently expended on
non-productive exploration surveys and dry wells, as well as improve the
industry's environmental performance.
For more information, please visit www.spectraseis.com
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owners.
For further information, contact:
Brice Bouffard, Vice President, Spectraseis
Tel. +41 43 500 5849 or +41 78 907 0549
brice.bouffard(at)spectraseis.com
Robert (Rob) Habiger, Chief Technical Officer, Spectraseis
Tel. +41 43 500 5827
rob.habiger(at)spectraseis.com
Paul Fisher, Axiom Communications Management
Tel: +44 (0) 1285 713 776
pfisher(at)axiomcomms.com
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Spectraseis press pelease Chemery survey completed 19 May 2010.pdf: http://hugin.info/137808/R/1417223/367683.pdf
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