1. WASHOUT
CREEK 3D
Arcis Seismic Solutions is pleased to announce Washout Creek 3D 3C survey located in
Township 46, Ranges 6 to 7 W5 and is currently available for immediate subscription.
This survey is designed to evaluate multiple zones from the Cretaceous to Devonian,
including producing formations such as Cardium, Belly River, Glauconitic, Rock Creek and
Duvernay.
In addition to this survey’s optimal acquisition parameters, Arcis provides proprietary tools
that will enhance imaging and azimuthal fold distribution for even greater assistance with the
placement of horizontal wells upon both deep and shallow targets.
A TGS COMPANY
COMMENCEMENT OF FIELD OPERATIONS IS ANTICIPATED FOR JANUARY 2014
SALES INQUIRIES
2100, 250 - 5TH
Street SW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 0R4 403.781.1700 or 888.269.6840 info@arcis.com www.arcis.com
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Jonathan Banyard
Manager, Data Library
& Project Development
403.781.1445 | jbanyard@arcis.com
Ross Turner
Onshore Sales Manager
403.355.1730 | rturner@arcis.com
Thane McKay
Director Imaging & Offshore
Multi-client Sales
403.781.5868 | tmckay@arcis.com
Steve Whidden
Project Development
& Sales Manager, Canada
& US Arctic Region
403.781.6232 | swhidden@arcis.com
Mike Kary
Senior Manager, Data
Management Sales
403.781.1723 | mkary@arcis.com
Kim Nott
Data Management Administrator
403.781.5861 | knott@arcis.com
Darla Henderson
Business Development
403.781.1442 | dhenderson@arcis.com
IMAGING
Thane McKay
Director Imaging & Offshore
Multi-client Sales
403.781.5868 | tmckay@arcis.com
Graziella Kirtland Grech
Director, Processing & Reservoir
403.781.1718 | ggrech@arcis.com
Wendy Ohlhauser
Geophysical Advisor
403.781.5872 | wohlhauser@arcis.com
Florence Janzen
Imaging Sales Specialist
403.781.1700 | fjanzen@arcis.com
WELL DATA
Naomi Storey
Sales Representative
403.781.1427 | nstorey@arcis.com
GEOSCIENCE
James Keay
Principal Geoscientist
403.781.1433 | jkeay@arcis.com
Mohammad Hossein Nemati
Geoscientist
403.781.1443 | mnemati@arcis.com
Mike Cardell
Senior Sales Representative
403.781.1426 | mcardell@arcis.com
Craig Melton
Business Developer, Data Library
403.781.6235 | cmelton@arcis.com
Naomi Storey
Sales Representative
403.781.1427 | nstorey@arcis.com

2. www.arcis.com Washout Creek 3D
Washout Creek 3D Seismic Survey - Approximately 137 km2
FIELD PARAMETERS AND
EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION
Source Line Spacing 280m
Source Interval 40m
Source Dynamite
Source Array 1 x 1kg @ 9m
Receiver Line Spacing 240m
Receiver Interval 40m
Bin Size 20m x 20m
Sample Rate 1ms
Record Length 5 sec
Patch Size 18 x 126
CONFIDENTIAL - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT CONSENT FROM ARCIS
Cardium
Figure from Geological Atlas of WCSB Data example from Ille Lake 3D
Approximate location of Washout Creek
3D survey with respect to Devonian
stratigraphy
Paleozoic
Beaverhill Lake
While it’s obviously challenging to adequately characterize the very thin Cardium formation
with surface seismic, we have had favourable feedback related to our work in the Bakken,
which might bear reasonable analogy to the Cardium play. In that case, the Bakken itself was
deemed to be too thin to admit fracture characterization, but by analyzing the anisotropy in
the thicker overburden, we were able to make certain important inferences about the Bakken
proper. With our high-effort, 3D/3C acquisition parameters, we are seeking favourable spatial
sampling for the wide azimuth coverage which is appropriate for applying various azimuthally
dependent fracture characterization techniques.
In particular, Shear-wave splitting fracture estimates from the 3C processing, as well as the
AVAZ/VVAZ/Curvature fracture estimates from the PP Processing, could give insight into the
fracture regime of the overburden. Further information about the overburden may be gleaned
from the analysis of the VP/VS ratio that comes out of the 3C processing (high values of VP/
VS tend to indicate more local anomalies where the lithology is less competent). We could
conceivably validate these various attributes against production data from nearby wells.
We intend to undertake, as a value added product, the additional processing of the 3C data/
AVAZ/VVAZ/curvature and we will seek production statistics to correlate.