From Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (www.beg.utexas.edu).
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BEG Seminar, March 31, 2006

Fugro-Robertson Geology,
Gravity and Magnetics from Regional to Prospect Scale

Brian Anderson, Alex Blacque, Fugro Robertson Inc., LCT Gravity and Magnetics Division, Houston, TX.

Abstract:

This presentation will provide a review of gravity and magnetic geophysical exploration and their applications in the petroleum industry. The following topics will be addressed:

1. Historical perspective and technical developments in Gravity and Magnetics
   • Data Acquisition
   • Data Processing
   • Interpretation
2. Regional to prospect review of the US Gulf of Mexico
• Tectonics, deep structure & Moho
• Applications of 2D regional models for crustal boundary identification and integration with magnetics and 2D seismic data
• 3D density model creation and editing
• 3D integrated (wells-gravity-3D seismic) modeling including both inversion and forward modeling processes.
3. Areas for future developments
• Deep Structure Project
• Onshore-offshore regional work
• Global tectonics