Kansas: Wellington Mississippi lime 3D set

April 18, 2012
TGS Nopec Geophysical Co. is shooting a 161 sq mile multiclient 3D seismic survey at Wellington in south-central Kansas to illuminate the Mississippi lime horizontal oil play.

TGS Nopec Geophysical Co. is shooting a 161 sq mile multiclient 3D seismic survey at Wellington in south-central Kansas to illuminate the Mississippi lime horizontal oil play.

The Sumner County survey complements the previously announced Bucklin survey is being acquired utilizing a high channel count Vibroseis crew. Final deliverable products will be processed through pre-stack time migration.

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Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.

Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.