Controlled, accelerated, weight drop seismic

Dave Monk is the Director of Geophysics at Apache Corporation and is responsible for worldwide seismic activity including acquisition and processing in areas such as Argentina, Australia, Canada, Egypt, North Sea and the domestic USA. Having completed a PhD in physics, he worked on seismic crews in Nigeria for two years, and has subsequently been involved in seismic processing and acquisition around d the world. He has received best paper awards from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and the Canadian SEG, and was recipient of the Hagedoorn Award from the European Association of Exploration Geophysics. In 2006 he was the first vice president of SEG.

mailto:dave.monk@apachecorp.com

Bill Mooney is the president of Polaris Explorer Ltd. With more than 35 years of experience in the geophysical seismic industry, he has extensive knowledge of North American and international seismic operations and project management. In 1984, he was VP Sales of Capilano Geophysical. In 1992, Bill founded Surface Search, specialising in high resolution ground penetrating and successfully marketed this technology to projects on four continents.

bill.mooney@polarisexplorer.com

Jim Ross graduated from the University of Manitoba, Canada, with a BSc in Geological Engineering in 1982. His graduation thesis was Microfractures in the Lac Du Bonnet Quartz Monzonite in southern Ontario Canada for Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. He then joined Dome Petroleum Ltd for six years and later he moved to Enron Oil and Gas Canada Ltd. From 1990–2000 he held chief geophysicist positions at Inverness Petroleum Ltd, Summit Resources Ltd and Petromet Resources Ltd before joining Apache Canada Ltd. He accepted his present position of manager of geophysics exploration with Apache Energy Ltd. in Australia in May 2006.

jim.ross@apachecorp.com