PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Kuwaiti firm upgrades seismic contract with WesternGeco

Kuwait Oil Co. has upgraded its seismic service contract with WesternGeco to the Q-Land technology.

With the change, 3-D seismic will use a 30,000-channel Q-Land system instead of the 6,000-channel conventional recording system, WesternGeco said March 13.

The decision came after a successful Q-Reservoir pilot study last year, the company said.

“The Q-Reservoir pilot data at the Minagish field has demonstrated the potential of this new technology,” said Khaled Al-Sumaiti, executive managing director, exploration and production development, for the Kuwaiti company, in a statement with the WesternGeco announcement.

Two areas will be surveyed under the new system, with the process expected to take about seven months. The first survey began last November and involves 750 square kilometers, or about 185,000 acres, targeting the Jurassic reservoirs in northern Kuwait.

The second survey involves about 150 square kilometers, or 37,000 acres, in the Burgan field, the second-largest onshore oil field in the world. This is a pilot program seeking better resolution of the Wara-Burgan sand/shale sequence, which hasn’t been accomplished with existing 2-D and 3-D data.

WesternGeco says the Q technology is the most advanced acquisition and processing suite in the world. It is used for enhanced reservoir location, description and management. More information is available at http://www.westerngeco.com/content/services/q_technology.

WesternGeco is a joint venture of Schlumberger and Baker Hughes.