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  • Roknowledge West of Shetland - Call for participants

    Ikon Science in partnership with IHS Global is launching a strategic regional play assessment on new and existing plays in the West of Shetland Area. Roknowledge West of Shetland is a joint venture combining high quality conditioned well information provided by IHS Energy, with the leading rock physics expertise of Ikon Science.

    News
    Wednesday 1 September 2010
    Roknowledge, studies, West of Shetland, rock physics, RokDoc
  • Niger Delta Pressure Study – Inaugural Sponsors meeting

    Ikon Science's GeoPressure Technology subsidiary (GPT), along with Sonar, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the National Petroleum Investments Management Services (NAPIMS) of Nigeria have hosted the inaugural sponsors meeting for the Niger Delta Pressure Study at Victoria Island, Lagos.

    Press Release
    Thursday 10 June 2010
    Ikon Science, GeoPressure Technology, Niger Delta Pressure Study
  • Ikon Science and Stingray Geophysical enter agreement to develop Time-Lapse Technologies

    Ikon Science Limited, the Geoscience Technology Company and Stingray Geophysical Limited, a leader in Seismic Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (Seismic PRM) solutions, have entered into an agreement to explore and co-operate in the development, marketing and joint delivery of a new time-lapse technology and services offering to customers in the upstream oil and gas industry.

    Press Release
    Wednesday 9 June 2010
    Ikon Science, time-lapse, reservoir monitoring
  • Pressure Study of the North Sea Central Graben - Phase 2

    Geophysical Prospecting, 2005, 53, 205­213 Rock physics analysis for time-lapse seismic at Schiehallion Field, North Sea Mark Meadows,1 Don Adams,1 Rich Wright,2 Ali Tura,3 Steve Cole1 and David Lumley1 1 4th Wave Imaging Corporation, 16A Journey, Suite 200, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, USA, 2 Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, and 3 Shell International E&P Received May 2004, revision accepted September 2004 ABSTRACT Rock physics analysis plays a vital role in time-lapse seismic interpre...

    Paper
    Monday 10 May 2010
    Pressure Study of the North Sea Central Graben - Phase 2, GeoPressure Technology, Ikon Science
  • Seismic interpretation guru Mike Bacon joins Ikon science

    Geophysical Prospecting, 2005, 53, 205­213 Rock physics analysis for time-lapse seismic at Schiehallion Field, North Sea Mark Meadows,1 Don Adams,1 Rich Wright,2 Ali Tura,3 Steve Cole1 and David Lumley1 1 4th Wave Imaging Corporation, 16A Journey, Suite 200, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, USA, 2 Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, and 3 Shell International E&P Received May 2004, revision accepted September 2004 ABSTRACT Rock physics analysis plays a vital role in time-lapse seismic interpre...

    Press Release
    Monday 12 April 2010
    Seismic interpretation guru Mike Bacon joins Ikon science
  • Ikon Science and ARKeX join forces to develop technology and services

    Geophysical Prospecting, 2005, 53, 205­213 Rock physics analysis for time-lapse seismic at Schiehallion Field, North Sea Mark Meadows,1 Don Adams,1 Rich Wright,2 Ali Tura,3 Steve Cole1 and David Lumley1 1 4th Wave Imaging Corporation, 16A Journey, Suite 200, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, USA, 2 Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, and 3 Shell International E&P Received May 2004, revision accepted September 2004 ABSTRACT Rock physics analysis plays a vital role in time-lapse seismic interpre...

    Press Release
    Monday 12 April 2010
    Ikon Science and ARKeX join forces to develop technology and services
  • EAGE 2010 presentation - Seismic Data Conditioning of Partial Stacks for AVO - using well offset amplitude balancing

    Geophysical Prospecting, 2005, 53, 205­213 Rock physics analysis for time-lapse seismic at Schiehallion Field, North Sea Mark Meadows,1 Don Adams,1 Rich Wright,2 Ali Tura,3 Steve Cole1 and David Lumley1 1 4th Wave Imaging Corporation, 16A Journey, Suite 200, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, USA, 2 Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, and 3 Shell International E&P Received May 2004, revision accepted September 2004 ABSTRACT Rock physics analysis plays a vital role in time-lapse seismic interpre...

    Presentation
    Friday 9 April 2010
    Ikon Science, rock physics, seismic data
  • London - Ikon Science announces the release of new RokDoc-WellTie Package

    Ikon Science announces the release of RokDoc-WellTie 1.0. The new package, which can be licensed either stand alone or as a module to RokDoc, has been developed at the request of Ikon's customers to simplify the task of tying wells and seismic data. The module is workflow driven and incorporates cascaded workflows enabling users to immediately see the effects on the tie from changes in any part of the process including wavelet estimation and stretch and squeeze log editing.

    Press Release
    Wednesday 17 March 2010
    London - Ikon Science announces the release of new RokDoc-WellTie Package
  • London - Statoil chooses Ikon Science to implement bespoke exploration and reservoir geophysics methodology into RokDoc®.

    Ikon Science is pleased to announce that Statoil has chosen Ikon Science to implement a number of Statoil internal applications within the RokDoc environment. A selection of methods that are published by Statoil and used in Statoil quantitative seismic analysis will complement the existing functionality in RokDoc modules. In addition to building new capabilities into RokDoc the project will also allow Statoil to link proprietary code to RokDoc using the newly released RokDoc external interface...

    Press Release
    Tuesday 2 March 2010
    London - Statoil chooses Ikon Science to implement bespoke exploration and reservoir geophysics methodology into RokDoc®.
  • Barents Sea Overpressure Mapping Report - Now Available for Purchase

    News
    Tuesday 2 March 2010
    pressure
  • Pressure Prediction in HPHT environments incorporating Deep Generation Processes - click to download this paper

    Geophysical Prospecting, 2005, 53, 205­213 Rock physics analysis for time-lapse seismic at Schiehallion Field, North Sea Mark Meadows,1 Don Adams,1 Rich Wright,2 Ali Tura,3 Steve Cole1 and David Lumley1 1 4th Wave Imaging Corporation, 16A Journey, Suite 200, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, USA, 2 Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, and 3 Shell International E&P Received May 2004, revision accepted September 2004 ABSTRACT Rock physics analysis plays a vital role in time-lapse seismic interpre...

    Press Release
    Tuesday 23 February 2010
    HPHT paper
  • London – Ikon Science and Tullow Oil plc Sign Global Collaboration Agreement

    Ikon Science and Tullow Oil plc have signed a Collaboration Agreement to facilitate the global provision of Ikon Science's leading-edge rock physics and quantitative interpretation technologies and services to Tullow Oil, in connection with their exploration programmes and exploitation of assets throughout the world.

    Press Release
    Thursday 11 February 2010
    Ikon Science, Tullow Oil plc, Collaboration Agreement
  • UK 26th Round Announced - Ikon Science/GeoPressure Technology can help!

    Ikon Science and GeoPressure Technology have extensive knowledge, experience and a highly successful oil and gas finding profile, including new play generation, across the UKCS. We provide best-in-class G&G prospect/block evaluation services combined with our industry-leading technology, the RokDoc System software suite.

    News
    Friday 5 February 2010
    UK 26th Round Announced - Ikon Science/GeoPressure Technology can help!
  • EAGE 2010 paper - Salt Plugging

    Introduction Salt plugging of the prolific Buntsandstein reservoir has been the reason for failure for many wells in the salt-diapir prone areas of the Southern North Sea. In the past, as no methods existed that could account for shear forces when substituting pore-content between solids and fluids, qualitative approaches have been used based on careful interpretation, visual and neural-network wave-form analysis and classification, or amplitude-based assessments. Typically these studies were f...

    Paper
    Thursday 4 February 2010
    EAGE 2010 paper - Salt Plugging
  • RokDoc-ChronoSeis™ - Upgrades and enhancements

    Geophysical Prospecting, 2005, 53, 205­213 Rock physics analysis for time-lapse seismic at Schiehallion Field, North Sea Mark Meadows,1 Don Adams,1 Rich Wright,2 Ali Tura,3 Steve Cole1 and David Lumley1 1 4th Wave Imaging Corporation, 16A Journey, Suite 200, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, USA, 2 Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, and 3 Shell International E&P Received May 2004, revision accepted September 2004 ABSTRACT Rock physics analysis plays a vital role in time-lapse seismic interpre...

    News
    Tuesday 19 January 2010
    RokDoc-ChronoSeis™ - Upgrades and enhancements
  • Roknowledge™ - Moray Firth now available

    The Ikon Science group in collaboration with IHS have produced "Roknowledge - Moray Firth", a new rock physics study and database. Roknowledge - Moray Firth makes it possible, for the first time, to validate and update rock physics models using trends specific to the North Sea Basin, thereby allowing interpreters to concentrate on seismic modelling rather than data inconsistencies, saving both time and cost.

    Press Release
    Monday 7 December 2009
    Roknowledge™ - Moray Firth now available, Ikon Science, GeoPressure Technology
  • Ikon Science welcomes appointment of Jon Gluyas as first UK Professor in Geoenergy, Carbon Capture & Storage at Durham University

    Ikon Science congratulates John Gluyas on his appointment as Durham University's Professor in Geoenergy, Carbon Capture & Storage. Professor Gluyas will take up his new role within the Department of Earth Sciences after previously holding the position of Head of New Business / Head of Geoscience at Fairfield Energy.

    Press Release
    Monday 7 December 2009
    Ikon Science welcomes appointment of Jon Gluyas as first UK Professor in Geoenergy, Carbon Capture & Storage at Durham University
  • Steve Hunt appointed VP Europe, Africa and the Middle East for Ikon Science

    Ikon Science, the fast-growing provider of innovative technology and services for the oil and gas industry, is pleased to announce that Steve Hunt has joined the Company as VP for Europe, Africa and Middle East (EAME), reporting to Chief Executive Officer, Martyn Millwood Hargrave.

    Press Release
    Wednesday 18 November 2009
    Steve Hunt appointed VP Europe, Africa and the Middle East for Ikon Science
  • Now underway - Deep-Water Gulf of Mexico Pressure Study "Reducing Uncertainty in the Wilcox Trend"

    Press Release
    Wednesday 28 October 2009
    Multi-client study
  • Reducing uncertainty in the Wilcox trend, deep-water Gulf of Mexico – a Lower Tertiary pressure study - SEG 2009 Hart Daily

    Ikon Science Americas and GeoPressure Technology (an Ikon Science company) announce the launch of a comprehensive multi-client pressure study of the Lower Tertiary Wilcox trend, in collaboration with IHS. Ikon Science and GeoPressure Technology specialise in pressure analysis and prediction, particularly in challenging areas, whilst IHS has a high quality and expanded Gulf of Mexico formation pressure and wireline suite database. In the past, Ikon Science/GeoPressure Technology and IHS have coll...

    Publication
    Monday 26 October 2009
    Reducing uncertainty in the Wilcox trend, deep-water Gulf of Mexico – a Lower Tertiary pressure study, GeoPressure Technology, Ikon Science, SEG 2009
  • Ikon Science growing and moving up in Asia Pacific

    Visitors to Ikon Science's new offices on the 25th Floor of Tower 2 of the Etiqa Twins complex in Kuala Lumpur, will not only enjoy the views but also be able to meet and work with an expanded team. After three highly successful years in the Asia Pacific region, Ikon Science is responding to client demand for its software and services by increasing the resources available in Kuala Lumpur. The new office will be staffed by Ikon's Quantitative Interpretation and pressure experts, as well as conti...

    Press Release
    Monday 26 October 2009
    Ikon Science growing and moving up in Asia Pacific
  • "Challenge of Pressure Prediction in Deep Exploration Targets" presented by Prof. Richard Swarbrick.

    Abstract: As drilling moves to deeper targets (as well as deeper water) as the last frontiers of exploration for remaining hydrocarbon reserves, the challenge of pressure prediction becomes more acute. Traditional porosity and/or effective stress-based prediction of pore pressures works well in low temperature, fine-grained clastics (shales, claystones) but progressively under-estimates pore pressures when chemical compaction and fluid expansion processes generate additional overpressures. Unde...

    Presentation
    Sunday 25 October 2009
    Pressure Prediction
  • First Break vol 27 October 2009 "Advancing integration: shared earth model to live earth model"

    What do we mean by integrated or shared earth models? Let us start answering this question by going back 15 years, to the start of 1994. At that time, integration was a great buzz-word in exploration and production. There were integrated multi-disciplinary teams in the larger and more progressive oil companies and people were looking into how software technology might be harnessed to push forward this integration. Prior to this time, for a decade or more, numerical modelling had been growing in ...

    Publication
    Thursday 1 October 2009
    Advancing integration: shared earth model to live earth model
  • "A stratigraphic prospect – reducing the risk" presented by Ed Townend of Ikon Science at SEG 2009; 29 October at 9.45am

    Summary Rock physics is the bridge between well and seismic data. This link is demonstrated on a Paleocene prospect in the UK North Sea that appears to be entirely stratigraphic. The likelihood of finding hydrocarbons has been significantly improved through the use of rock physics analysis, seismic inversion and a detailed analysis of seismic gather data.

    Presentation
    Monday 14 September 2009
    A stratigraphic prospect - reducing the risk - SEG 2009 Ikon Science presentation
  • NEW case study - Water encroachment from 4D seismic

    Water encroachment from 4D seismic: * Seismic Data Conditioning (SDC) * 4D Forward Modelling - 1D/2D/3D * 4D Inversion

    News
    Monday 14 September 2009
    NEW case study - Water encroachment from 4D seismic
  • GeoPressure Technology to undertake Definitive Pressure Study of Niger Delta

    GeoPressure Technology Ltd, an Ikon Science company, in association with Sonar Nigeria, is embarking on a Comprehensive Regional Pressure Study of the Niger Delta in Nigeria. The pressure study of the Niger Delta will kick-off in October with an analysis of the Deepwater Offshore Depobelt with first results anticipated by end of 2010. It is then intended to continue additional studies on further Depobelts

    Press Release
    Wednesday 9 September 2009
    GeoPressure Technology to undertake Pressure Study of Niger Delta
  • GeoPressure Technology to undertake a comprehensive regional pressure study of the Niger Delta

    Geophysical Prospecting, 2005, 53, 205­213 Rock physics analysis for time-lapse seismic at Schiehallion Field, North Sea Mark Meadows,1 Don Adams,1 Rich Wright,2 Ali Tura,3 Steve Cole1 and David Lumley1 1 4th Wave Imaging Corporation, 16A Journey, Suite 200, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, USA, 2 Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, and 3 Shell International E&P Received May 2004, revision accepted September 2004 ABSTRACT Rock physics analysis plays a vital role in time-lapse seismic interpre...

    Press Release
    Wednesday 9 September 2009
    Pressure Study Niger Delta
  • Ikon Science releases 64 bit RokDoc® plug-in for Petrel (Mark of Schlumberger) 2009

    Ikon Science, the innovative developer of software for the oil and gas industry, today announced the release of the 64 bit version of RokDoc 5.4 allowing users running Petrel* 2009 on 64 bit Vista & XP platforms to enjoy the direct real time link between the RokDoc QI system and Petrel* seismic-to-simulation software. The plug-in has been written to take full advantage of the Ocean* framework and provides seismic interpreters with the predictive power of rock physics through calibrated invers...

    Press Release
    Monday 3 August 2009
    Ikon Science releases 64 bit RoKDoc plug-in for Petrel 2009
  • Shared earth model to live earth model: Deeper integration through understanding the rocks - Drs Michel Kemper

    Let me take you back fifteen years, to the start of 1994. At that time, integration was a great buzz word in exploration and production. There were integrated multi-disciplinary teams in the larger and more progressive oil companies and people were looking into how software technology might be harnessed to push forward this integration.

    Presentation
    Monday 6 July 2009
    earth model, rocks, integration, michel kemper
  • Building high confidence pore pressure predictions in challenging areas - Prof Richard Swarbrick

    Presented on the Ikon Science booth at the EAGE Annual Exhibition and Conference 2009

    Presentation
    Monday 6 July 2009
    pore pressure, predictions, richard swarbrick
  • Using VSP data to determine anisotropy - Phil Wild

    Presented on the Ikon Science booth at the EAGE Annual Exhibition and Conference 2009

    Presentation
    Monday 6 July 2009
    VSP, anisotropy, phil wild
  • Major release of RokDoc® Version 5.4 the industry leading Quantitative interpretation software system.

    Ikon Science announces the release of RokDoc 5.4, its flagship Quantitative interpretation software system. Headquartered in the UK with offices worldwide, Ikon Science has been at the forefront of rock physics driven software development and quantitative interpretation services for the upstream oil and gas business since 2001. RokDoc is the quantitative interpretation tool of choice for professionals within the Super Majors, National Oil Companies and Independent Exploration and Production...

    Press Release
    Monday 29 June 2009
    ikon Science, RokDoc, version 5.4, software
  • RokDoc version 5.4 - release summary

    Renowned for its integration, adaptability and ease of use, RokDoc enables interpreters, geologists, geophysicists and petrophysicists to utilise rock physics models in order to integrate geology, well and seismic data. The latest release, RokDoc 5.4, is supported on Windows and Linux 32 and 64 bit platforms and brings professional geoscientists new technologies including Bayesian classification, 3D stochastic & spectral inversion, together with numerous enhancements to RokDoc-PressureView an...

    News
    Monday 29 June 2009
    Rokdoc version 5.4 release summary
  • EAGE 2009 paper: Petrophysical fracture identification for rock physics studies

    Authors: Jun Yan, Liwei Lu, Rudi Lubbe and Simon Payne from Ikon Science Fractured carbonate reservoirs contain an important proportion of the world’s hydrocarbon reserves and a qualitative and/or quantitative description of the fracture system is fundamental to petrophysical evaluations. Formation Micro Imager (FMI) or Formation Micro Scanner (FMS) logs aid in improving our understanding of fracture properties, but conventional logs are also still very useful as they can provide essential...

    Paper
    Tuesday 9 June 2009
    EAGE 2009, Petrophysical fracture identification, rock physics studies
  • EAGE 2009 paper: Developing the Rock Physics Model – Improved Carbon Dioxide Mixing Rules for Carbon Capture and Storage

    Authors: J Roberts and S Brough of Ikon Science. Current energy policies focus on maximising current hydrocarbon resources and minimising carbon emissions. Consequently, fresh importance is placed on understanding the behaviour and properties of CO2 for the following reasons: a) CO2 is a natural constituent of hydrocarbon reservoirs. Concentrations vary from 2 - 80% and the presence of CO2 can greatly influence the hydrocarbon behaviour. b) CO2 is widely used for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), ...

    Paper
    Tuesday 9 June 2009
    CArbon Capture and Starage, EAGE 2009
  • Board change at Ikon Science - Dr. Angus McCoss appointed non-Executive Director

    Ikon Science, the fast-growing provider of innovative technology and services for the oil and gas industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Angus McCoss as a non executive Director. A geologist, Dr. McCoss is Exploration Director of FTSE 100 listed independent Tullow Oil plc. Prior to joining Tullow Oil in 2006, Dr McCoss gained wide-ranging exploration experience working primarily for Shell in Africa, Europe, China South America and the Middle East.

    Press Release
    Tuesday 26 May 2009
    Ikon Science, board members, press release
  • Ikon Science employee, Samme Brough, wins an STEM award for "Most Dedicated Ambassador"

    News
    Thursday 30 April 2009
    Ikon Science
  • Ikon Science and GeoPressure Technology white papers

    View and read a selection of white papers written by Ikon Science and GeoPressure Technology.

    Paper
    Tuesday 24 March 2009
    white papers, ikon science
  • North Sea firms ask for help to beat crisis. Martyn Millwood Hargrave reports to UK government select committee and asks for a North Sea budget boost.

    News
    Thursday 12 March 2009
    Ikon Science
  • Big turnout to multi-client study meeting in Stavanger! Companies reviewed the Mid-Norway and North Sea Viking Graben pressure studies, hosted by GeoPressure Technology and IHS.

    News
    Thursday 29 January 2009
    Multi-client studies, pressure, geopressure technology, ikon science
  • Shared Earth Model to Live Earth Model Deeper Integration through Understanding the Rocks

    Shared Earth Model to Live Earth Model Deeper Integration through Understanding the Rocks David Gawith Ikon Science Ltd January 2009 Outline · · · · A bit of history Introducing Rock (Physics) Models Going beyond seismic Final remarks 1994 Integration = Multi-disciplinary Teams Numerical Modelling uses Specialised Abstractions Geophysics: Geophysics: 1D // 2D 1D 2D Synthetics Synthetics Reservoir Engineering: Reservoir Engineering: Flow Simulation Flow Simulation Geology: Geology: ...

    Presentation
    Wednesday 21 January 2009
    Shared Earth Model to Live Earth Model, David Gawith, OilVoice
  • GeoPressure Technology, an Ikon Science Company releases major regional studies of North Sea basin to enhance exploration success and reduce drilling risks

    GeoPressure Technology, an Ikon Science Company releases major regional studies of North Sea basin to enhance exploration success and reduce drilling risks Ikon Science/GeoPressure Technology are pleased to announce the completion of the Viking Graben Pressure Study and the "Roknowledge" Rock Physics Studies which have been designed to enhance exploration success and reduce drilling risks for North Sea operators and acreage holders. The Viking Graben Pressure Study comprising over 1300 wells exa...

    Press Release
    Tuesday 18 November 2008
    GeoPressure Technology Ikon Science regional studies of North Sea drilling reduce risk
  • SEG 2008 paper: Seismic monitoring of CO2 geo-sequestration: realistic capabilities and limitations

    Authors include Don Adams and Dave Markus of Ikon Science. Seismic is useful for monitoring and verification of subsurface geo-sequestration CO2 injection and storage projects. The physical properties of CO2-saturated rocks can vary strongly, thus the resulting seismic wavefield can be rich and complex, posing significant challenges to obtain accurate CO2 images and quantitative inversion results. We discuss the seismic rock and fluid properties of CO2-saturated rocks under various realistic ...

    Paper
    Tuesday 11 November 2008
    Seismic monitoring of CO2 geo-sequestration
  • The next generation: 'Everyone in this field really cares about their work'

    Profile of female science and engineer graduates, featuring Samme Brough from Ikon Science, in the Independent newspaper Graduate supplement 9 October 2008.

    News
    Friday 10 October 2008
    Earth sciences, oil industry, female graduates
  • Ikon Science is positioned for its next phase of growth after FF&P Private Equity acquires a significant minority shareholding

    Press Release For immediate release: 02 October 2008 IKON Science is positioned for its next phase of growth after FF&P Private Equity acquires a significant minority shareholding Ikon Science Limited ("Ikon" or "the Company"), the leading independent provider of software and Quantitative Interpretation (QI) services to the upstream oil and gas sector, is pleased to announce that it has restructured its capital base through the introduction of FF&P Private Equity (`FPE'), the private equity divi...

    Press Release
    Thursday 2 October 2008
    Ikon Science, FF&P Private Equity, significant minority shareholding
  • SEG Houston - Richard Swarbrick presents "Challenge of Pressure Prediction in Deep Exploration Targets"

    Richard Swarbrick PhD GeoPressure Technology, Ikon Science "Challenge of Pressure Prediction in Deep Exploration Targets" Abstract: As drilling moves to deeper targets (as well as deeper water) as the last frontiers of exploration for remaining hydrocarbon reserves, the challenge of pressure prediction becomes more acute. Traditional porosity and/or effective stress-based prediction of pore pressures works well in lowtemperature, fine-grained clastics (shales, claystones) but progressively und...

    Presentation
    Tuesday 30 September 2008
    Richard Swarbrick, GeoPressure Technology, Ikon Science, Challenge of Pressure Prediction in Deep Exploration Targets
  • Seal breach, fluid expulsion and a mud volcano in East Java

    Houston seminar: 30th September, 2008 Richard Swarbrick PhD GeoPressure Technology, Ikon Science "Seal breach, fluid expulsion and a mud volcano in East Java" Abstract: Some valid traps have hydrocarbons present, some have not. There are a number of possible explanations including lack of a mature source rock, late trap development and migration "shadow" as well as loss of hydrocarbons which enter the trap. Loss of hydrocarbons through a seal may involve hydrocarbon buoyancy (membrane leakage...

    Presentation
    Tuesday 30 September 2008
    Seal breach, fluid expulsion and a mud volcano in East Java, Richard Swarbrick, Ikon Science, Geopressure Technology
  • Some Challenges in Modeling Drilling Geomechanics in Complex Reservoirs

    Houston seminar: 30th September, 2008 Elan Yogeswaren PE PhD GeoMechanics Technology Group, Ikon Science "Some Challenges in Modeling Drilling Geomechanics in Complex Reservoirs" Abstract: As oil and gas exploration begins to tap complex reservoirs such as those in deep water subsalt plays or complex tectonic stress domains, or in unconventional assets such as oil shale, challenges and opportunities in cost control are presented. These can be mitigated by the application of optimal technology...

    Presentation
    Tuesday 30 September 2008
    Challenges Modeling Drilling Geomechanics Complex Reservoirs, Elan Yogeswaren, Ikon Science
  • Ikon Science video

    In a fiercely competitive industry the winners will be those with the leading technology at their fingertips. Ikon Science is a combined independent software developer and interpretation services provider operating within the upstream services and technology segment of the oil and gas business.

    Presentation
    Friday 1 August 2008
    Ikon Science
  • Ikon Science sponsors new Professorial Chair in CO2 Capture and Storage

    Press Release For immediate release: 28 July 2008 Ikon Science sponsors new Professorial Chair in CO2 Capture and Storage Ikon Science has entered into a three-way partnership with Durham University's Centre for Research into Earth Energy Systems (CeREES) and DONG Energy to sponsor the newly-created position of Professor of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Energy. Durham University aims to attract a leading figure in the area of carbon capture and storage to take on the role which shall inco...

    Press Release
    Monday 28 July 2008
    Ikon Science, CO2, Durham University, energy
  • Ikon Science acquires Geopatterns Technology

    Press Release For immediate release: 25 June 2008 Ikon Science acquires Geopatterns Technology Ikon Science Ltd, the fast growing UK-based oil and gas technology services group announces the acquisition of the Geopatterns' software tools, patents and technology from Chroma Energy, a US-based technology company. The GeoPatterns software products, which have been marketed under the product names ChromaPatterns and ChromaVision, are a seismically-driven, pattern recognition system for the rapid ide...

    Press Release
    Thursday 26 June 2008
    Ikon Science acquires Geopatterns Technology software tools technology
  • SecEd Magazine: Casestudy - The Ambassador

    Publication
    Thursday 19 June 2008
    Industry, STEMNET, petroleum exploration
  • EAGE 2008 paper: Log Quality Assessment and Data Correction for AVO

    Authors: J. Yan (Ikon Science Ltd), R. Lubbe (Ikon Science Ltd), K. Waters (Ikon Science Ltd), N. Pillar (Ikon Science Ltd) & E. Anderson (Ikon Science Ltd) AVO modelling requires the relationships of porosity, shale, water saturation, mineral and fluid properties plus P and S-wave sonic and density logs, which in turn provide useful information for rock physics study. Despite modern logging developments, the bad quality of log data caused by borehole environment or mud-filtrate invasion is st...

    Paper
    Monday 9 June 2008
    AVO, EAGE 2008
  • Ikon Science launches major expansion of the RokDoc software

    Press Release For immediate release: 28 April 2008 Ikon Science launches major expansion of the RokDoc® software Ikon Science, the fast growing, innovative developer of software for the oil and gas industry, has announced the release of the latest version of the groundbreaking RokDoc® software suite, RokDoc® v5.3. Responding to client feedback, the latest version of RokDoc® the highly intuitive and popular subsurface modelling software suite has been greatly extended and enhanced making it f...

    Press Release
    Monday 28 April 2008
    RokDoc, expansion
  • Ikon Science appoints Mick Lambert to expand Western Hemisphere business

    Press Release For immediate release: 22nd April 2008 Ikon Science appoints Mick Lambert to expand Western Hemisphere business Ikon Science, a fast-growing provider of innovative technology and services for the upstream oil and gas industry, has appointed Mick Lambert as President, Western Hemisphere, to develop the Ikon Science group business across the Americas. Mr Lambert, who is based in Houston, will also join the Ikon board as an executive director. Mick is the former President and CEO of ...

    Press Release
    Tuesday 22 April 2008
    Ikon Science appoints Mick Lambert to expand Western Hemisphere business
  • Ikon Science gains additional director fire power

    Press Release For immediate release: 17th April 2008 Ikon Science gains additional director fire power Ikon Science, the fast-growing provider of innovative technology and services for the oil and gas industry, has appointed two new directors to its board: Nick Pillar as Operations Director and Andrew Paxton as Finance Director. Nick Pillar takes up a new position as Operations Director responsible for the integrated operations of the RokDoc® software development and Quantitative Interpretatio...

    Press Release
    Thursday 17 April 2008
    Ikon Science, Director
  • More than Rock Physics; Ikon Science highlights combined EM and Seismic modelling in the upcoming RokDoc Version 5.3

    Press release 11 December 2007 More than Rock Physics; Ikon Science highlights combined EM and Seismic modelling in the upcoming RokDoc Version 5.3 Ikon Science today announced strategic extensions to the industry standard rock physics package RokDoc®. Enhancements include joint seismic and Electromagnetic imaging (EM) modelling, Vertical Seismic Profile (VSP) interpretation and Pressure modelling. All are proving to be technologies essential to the search for oil and gas in the 21st century. T...

    Press Release
    Tuesday 11 December 2007
    EM and Seismic modelling
  • Ikon Science beefs up international Quantitative Interpretation capability

    Press release 29 November 2007 Ikon Science beefs up international Quantitative Interpretation capability Subsurface Interpretation technology group, Ikon Science, has expanded its Quantitative Interpretation (QI) Group to meet the growing international demand from clients for advanced prospect generation and validation, reservoir characterisation and time lapse technologies. Ikon Science have commercialised new workflows and added strategic personnel and capability to their international QI te...

    Press Release
    Thursday 29 November 2007
    Quantitative Interpretation
  • Digital Energy Journal: Double North Sea oil with Rock Physics?

    Exploration and Drilling Double North Sea oil with rock physics? Martyn Millwood Hargrave, managing director of London-based company Ikon Science, believes that rock physics based technologies could help find and access a further 4 billion barrels of oil in the North Sea, on top of the 4 billion barrels thought to be left to be recovered through normal means. "In the North Sea there are about 4 billion barrels left to be found with conventional E&P methods but up to 8 billion barrels using rock...

    Publication
    Thursday 1 November 2007
    North Sea oil
  • Statistical Uncertainty of seismic net pay estimations

    Statistical uncertainty of seismic net pay estimations PATRICK CONNOLLY, BP, Sunbury-On-Thames, U.K. MICHEL KEMPER, Ikon Science, London, U.K. he companion article in this issue, "A simple, robust algorithm for seismic net pay estimation" (hereafter referred to as Net Pay 07) outlines a method to estimate net pay from band-limited impedance seismic data. The objective of this second article is to describe a procedure to estimate the uncertainty of these net pay predictions. Errors in net pay est...

    Publication
    Monday 1 October 2007
    Uncertainty, seismic, net pay
  • The Shared Earth Model Re-Visited A new generation of integrated models will actively add value to subsurface studies and reservoir management.

    A new generation of integrated models will actively add value to subsurface studies and reservoir management. P. A.Gutteridge & D. E Gawith THE SHARED EARTH MODEL RE-VISITED Introduction There is an earth model implicit in the work of every subsurface discipline. Seismic interpretation is guided by a constantly-reviewed mental model. A flow simulation model is a numerical abstraction guided by the engineer's feeling for the dynamic effects of geological features and rock properties. Sedimentol...

    Publication
    Friday 7 September 2007
    integrated earth models
  • Oilexco Incorporated awards Ikon Science $10 million contract

    Press release For immediate release: 3rd September 2007 Oilexco Incorporated awards Ikon Science $10 million contract Subsurface Interpretation technology group, Ikon Science has been awarded a $10million, 30 month contract by LSE and TSX listed, Oilexco Incorporated. Ikon Science is to provide rock physics directed prospect evaluation, geomodelling and reservoir characterisation for Oilexco's programme of exploration, appraisal and development drilling in the UK North Sea. Ikon Science has wor...

    Press Release
    Monday 3 September 2007
    Oilexco
  • Ikon Science signs global deal with Apache Corporation

    PRESS RELEASE 16 July, 2007 IKON SCIENCE signs global deal with Apache Corporation Ikon Science, the fast growing, innovative developer of software for the oil and gas industry, have today agreed to supply Apache Corporation ("Apache") with the RokDoc* v5.2 and Modelling While Picking RokDoc­Petrel** Link software and services. Apache views RokDoc as a valuable and beneficial addition to its standard reservoir workflow software. Ikon Science and Apache are working on a global deployment of RokD...

    Press Release
    Monday 16 July 2007
    Apache Corporation
  • Ikon Science Appoints Peter Dolan as Chairman - Two Further Senior Appointments

    Press Release For immediate release: 25 June 2007 Ikon Science Appoints Peter Dolan as Chairman Two Further Senior Appointments Ikon Science, the fast growing, innovative developer of software for the oil and gas industry, has appointed Peter Dolan as Chairman, and has made two new senior technical appointments. Dr Peter Dolan (63) joins Ikon's board as Non Executive Chairman, replacing Michael Knowles who has stepped down for personal reasons. Peter has been involved in international explorati...

    Press Release
    Monday 25 June 2007
    Peter Dolan
  • EAGE 2007 paper: Variable Aspect Ratio Method in the Xu-White Model for AVO

    Authors: J. Yan (Ikon Science Ltd), R. Lubbe (Ikon Science Ltd) & N. Pillar (Ikon Science Ltd) The variable aspect ratio method provides an important improvement in the application of the Xu-White model for sand-clay mixtures and allows for a variable aspect ratio log to be introduced into the Kuster and Toksöz model replacing the fixed aspect ratio assumption. This method has shown a significant improvement in predicting the velocities over the conventional Xu-White model resulting in a mor...

    Paper
    Monday 11 June 2007
    Xu-White, AVO
  • First Break: 'Fast-track reservoir characterization of a subtle Paleocene deep-marine turbidite field using a rock-physics and seismic modelling-led workflow'

    first break volume 25, May 2007 new technology Fasttrack reservoir characterization of a subtle Paleocene deepmarine turbidite field using a rock physics and seismic modellingled workflow HenryMorris,1*RodChristensen,2DavidGawith,3andMartynMillwoodHargrave1 present anovelapproach,basedonforwardmodelling,AVO,andinversion-of-inversiontechniques, toidentify/trackinterlockingPalaeocenesandandshale-filledchannelsinanappraisedsubtle Palaeocenedeep-marineturbidite,CentralNorthSea. Seismic attributes ...

    Publication
    Friday 25 May 2007
    First Break: 'Fast-track reservoir characterization of a subtle Paleocene deep-marine turbidite field using a rock-physics and seismic modelling-led workflow'
  • Ikon Science releases ground breaking real-time seismic modelling capability for Petrel

    22 May, 2007 Ikon Science releases ground breaking real-time seismic modelling capability for Petrel® RokDoc® Modelling While Picking plug-in for Petrel brings the predictive power of rock physics to the modern seismic interpretation workflow. Ikon Science, the fast-growing, innovative developer of software for the oil and gas industry, today announced the release of the first commercial version of its Modelling While Picking rock physics plug-in to Petrel* seismic-to-simulation software. The ...

    Press Release
    Tuesday 22 May 2007
    Petrel,real-time seismic modelling
  • Ikon Science’s GeoPressure Technology Releases New Norway Pressure Study

    Press Release
    Thursday 8 March 2007
    GeoPressure,Norway Pressure Study
  • Ikon Science acquires Anitec

    PRESS RELEASE 19th February 2007 IKON SCIENCE ACQUIRES ANITEC Oil and gas software creator Ikon Science (Ikon) announced today the purchase of Edinburgh-based specialist software and interpretation company, Anitec Limited, enhancing Ikon's, anisotropic, multi-component and time lapse capabilities. Under the transaction, Anitec co-founders Professor Colin MacBeth and Dr. Phil Wild will join the Ikon team. Based at the Heriot-Watt University's Research Park, Anitec has been working with Ikon si...

    Press Release
    Monday 19 February 2007
    Anitec
  • 'Volcano gets choke chains to slow mud' - Nature Magazine

    NEWS NATURE|Vol 445|1 February 2007 Volcano gets choke chains to slow mud Indonesian geophysicists hope to stem the flow of a destructive mud volcano on East Java by dropping chains of concrete balls into its mouth. The mud eruption began on 29 May last year in the middle of a rice paddy in the village of Porong, 30 kilometres south of Surabaya, the provincial capital. Since then, the volcano has spewed out up to 126,000 cubic metres of mud a day, flooding an area of more than 4 square kilomet...

    Publication
    Thursday 1 February 2007
    Volcano
  • Nature Magazine: Volcano get choke chains to slow mud

    NEWS NATURE|Vol 445|1 February 2007 Volcano gets choke chains to slow mud Indonesian geophysicists hope to stem the flow of a destructive mud volcano on East Java by dropping chains of concrete balls into its mouth. The mud eruption began on 29 May last year in the middle of a rice paddy in the village of Porong, 30 kilometres south of Surabaya, the provincial capital. Since then, the volcano has spewed out up to 126,000 cubic metres of mud a day, flooding an area of more than 4 square kilomet...

    Publication
    Thursday 1 February 2007
    Volcano
  • GeoPressure Technology are contributors to report on mud volcanos in Java which shall be published in the February edition of US journal GSA.

    Ref: 006 07 Date: 23 January 2007 Mud volcano in Java may continue to erupt for months and possibly years The first scientific report into the causes and impact of Lusi, the Indonesian mud volcano, reveals that the 2006 eruption will continue to erupt and spew out between 7,000 and 150,000 cubic metres of mud a day for months, if not years to come, leaving at least 10 km2 around the volcano vent uninhabitable for years and over 11,000 people permanently displaced. The paper by a Durham Univer...

    Press Release
    Tuesday 23 January 2007
    GeoPressure Technology,mud volcanos
  • Hart E&P: Emerging technologies – MWP, Modelling While Picking

    Harts E&P December 2006 Pages 41-43 Emerging technologies ­ MWP, Modelling While Picking A combination of two software tools provides a greater understanding of the rock physics of a reservoir. Author ­ Martyn Millwood Hargrave, Ikon Science The technological focus of geoscientific interpretation has always shifted with the E&P industry's challenges and opportunities. At the start of the millennium, visualisation of large 3D seismic data volumes set the pace and recently the industry has seen...

    Publication
    Friday 1 December 2006
    Modelling While Picking
  • OilBarrel: The “Thin” Oil And Gas Company And The Role Of Service Concerns In The North Sea

    Publication
    Saturday 1 October 2005
    North Sea
  • Rock physics analysis for time-lapse seismic at Schiehallion Field, North Sea

    ABSTRACT Rock physics analysis plays a vital role in time-lapse seismic interpretation because it provides the link between changes in rock and fluid properties and the resulting seismic data response. In this case study of the Schiehallion Field, we discuss a number of issues that commonly arise in rock physics analyses for time-lapse studies.

    Publication
    Thursday 1 September 2005
    Rock physics analysis for time-lapse seismic
  • SEG 2003 paper: 4D seismic data processing issues and examples

    Authors include Don Adams of Ikon Science Careful 4D time-lapse seismic data processing, both prestack and post-stack, avoiding the use of match filters, can greatly enhance the repeatability and interpretability of 4D seismic data. We demonstrate significant improvements to 4D results using our processing methods in examples from the North Sea and North America.

    Paper
    Sunday 26 October 2003
    4D seismic data processing
  • SEG 2003 paper: Estimation of reservoir pressure and saturations by crossplot inversion of 4D seismic attributes

    Authors include Don Adams of Ikon Science. We present a method to simultaneously estimate pressure and saturation changes in a producing hydrocarbon reservoir using time-lapse (4D) seismic attributes. 4D seismic attributes are displayed in a crossplot domain, where pressure and saturation axes can be estimated deterministically or interpretively. These axes form the basis for a linear or nonlinear coordinate transformation to the pressure-saturation domain. A final calibration to production dat...

    Paper
    Sunday 26 October 2003
    reservoir pressure, saturations, inversion and 4D seismic attributes
  • 4D seismic pressure-saturation inversion at Gullfaks field, Norway

    First Break September '03 06-08-2003 11:03 Pagina 3 first break volume 21, September 2003 special topic Reservoir geoscience/engineering 4D seismic pressure-saturation inversion at Gullfaks field, Norway David Lumley, Don Adams, Mark Meadows, Steve Cole and Ray Ergas* of 4th Wave Imaging, a Californian company specializing in advanced 4D seismic software development, describe its application of proprietary pressure-saturation inversion to the Statoil operated Gullfaks field, offshore Norw...

    Publication
    Sunday 21 September 2003
    4D seismic pressure-saturation inversion
  • **NEW TRAINING DATES** Pressures & Overpressure in the Subsurface & Advanced Pore Pressure Prediction Workshop November 2010

    Press Release
    Thursday 1 January 1970
    pressure
  • Big turnout to multi-client study meeting in Stavanger!

    News
    Thursday 1 January 1970
    Multi-client studies, pressure
  • Central North Sea Phase 2 (in conjuction with IHS & PGS). Due for completion in April 2010. "De-risking high pressure prospects".

    News
    Thursday 1 January 1970
    Multi client study