Merry
Christmas and Season's Greetings to you and your Family from
all of us at Arcis
In keeping with the spirit of giving, Arcis made a $1,000
donation to the Salvation Army to assist the
homeless during the
Christmas season. The donation was made on behalf of our
valued clients, in lieu of Christmas cards. We wish you and
your loved ones all the best in 2007.
Varidata Joins the
Arcis Family
It is our
pleasure to announce that Varidata has joined the Arcis
team. We welcome the following new members to the
Arcis family; Ross Turner, Carl Provencher, Vern Swagar,
Fred Mazar, Jason Harper, KariAnn Herzog, and John Jonke.
The Varidata team will complement Arcis'
existing data brokerage and data management business
operated by Kary Data (an Arcis company).
Improving AVO Fidelity by NMO Stretching and Offset
Dependent Tuning Correction
By Yong Xu and
Satinder Chopra
Wavelet stretching due to NMO correction of seismic gathers causes problems in AVO. Coupled with the degrading action of wavelet stretching during NMO correction is offset dependent tuning for thin beds. Even though tuning is inherent in the data before NMO correction, its effect on AVO is more obvious on NMO corrected data. Studies have been carried out for an analytical understanding of NMO stretching and thin-bed tuning and their correction to improve AVO fidelity. Based on these studies, we have implemented the NMO stretching and thin-bed tuning corrections in a practical fashion for production AVO analysis. Both synthetic and real data examples show that these corrections are necessary for performing reliable AVO analysis.
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Is there Oil and Gas in the
Nechako Basin, South Central British Columbia?
Arcis and Geoscience BC
have partnered on an initiative to
encourage new activity in the Intermontaine Basins of British
Columbia. This includes the signing of a
definitive agreement in which Geoscience
BC has acquired the rights to
seismic data from the Nechako Basin acquired by
Canadian Hunter Exploration in the early
1980s. Concurrent to this announcement, Geoscience BC and Arcis are entering
into an agreement whereby Arcis will
assume responsibility for reprocessing,
marketing and management of the seismic
data.
Reprocessing of the data has
commenced and to date significant
improvement in subsurface imaging has
been recognized. If you would like details of the current proposal and
future plans for uncovering the
potential of these new basins, you can
contact Arcis (403.781.1700) or Geoscience BC.
Read more
Work Safe Alberta 2005 Best Performer Award
Arcis was selected for the Work Safe
Alberta 2005 Best Performer Award for
exceptional performance in workplace
health & safety. Of Alberta's 128,000
employers, approximately 350 companies earned this
award. Arcis met the following criteria:
- A current Alberta WCB account
and certificate of recognition
- A lost time claim rate (LTC)
less than 2.0 LTCs per 100 person
years, a LTC rate of 40% better than
our industry's LTC rate, no LTCs in the most recent 120
consecutive person years of
employment, and no more than one
additional LTC per additional 120
person years.
- No workplace related fatalities
- No outstanding compliance orders
under the Alberta Occupational
Health and Safety (OHS) Act and no
current prosecution for a violation
Piano Lovers
- Nebula Score Available
Did you enjoy Nebula performed at Arcis' open house
and at the Honens International Piano Competition? If you
are a pianist and would like a copy of the score, please contact Florence
at 781-1437 or email fjanzen@arcis.com.
Nebula was commissioned by Arcis to commemorate our
10 year anniversary.
Arcis Ranks 196 in Alberta
Annually, Alberta Venture magazine ranks Alberta-based companies,
based on revenue, to determine the top 100 companies (and
the next 100). The list includes public, private and crown
corporations. Arcis ranked 196 in 2006 with revenues of
$63,353,000 (2005 revenues). The top ten are:
Imperial Oil, Petro-Canada, EnCana, Shell, Husky, Suncor, CNRL, Enbridge, Talisman and Nova Chemicals.
View entire ranking on Alberta Venture website
We hope you enjoyed the third issue of Seismic Matters. If you have
comments or do not wish to receive the quarterly newsletter,
please email
jmahaffy@arcis.com.
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