The Leading Edge, Volume 25, Issue 8, pp. 984-992 (August 2006)
Lucy MacGregor, David Andreis, James Tomlinson, and Neville Barker
OHM, Aberdeen, Scotland
The marine controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) sounding method is rapidly gaining acceptance as an exploration tool for detecting and delineating hydrocarbon reservoirs. Whereas seismic surveys can detect the structures that may contain hydrocarbons with great accuracy, distinguishing hydrocarbon fluids from water within these structures is more problematic. As a result, less than a third of exploration wells result in a commercial discovery.
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