Explor raises bar for high density 3D seismic in Canada, sets new Canadian production record

Article • Nov 16, 2017

Explor Geophysical Ltd. ("Explor") announces that it has just completed acquisition of a high-density 3D seismic survey that attained trace densities ranging from 5 million to 7 million seismic traces per square kilometer, beating their previous record. Over 124,000 source points were acquired on a single 150 km2 3D seismic survey.

Operating in completely stakeless mode, Explor also set a new record for single-day source production with over 10,500 source points acquired in 24 hours – an average rate of over 430 source points per hour. Explor averaged a source point every 9 seconds over the 13-day acquisition period.

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