Eliis and Searcher have announced a strategic partnership to analyse extensive seismic data from the Orange Basin, offshore Namibia.
Eliis and Searcher have announced a strategic partnership to analyse extensive seismic data from the Orange Basin, offshore Namibia. The project will leverage Eliis’s PaleoScan software to screen and interpret Searcher’s large-scale 3D multi-client seismic surveys.
The collaboration focuses on Searcher’s 20,000 km2 of 3D data in the prospective basin (in partnership with Shearwater) and South Africa. PaleoScan will be used to rapidly screen and interrogate the 3D seismic data. The software platform uses a patented Relative Geological Time (RGT) model and AI-assisted functionality to automate parts of the interpretation workflow. The approach accelerates stratigraphic modelling and provides valuable geological insights with greater speed and precision, which is ideal for frontier exploration projects, said Searcher.
‘We are partnering with Eliis to provide the industry with detailed insights into the evolution of the prospective depositional systems, enabling prospect high-grading and shortening the exploration cycle,’ said Karyna Rodriguez, VP Global New Ventures at Searcher.
François Lafferriere, COO at Eliis, said: ‘The Orange Basin represents a frontier of hydrocarbon potential, and PaleoScan’s unique approach to seismic interpretation will provide valuable support in screening and evaluating this high-quality dataset. This collaboration underscores our dedication to advancing geoscience technology and helping our partners to accelerate their understanding of complex subsurface geology.’
Initial screening has already revealed promising geological features. The process has clearly defined large basin floor fan systems from the Cretaceous period, located above the Aptian source rock. The data also shows well-defined channels and evidence of reworking by contourite currents.
