British Columbia

The ministry made available 350 line-km of Vibroseis seismic data in British Columbia’s Nechako basin.

June 24, 2009

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, June 24 – The ministry made available 350 line-km of Vibroseis seismic data in British Columbia’s Nechako basin.

The survey was shot in mid-2008 at a cost of $2.5 million west of Quesnel in the heart of the mountain pine beetle-affected area of interior BC.

The ministry has also released new geological maps, gravity and magnetic data, petroleum source rock studies, and reservoir rock evaluations of the basin.

Nechako has presented exploration challenges in the past because of surface volcanic rocks that blurred seismic images. The new data show that in some areas rock units with oil and gas reservoir potential can be successfully imaged with modern seismic technology.