Challenge
Many large operators continue to rely on physical tape media to store decades of legacy seismic, often in regions considered “low interest” at the time of acquisition. As technology improves, geophysicists revisit these historic datasets to unlock new insight, but without proper governance, locating the correct tapes across hundreds of thousands of media items becomes nearly impossible. Assets may be spread across warehouses, stored off-site, mislabelled, or, in many cases, sitting in forgotten boxes under desks. This leads to months of delay, uncertainty, and the real risk of losing high-value seismic.
Solution
Exploration Archives scans, catalogues, and classifies both physical and digital seismic assets, giving organisations complete visibility of their media estate. Operators can quickly see where legacy tapes are stored, how they are organised, and whether metadata is valid. EA’s workflow and warehouse management tools help teams remediate high-interest areas, correct inaccurate data, and prepare physical media for reprocessing or digitisation. If an area becomes active again, EA provides a governed, repeatable workflow to ensure media is located, validated, and prepared quickly and accurately.
Primary Impact
Operators who previously spent months searching for tapes now locate all required media in minutes. With EA, seismic stored across multiple warehouses, boxes, and legacy systems becomes instantly discoverable and reportable.
Additional Impact
Remediation frequently uncovers previously unrecorded or missing seismic, a multi-million-dollar asset that would have remained lost without proper visibility. EA ensures legacy seismic is no longer a liability, but an asset ready to support new exploration