The more McMoRan and its team work through the seismic data the more they learn.
Father-and-son-team Orazio and Salvatore Consoli help gather the seismic data -- three generations of their family have worked on the volcano.
But evaluating the seismic data and log reports has not been easy.
The current plan for Blueberry is to come back up the hole and sidetrack again to get around the nonconformity or fault that seems to have not shown up on the seismic data.
Apparently there are few geologists in the world who have the skill to interpret the logs and read the seismic data from the cretaceous to establish exactly what has been found 6 miles down.
The reinterpretation of seismic data has also pushed the boundaries.
Last year, the joint venture finished its seismic data acquisition in the Black Sea and plans to do the same for the Kara Sea this year.
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Adamo is especially enthusiastic about Dawson for its position as the largest provider of onshore seismic data acquisition services in the United States.
As of March 2012, Australia, France, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Turkey and the USA had taken advantage of incorporating CTBTO seismic data into the use of their national tsunami monitoring.
Realising the importance of the available data, seismic reflection surveys are now undertaken.
Armed with promising seismic data, the pair then convinced Noble and Delek to buy into their lease.
It helps its customers in the acquisition and processing of seismic data as well as in reservoir characterization and monitoring activities.
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Others are awaiting discovery, driven by needed improvements to seismic data quality to image the prospects.
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The oil industry uses supercomputers to trawl seismic data before drilling wells.
Advances in using seismic data have been dramatic over the last 25 years.
Over the last two decades, supercomputing allowed new skill levels in interpreting seismic data of below-ground structures.
Secretary Chu wrapped up the briefing with an overview of the ongoing work by the federal science team to collect and analyze acoustic, sonar and seismic data.
Each well drilled, whether a hit or a miss, a discovery or a dry hole, adds to the geologic knowledge the company has with which to interpret its now vast array of seismic data.
Imaging through rock is one thing, but seismic data get scrambled when it bounces off layers of salt deep under the seabed.
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