Advances in airborne geophysical technologies and their application in hydrocarbon exploration

Webinar on “Advances in airborne geophysical technologies and their application in hydrocarbon exploration”.

Webinar description

Airborne geophysical survey technologies have developed rapidly in recent years. This technological breakthrough reflects advances in three main components. First, the choice of airborne platforms has expanded substantially, including through the use of uncrewed aerial vehicles.
The instrument systems used are continuously upgraded: accuracy and resolution increase, while size, weight and power consumption decrease to the point where uncrewed aerial vehicles can serve as platforms. Whereas we previously used GT-series gravimeters weighing 160 kg, a strapdown gravimeter weighing approximately 15 kg and significantly less sensitive to vertical accelerations has now successfully passed testing and is used on commercial projects.
It is now possible to carry a wide range of methods simultaneously on a single aircraft, including gravimetry, magnetometry, electromagnetic surveying, laser scanning and photography. This combination of airborne geophysical survey methods enables both exploration tasks and preparations for ground-based geological exploration to be addressed at the same time.
Software is developing rapidly in parallel, addressing an increasingly broad range of geological tasks. Some tasks are solved using machine-learning technologies. Office-based work is organised so that the processing and interpretation tools and algorithms for each individual area are selected using a tailored rather than a uniform approach.
This technological breakthrough in airborne geophysics helps optimise hydrocarbon exploration, with reduced financial expenditure being the principal benefit for subsoil licence holders.

In the webinar, we will review the modern technologies in use, including approaches to integrated interpretation, and examples of geological exploration tasks being addressed.

Webinar speakers

Alexey Andreevich Trusov, Head of the Department of Geological and Geophysical Technologies, GNPP Aerogeofizika

Graduate of the Geological Prospecting University (MGRI), with approximately 20 years of experience as a geophysicist.
Author and co-author of more than 50 publications. Research interests include processing and interpretation of magnetic and gravity fields and electromagnetic survey data, and integrated interpretation of geological and geophysical data.

Alexander Viktorovich Kolmakov, Seismic Exploration Project Manager, GNPP Aerogeofizika
Graduate of the Faculty of Geology at Saratov State University named after N. G. Chernyshevsky, with a degree in Geophysics (2014). More than 12 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.

Alexey Leonidovich Meisner, Chief Geologist for Hydrocarbon Projects, GNPP Aerogeofizika
Graduate of the Faculty of Geology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (2004). Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences.