MESA is a
seismic survey
Reflection seismology (or seismic reflection) is a method of exploration geophysics that uses the principles of seismology to estimate the properties of the Earth's subsurface from reflected seismic waves. The method requires a controlled seism ...
design software
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currently owned by
ION Geophysical
ION Geophysical provides acquisition equipment, software, planning and seismic processing services, and seismic data libraries to the global oil & gas industry. The company's technologies and services are used by E&P operators and seismic acquis ...
. The software provides set of tools for optimizing
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,
offshore
Offshore may refer to:
Science and technology
* Offshore (hydrocarbons)
* Offshore construction, construction out at sea
* Offshore drilling, discovery and development of oil and gas resources which lie underwater through drilling a well
* Off ...
and
transition zone survey design and planning. The software comes with three licenses namely,
MESA field,
MESA Professional and
MESA Expert.
History
Green Mountain Geophysics, Inc. (GMG) was the initial
developer
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of the
software
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...
.
ION Geophysical
ION Geophysical provides acquisition equipment, software, planning and seismic processing services, and seismic data libraries to the global oil & gas industry. The company's technologies and services are used by E&P operators and seismic acquis ...
acquired Green Mountain Geophysics, Inc., of
Boulder, Colorado in 1997.
Features
The
seismic survey
Reflection seismology (or seismic reflection) is a method of exploration geophysics that uses the principles of seismology to estimate the properties of the Earth's subsurface from reflected seismic waves. The method requires a controlled seism ...
design software can be used to design
seismic survey
Reflection seismology (or seismic reflection) is a method of exploration geophysics that uses the principles of seismology to estimate the properties of the Earth's subsurface from reflected seismic waves. The method requires a controlled seism ...
in
offshore
Offshore may refer to:
Science and technology
* Offshore (hydrocarbons)
* Offshore construction, construction out at sea
* Offshore drilling, discovery and development of oil and gas resources which lie underwater through drilling a well
* Off ...
,
onshore Onshore can mean:
*An onshore company is a legal entity that is incorporated in a country to operate a business there; the opposite of offshoring (including reshoring
Offshoring is the relocation of a business process from one country to another ...
, subsurface coverage analysis for 3D/3C and
Vertical seismic profile
In geophysics, vertical seismic profile (VSP) is a technique of seismic measurements used for correlation with surface seismic data. The defining characteristic of a VSP (of which there are many types) is that either the energy source, or the det ...
surveys. Also survey
cost analysis
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, project tracking, crew production statistics can be managed. Other modelling studies such as
ray tracing and illumination analysis can also be done.
In May 2018,
ION Geophysical
ION Geophysical provides acquisition equipment, software, planning and seismic processing services, and seismic data libraries to the global oil & gas industry. The company's technologies and services are used by E&P operators and seismic acquis ...
signed a letter of intent to streamline workflow of MESA with seismic modelling software
NORSAR 3D. The feature is available from MESA 15.1 and NORSAR-3D 2017.3 versions.
The software is used by many seismic data acquisition companies to plan their acquisition geometry.
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