Surface-to-Depth Integrated Decision Model

Surface-to-Depth Integrated Decision Model

Tree above the waterline with its roots spreading below the surface

The challenge

Many exploration blocks have poor seismic imaging or difficult access. Low-altitude magnetics and photogrammetry can add constraints where new seismic is hard to justify.

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Data layer

Drone magnetics, photogrammetry and, where useful, LiDAR.

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Data layer

Drone magnetics, photogrammetry and, where useful, LiDAR.

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Inversion

Results feed the seismic interpretation and the 3D model as quantitative constraints.

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Inversion

Results feed the seismic interpretation and the 3D model as quantitative constraints.

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Decision

The aim is to reduce dry-hole risk and focus the next seismic survey.

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Decision

The aim is to reduce dry-hole risk and focus the next seismic survey.

The work

This is a proposed programme, built on experience of integrating potential-field and field data in Arctic and East Siberian regional projects.


Drone magnetics, photogrammetry and, where useful, LiDAR become a new data layer. After inversion, the results feed the seismic interpretation and the 3D model as quantitative constraints, with the aim of reducing dry-hole risk and focusing the next seismic survey.


Field acquisition is carried out by licensed operators. My role is the geological problem statement and the interpretation.

Client

Proposed programme

Year

2025

Category

Drone Geophysics

Focus

UAV Survey · Aeromagnetics · Prospect Ranking

UAV Survey · Aeromagnetics · Prospect Ranking

Proposed workflow
From the surface to the subsurface model, with a stop point before any field spending.
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Feasibility
Check that the target should give a measurable response. If not, the work stops here.
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Survey design
Area, sensors, altitude and line spacing, set with a licensed operator.
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Acquisition
Field work by the licensed operator, with a geological check of data quality.
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Processing and inversion
By specialist partners, constrained by the geological model.
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Integration and decision
Results feed the seismic interpretation and the 3D model.
Revised ranking and the next survey
Built on
Drone magneticsPhotogrammetryLiDARSeismicWells
Proposed workflow
From the surface to the subsurface model, with a stop point before any field spending.
01
Feasibility
Check that the target should give a measurable response. If not, the work stops here.
02
Survey design
Area, sensors, altitude and line spacing, set with a licensed operator.
03
Acquisition
Field work by the licensed operator, with a geological check of data quality.
04
Processing and inversion
By specialist partners, constrained by the geological model.
05
Integration and decision
Results feed the seismic interpretation and the 3D model.
Revised ranking and the next survey
Built on
Drone magneticsPhotogrammetryLiDARSeismicWells

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