There are basically four different types of seismic design methods. Most building designers immediately assume that the building code provides the best seismic design method. This is a good assumption ...

Drilling for oil is an expensive gamble: With project costs rising every year, an oil company can stand to lose an incredible amount of money exploring or developing a property that fails to yield ...

A new seismic detection method reveals faint ground signals that precede volcanic eruptions, offering earlier and simpler warnings.

The basic principle of acoustic positioning with the white ship icon indicating the positions of the survey ship at different time. Researchers have developed a rigorous real-time acoustic positioning ...

Most E&P companies have turned to seismic surveys to map rock structure in an attempt to select the optimum position for a drill site, especially in offshore exploration. Even with the use of 3D data, ...

Chevron Corporation CVX has entered into a three-year capacity agreement with TGS, a global leader in geophysical services, in a significant move to enhance its seismic acquisition capabilities. This ...

NOVOSIBIRSK, May 10. /TASS/. Researchers from the Institute of the Novosibirsk-based Institute of Oil and Gas Geology and Geophysics together with the Krasnoyarsk subsidiary of Russian oil giant, ...

Mantle plumes beneath volcanic hotspots, like Hawaii, Iceland, and the Galapagos, seem to be anchored into a large structure ...