Norwegian Caledonides, Google Earth Image provided by Landsat
What you image is just a fraction of what is there
The flight from Oslo to any city on the western Norwegian coast is always a great lesson in fault complexity - the ancient Caledonide massif has been fractured and faulted by hundreds of millions of years of tectonism - and it shows. A satellite image of any old basement massif around the world tells a very similar story. In three dimensions the complexity is even greater.
As Apache has recently shown in the Beryl field of the North Sea, fault block complexity can be a great opportunity. Understanding this complexity as imaging techniques improve allows the direct identification unidentified fault blocks. Much of the time however, in very complex areas, the imaging resolution can be difficult. PAETORO is well versed in the fault geometries of rift basins, fold and thrust belts, inversion and strike slip, as well as the effects of salt tectonics in all these environments.
When your seismic imaging doesn't tell you the answer conclusively, experience of the fault geometries to expect is the next best thing, and there PAETORO can give guidance. Where high end geophysical work is also needed, we work closely with a number of experienced contract geophysicists who can assist as required.
As Apache has recently shown in the Beryl field of the North Sea, fault block complexity can be a great opportunity. Understanding this complexity as imaging techniques improve allows the direct identification unidentified fault blocks. Much of the time however, in very complex areas, the imaging resolution can be difficult. PAETORO is well versed in the fault geometries of rift basins, fold and thrust belts, inversion and strike slip, as well as the effects of salt tectonics in all these environments.
When your seismic imaging doesn't tell you the answer conclusively, experience of the fault geometries to expect is the next best thing, and there PAETORO can give guidance. Where high end geophysical work is also needed, we work closely with a number of experienced contract geophysicists who can assist as required.