Statoil contracts WesternGeco for 4D Q-Reservoir survey
  by: OilOnline
  Thursday, April 03, 2003

Statoil officials say they have awarded WesternGeco a contract to conduct the world's first 4D Q-Reservoir* survey in the Norwegian North Sea's Norne field. WesternGeco performed the baseline Q-Reservoir survey for Statoil on the Norne field in 2001, and the new survey, scheduled to begin in June, will enable the industry's first "Q-on-Q" data comparison. Q-Reservoir is the WesternGeco proprietary suite of seismic technologies with marine, land, and seabed applications.

"Statoil is a pioneer in 4D reservoir applications," said Dalton Boutte, president of WesternGeco. "They were an important contributor in the development of Q-Technology and were among the first to use it. We expect that data comparisons from these two surveys will provide the most accurate picture of the effect of production on the reservoir that the seismic industry can produce today."

"A key feature of Q is calibrated, repeatable seismic measurements," said Ole Magnar Droenen, Peteksjef (Petroleum Technology Manager) of the Norne field for Statoil. "Our first Q survey on Norne confirmed that the repeatability was accurate enough to undertake a rapid, short-sequence reservoir monitoring campaign.