Respond to survey on 3D

The New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, N.M., is surveying industry professionals to help evaluate means of more efficiently exploiting 3D seismic technology. The bureau notes that new technologies and increased emphasis on multidisciplinary integration are changing the role of the seismic interpreter. Despite 3D's success in many areas such as the Gulf of Mexico, areas remain in which the technology has not been paying out the expected dividends.

July 1, 1996

The New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, N.M., is surveying industry professionals to help evaluate means of more efficiently exploiting 3D seismic technology.

The bureau notes that new technologies and increased emphasis on multidisciplinary integration are changing the role of the seismic interpreter. Despite 3D's success in many areas such as the Gulf of Mexico, areas remain in which the technology has not been paying out the expected dividends.

The bureau is asking seismic interpreters to respond by Sept. 30 to a questionnaire. It seeks short, confidential answers to questions on educational background, workplace, interpretation methods, perspective on 3D seismic's impact, and where 3D seismic and other technologies may be heading.

Results of the survey will be presented at various meetings and in industry trade journals, said Bruce Hart, bureau petroleum geologist. Hart can be reached by phone at (505) 835-5752, fax 835-6333, and by e-mail ([email protected]). The bureau has an internet home page (http://geoinfo.nmt.edu).