MESA

ADVANCED ACQUISITION DESIGN SOFTWARE

THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR ACQUISITION PLANNING AND DESIGN

Effective survey design

Integrates survey design with modeling

To optimize their investment, E&P companies must be confident that their data
acquisition program will produce superior seismic imaging to reduce
exploration risks. Sound acquisition design is the foundation for obtaining
a better seismic image. Problems with data from a poorly designed survey
cannot be corrected, even with the most advanced seismic processing techniques.
With the advent of full wave acquisition, precise acquisition planning and modeling
are critical to ensure that the seismic energy being recorded will adequately image
the target. In order to meet these challenges, companies demand expert advice
and an advanced, intuitive survey design tool to assist them in optimizing
acquisition planning and assessing the designs capability for imaging critical
geophysical objectives.
MESA software for land 3D, 4D and full wave (multi-component) acquisition
design, represents the industrys tool of choice for working with complex acquisition scenarios to effectively plan, model and track the acquisition of even the most
difficult surveys. The result is a custom designed survey capable of addressing
specific imaging problems while accounting for the geophysical parameters.
MESA makes it easy to lay out source, receiver and bin patterns, shoot the survey
and analyze acquisition attributes such as fold, offset and azimuth distribution.
The program can also be used to analyze migration halo, spatial sampling, line
spacing, offsets and a host of other geophysical calculations that are integral to
successful acquisition
THE GMG SURVEY DESIGN PRODUCT OFFERINGS ARE SCALED
TO BEST FIT A CUSTOMERS NEEDS.
MESA Field addresses the basic day-to-day needs of the field operation from a
functionality perspective. Everything required to build, manipulate, and analyze
3D designs is available in this product configuration.

MESA Professional includes an expanded toolkit for 3D/3C design. Geophysical

attribute and special converted wave planning analysis tools are built into the
product. Project-tracking features round out the functionality.

MESA Expert integrates survey design with modeling (ray-tracing) capability for sub-

Efficient survey design analysis

surface geology to help demonstrate how seismic energy behaves in the earth model.
Modeling can confirm the design for full wave, 4D and VSP or cross-well acquisition,
improving the design process and facilitating more informed decision-making.

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DESIGN MORE ACCURATE AND EFFECTIVE SURVEYS

Improve your seismic survey

Keep productivity flowing

Analyze the surveys effectiveness before actual

shooting takes place
Plan-to-actual comparison of shooting geometry
Track acquisition progress chronologically, by source
and receiver type or area of interest
Simplified land and marine equipment tracking for
transition zone
Versatile filtering tools for mixed-mode surveys
Analyze actual acquisition problems and determine
workable solutions

Make informed decisions

Perform footprint and array response analysis

Assign user-defined attributes to sources and receivers
to differentiate multiple source/receiver types
Analyze bin contribution and azimuthal distribution
Create synthetic geometries for experimentation

HOUSTON
GX Technology Corporation
5847 San Felipe
Suite 3800
Houston, Texas 77057
Tel: 713-789-7250
Fax: 713-789-7201

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Design, analyze and cost your 3D/3C survey

Customize source and receiver positions to the
surface constraints of the acquisition site
Lay out templates of sources and receivers
Incorporate GIS information
Simulate complex shooting scenarios

Company

DENVER
GX Technology
GMG Products Division
225 East 16th Avenue
Suite 1200
Denver, Colorado 80203
Tel: 303-318-7780
Fax: 303-444-8632

CALGARY
GX Technology Canada Ltd.
2910, 400-4th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 0J4
Canada
Tel: 403-263-9139
Fax: 403-263-9132

LONDON
GX Technology EAME Ltd.
180 High Street
Egham, Surrey TW20 9DY
United Kingdom
Tel: 44-1784-497630
Fax: 44-1784-497640

www.gxt.com gmgproducts@gxt.com

ABERDEEN
GX Technology EAME Ltd.
Westhill Business Centre
Arnhall Business Park
Westhill
Aberdeenshire AB32 6UF
United Kingdom
Tel: 44-1224-330630
Fax: 44-1224-330633

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