Electromagnetic Seabed Logging A new tool for geoscientists
Seabed logging (SBL) gathers the electromagnetic methods of marine subsoil exploration and more specifically those dedicated to the exploration of oil and gas at sea.Appeared in 2000, these techniques, with more than 500 industrial jobs, present after 15
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Electromagnetic Seabed Logging A new tool for geoscientists
Electromagnetic Seabed Logging
Ste´phane Sainson
Electromagnetic Seabed Logging A new tool for geoscientists Translated from French By Linda Sainson M.Sc.
Ste´phane Sainson Orle´ans, France
Original French edition published by “Lavoisier”, Paris, 2012 ISBN 978-3-319-45353-8 ISBN 978-3-319-45355-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-45355-2
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In tribute to Professor Jean Mosnier, who gave me a taste for research. To my mother.
We do not fully understand a science as long as we do not know its history Auguste Comte
Preface
Originally, the book published in 2012 under the title Electrographies de fond de mer: une re´volution dans la prospection pe´trolie`re, edited by Lavoisier, was written for the French public who had no or little knowledge on these new developments of offshore geophysical exploration. The book was nominated for the French international Roberval’s Award in 2013. It must be said that hydrocarbon direct prospecting has always aroused in France some very unfavorable reactions a priori often relayed by the institutional and economic circles in place. So it was normal despite a few French development attempts in the past that these new techniques would emerge in the Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian countries in particular. However, under pressure from my English-speakin
