Explorers innovate: In their quest to find hydrocarbons, explorers pulled out all the stops in 2011

摘要

With oil prices in a comfortable region for most of the year, 2011 was a good time to be in the exploration business. Oil companies took advantage of mild overcapacity in the marine seismic market to embark on new exploration quests, and geophysical contractors applied new technology to deliver high-tech multiclient surveys. Below is a summation of some of the year's highlights.