CASE STUDY: Offshore Oil Exploration
Sea-Bottom Characterization System Towed Streamer EM System
The towed streamer EM system makes it possible to collect EM data with high production rate and over very large survey areas
M. S. Zhdanov, M. Endo, D. Sunwall, and J. Mattsson, 2015, Advanced 3D imaging of complex geolelectrical structures using towed streamer EM data: SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, 1949-4645.
Mariner oilfield is located on the East Shetland platform of the UK North Sea. Approximately 150 KM east of the Shetland Islands. Estimated reserves are more then 250 million barrels of oil.
Horizontal Slice: 1425m
— Two shallow reservoirs
— The Maureen Formation
— The Heimdal Formation
