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STRYDE’s Mini System enables small-scale seismic projects. (Image source: STRYDE)

Onshore seismic solutions provider, STRYDE, has secured six new contracts with leading academic institutions to provide its solutions, including its newest offering, STRYDE Mini System, across the United States, Europe and Africa

These institutions are leveraging STRYDE’s cutting-edge technology to advance a variety of subsurface research initiatives in 2024, including geothermal well monitoring, geohazard identification for civil engineering, agritech, and mine development.

STRYDE’s new Mini System is a complete nodal seismic system specifically designed to enable small-scale seismic projects, including research projects for the academic sector. The company is known for providing the 'world’s smallest and lightest nodal seismic imaging system'.

High-density seismic capabilities

Mike Popham, STRYDE CEO, said, “Our agile and lightweight seismic system offers a rapid, cost-effective solution for seismic data acquisition.

“At STRYDE, we understand that high costs can hinder fundamental research and development, and I am proud that by further miniaturising our system, we’ve removed this barrier to innovation and can fulfil our mission of delivering high-density seismic capabilities across various industries. This advancement supports the next generation of geoscientists by equipping them with essential tools for conducting crucial research.”

A STRYDE user at Rice University said, "This survey was the highest in density and channel count ever conducted by our team. Achieving our desired trace density within our time and labour constraints would not have been possible without STRYDE's agile nodes.

“The lightweight nature of these nodes marked a significant advancement for us, allowing for high-density deployments on foot, even in rough terrain.”

STRYDE’s technology has been deployed on a global scale, where over 760,000 unique nodes have been delivered to the market, supporting over 260 projects, in over 50 different countries, across multiple sectors, including oil and gas, mining, civil engineering, and emerging renewables markets. One of the company's latest offerings include STRYDE Lens, an integrated in-field data processing service, which offers expedited access to interpretation-ready onshore subsurface images.

Cesium is a foundational open platform for creating powerful 3D geospatial applications. (Image source: Bentley)

Infrastructure engineering software company, Bentley Systems, has acquired 3D geospatial company Cesium

A foundational open platform for creating powerful 3D geospatial applications, Cesium's 3D Tiles open standard has been particularly popular.

Bentley’s iTwin Platform powers digital twin solutions that are used by engineering and construction firms and owner-operators to design, build, and operate the world’s infrastructure. The combination of Cesium plus iTwin enables developers to seamlessly align 3D geospatial data with engineering, subsurface, IoT, reality, and enterprise data to create digital twins with user experiences that scale from vast infrastructure networks to the millimeter-accurate details of individual assets—viewed from land, sky, and sea, from outer space to deep below the Earth’s surface.

Bentley CEO Nicholas Cumins said, “A 3D geospatial view is the most intuitive way for owner-operators and engineering services providers to search for, query, and visualise information about infrastructure networks and assets. With the combined capabilities of Cesium and iTwin, infrastructure professionals can make better informed decisions in full 3D geospatial context—all within a single, highly performant environment.”

Patrick Cozzi, CEO of Cesium, said, “Joining Bentley marks an important milestone for Cesium as we continue our journey to create the best developer platform for the built and natural environment—founded on open standards and open-source technologies. The combined power of our two organisations and our shared commitment to openness will provide new opportunities for growth and create greater value for an already flourishing developer ecosystem that ranges from small start-ups to global enterprises.”

 

 

 

 

The two-month survey will be conducted early 2025. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

Shearwater Geoservices Holding AS has announced the award of a 4D seismic monitoring contract for the Jubilee field in Ghana, operated by Tullow Ghana Ltd

The two-month survey will be conducted early 2025, utilising capacity from Shearwater’s high-end fleet, supported by the company’s state-of-the-art technology offering and extensive operational experience. This will be the first contract conducted by Shearwater Ghana, in conjunction with local partner Destra Energy; and will include considerable local content participation.

Irene Basili, CEO of Shearwater says, “Our leading towed streamer technology is an ideal fit for the Jubilee field, enabling repeatable surveys to provide Tullow and partners with high-quality data in support of better-informed reservoir optimisation. We look forward to executing this project as part of our long-standing commitment to our clients in Ghana and West Africa.”