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Applications

Where better images could help

One primary application and five secondary ones, each with the decision it supports and what we do not promise.

Primary application

Deep-marine gas exploration

Deep-marine gas explorationCross-section: deep water over layered sediment, with a salt-like body and a dome-shaped structure that could trap gas. Synthetic and illustrative.Water columnSalt-like bodyPossible trap
Synthetic — illustrative
Decision supported
Where to focus further surveys and prospect evaluation before any drilling decision is taken.
Data typically needed
Ocean-bottom-node or streamer seismic, well data, and gravity, magnetic or electromagnetic data where available.
How the program would help
  • ConceptImaging of deep structure beneath complex overburden, studied under Program A.
  • ConceptUncertainty ranges and competing interpretations kept next to every image.
  • ConceptThe value of an additional survey estimated before it is acquired.

Secondary applications

Civilian settings that follow the primary application.

Offshore wind foundations

Offshore wind foundationsCross-section: a wind turbine standing on soft sediment, with a buried channel below. Synthetic and illustrative.Wind turbineSoft sedimentBuried channel
Synthetic — illustrative
Decision supported
Whether the seabed at a site can carry a foundation, and where the ground varies.
Data typically needed
Shallow seismic, seabed samples, bathymetry and cone penetration tests.
How the program would help
  • ConceptImaging of the upper sediments and of buried boulders or channels.
  • ConceptGround variability shown as a range, not a single profile.

Cables and pipelines

Cables and pipelinesCross-section: a cable route on a sloping seabed crossing a magnetic anomaly. Synthetic and illustrative.Cable routeSeabed slopeMagnetic anomaly
Synthetic — illustrative
Decision supported
Where a cable or pipeline route crosses unstable, buried or magnetic obstacles.
Data typically needed
Bathymetry, magnetometer surveys and shallow seismic.
How the program would help
  • ConceptMagnetic anomalies that may mark buried metal or rock.
  • ConceptSeabed structure combined along the route.

Geohazards

GeohazardsCross-section: a fault cutting layers beneath a seabed slope, with a gas-charged layer beside it. Synthetic and illustrative.FaultUnstable slopeGas-charged layer
Synthetic — illustrative
Decision supported
Where slopes, faults or gas-charged sediments could pose a hazard to structures and communities.
Data typically needed
Bathymetry, shallow and deep seismic, and records of past events.
How the program would help
  • ConceptStructure that hints at faults and weak layers.
  • ConceptUncertainty about where hazards lie, shown with the image.

CO₂ storage

CO₂ storageCross-section: an injection well passing below a sealing layer into a storage formation. Synthetic and illustrative.Injection wellSealing layerStorage formation
Synthetic — illustrative
Decision supported
Whether a deep formation could hold carbon dioxide beneath a sealing layer, and how it could be monitored.
Data typically needed
Seismic, well logs, and electromagnetic data where available.
How the program would help
  • ConceptResistivity contrasts that may separate fluids, studied with electromagnetic data.
  • ConceptRepeat surveys to look for change over time.

Geothermal energy

Geothermal energyCross-section: a heat source below fractured rock, with a production well. Synthetic and illustrative.Heat sourceFractured rockProduction well
Synthetic — illustrative
Decision supported
Where heat and permeable rock could coincide, and where more data would reduce risk.
Data typically needed
Seismic, gravity, magnetic and electromagnetic data, and temperature logs.
How the program would help
  • ConceptSeveral physical measurements combined into one model.
  • ConceptDensity contrasts from gravity data.