ACTeQ is the only full service supplier of 3D seismic survey planning and operational analysis software for land, marine and seabed applications, that is not affilliated with a major geophysical service provider.
What we do...
ACTeQ provides game changing 3D seismic survey design software and innovative, experienced personnel. Our mission is to enable E&P companies and service providers to collaborate in the design of 3D surveys delivering increased return on investment.
3D seismic surveys have become the most important exploration and production tool for oil and gas companies. The last 20 years have seen an explosion in acquisition and processing technology available for land, marine and transition zone surveys:
4C
4D
AVO/AVA
Slip sweep
Smart phones
Sim source
Pre-stack migration
Compressive sensing
Marine vibrators
Imaging with multiples
Drones
AUVs
Wireless
TesserACT tools for compressive sensing
Compressive sensing is emerging as a powerful tool in the geophysicist's toolkit. TesserACT now offers a range of powerful tools to support randomization.
Survey Design in the Real World
Image shows a small piece of a large, high resolution survey on the Permian Basin, with trace densities exceeding 70M traces per sq km.
A series of short articles addressing key topics in the arena of 3D survey design; Geophysics, operations optimization and TesserACT tips and tricks
Latest News
A letter from our management.
4th April 2020
Dear Clients and Friends,
Firstly, I want to say that we hope that you and your colleagues and family are weathering the perfect storm of the Corona virus and the oil price slump. During a downturn, it is more important than ever to optimize geophysical operations to deliver projects faster, at the lowest cost, with reduced risk. That’s what TesserACT does!
At ACTeQ, very little has changed. Although we opened an office a few months ago, we have used remote collaboration as standard working practice for most of the life of the company. Similarly, from day 1, we have practiced strong fiscal discipline, and as a consequence, our financial position is strong, and we will continue to grow steadily and support our customers throughout this year and beyond.
In the last few months we have grown our consulting practice and technical support team : survey design, operations optimization and, through our partnership with Z-Terra, we are now offering PP and PS wave equation illumination studies.
TesserACT has also evolved tremendously, and recent additions to our functionality include : -
- 3D and 2D survey design
- Current modelling and infill analysis (marine streamer)
- Shooting on turns (marine streamer/seabed)
- ACTeX : efficient geometry handling for large land/seabed surveys … up to 100 x faster
- Project management/daily updates : planned vs actual
If you would like an update or training on these or other functionality, please give us a call.
Best Regards,
Damian A. Hite
CEO
Survey Design Express #7 Released
Marine Streamer Infill Optimization
Marine Streamer Infill Optimization
This video investigates the effectiveness of several techniques to reduce infill on a 3D seismic program. The example used is from a project where 2D and 3D programs must be acquired in a very short weather window. Streamer fanning proves to be a critical technology.
Thanks to SeisIntel for providing ocean current data.
We are growing !
We are pleased to announce that Joe Greer has accepted the position of Customer Experience Director. Joe brings us a wealth of marine 4D and ocean bottom cable experience as well as deep knowledge of onshore and borehole seismic.
Joe's role will include customer support and training for our growing client base, as well as identifying and specifying new functionality requirements.
Survey Design Express #6
Simultaneous acquisition of broadband OBN and streamer data
Survey Design Express #6 is our latest video on hot topics in survey design. In this video we look at some of the issues raised at the SEG 2019 workshop on marine data acquisition.
The requirements of FWI are driving many operators to acquire long offset OBN surveys to complement existing high resolution streamer surveys. In this video, we pose the question "can we acquire both surveys efficiently and simultaneously ?" ... and "could marine vibrators have a role to play in such acquisition ?".
Major product announcements at SEG 2019 !
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Illuminations studies and VOI analysis in partnership with Z-Terra
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Current modelling and infill minimization for marine streamer
Illuminations studies and VOI analysis in partnership with Z-Terra
Current modelling and infill minimization for marine streamer
At SEG in San Antonio in September 2019, we received a huge response to the latest extensions to TesserACT.
Great imaging requires great data. In this short note, Dave Monk discusses one of the key factors that should be considered when designing a survey for FWI.
Image above : This Full Waveform Inversion shows 100Hz data from 300m to 4,500m. The image was produced by DownUnder Geosolutions. Capreolus data is shown by kind permission of Polarcus.
Putting survey planning in a historical context ....
This article was published in the May 2019 GSH Journal by ACTeQ founder and advisor Dave Ridyard to provide background for the GSH web symposium on survey planning.
Survey Design for Full Waveform Imaging
ACT now !
TesserACT is available for marine streamer, seabed, transition zone, land and mixed mode applications. Support for borehole applications is on the way !
If you are an E&P company, a geophysical service provider, an equipment manufacturer, a consulting organization or an academic institution, contact us now for a demonstration or a trial installation.
Help us to make TesserACT a game changer in faster, safer, cheaper delivery of high quality, environmentally sensitive 3D surveys.
