Gaia Earth Sciences Limited is a privately owned
petrophysics
Petrophysics (from the Greek πέτρα, ''petra'', "rock" and φύσις, ''physis'', "nature") is the study of physical and chemical rock properties and their interactions with fluids.
A major application of petrophysics is in studying reservo ...
consulting
A consultant (from la, consultare "to deliberate") is a professional (also known as ''expert'', ''specialist'', see variations of meaning below) who provides advice and other purposeful activities in an area of specialization.
Consulting servic ...
company based in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
offering services to the international upstream oil & gas industry.
It is a sustaining member of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain and a sponsor of the London Petrophysical society and the Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society.
History
The company was founded in 2003 by Stuart Huyton and now operates in over fifty countries worldwide with a group of twenty-five consultants.
The headquarters are in North East Scotland near to the village of
Cummingston
Cummingston is located on the north-east coast of Scotland in Moray. It lies on the B9012, sandwiched between the two fishing villages of Hopeman and Burghead. It was known as "the Collach", possibly from Scottish Gaelic ''an Coileach'' meaning ...
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Services
* Wireline log QA/QC is the process by which the quality of acquisition and data is controlled during
Wireline (cabling)
In the oil and gas industry, the term wireline usually refers to the use of multi-conductor, single conductor or slickline cable, or "wireline", as a conveyance for the acquisition of subsurface petrophysical and geophysical data and the delive ...
logging operations in
oil well
An oil well is a drillhole boring in Earth that is designed to bring petroleum oil hydrocarbons to the surface. Usually some natural gas is released as associated petroleum gas along with the oil. A well that is designed to produce only gas may ...
s and gas wells.
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Formation evaluation
In petroleum exploration and development, formation evaluation is used to determine the ability of a borehole to produce petroleum. Essentially, it is the process of "recognizing a commercial well when you drill one".
Modern rotary drilling usua ...
is the method by which the data acquired during wireline logging are processed and evaluated to produce results which allow an estimation of oil or gas in place, amongst other things.
Awards
In 2012, Gaia Earth Sciences was awarded the
Queen's Award for Enterprise
The Queen's Awards for Enterprise is an awards programme for British businesses and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation, sustainable development or promoting opportunity (through social mobility). They are the highest ...
in International Trade. This is the United Kingdom's most prestigious award for business performance.
References
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External links
Gaia Earth Sciences website
Companies based in Moray
Oilfield services companies
Technology companies of the United Kingdom
British companies established in 2003
2003 establishments in Scotland
Technology companies established in 2003
Energy companies established in 2003
Consulting firms established in 2003