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WesternGeco

WesternGeco is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand WesternGeco rather than just read about it. In short: WesternGeco is a geophysical services company. It is headquartered in Schlumberger House on the property of London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex.

Key takeaways

WesternGeco belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect WesternGeco to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of WesternGeco from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

WesternGeco is a geophysical services company. It is headquartered in Schlumberger House on the property of London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex.

Background The company provides reservoir imaging, monitoring, and development services. The company, a business segment of Schlumberger, offers 3D and time-lapse seismic surveys, electromagnetic surveys, and multicomponent surveys for delineating prospects and reservoir management. It also provides geophysical, land and transition-zone acquisition, marine acquisition, electromagnetics, and data processing and reservoir seismic services. The company was formed by the merger in 2000 of two of the world's largest seismic contractors, Western Geophysical (founded in 1933) and Geco-Prakla. Schlumberger, owners of Geco-Prakla paid cash to Baker Hughes, which then owned Western, for a 70% stake in a joint venture of the combined companies. In May 2006, Schlumberger bought out Baker Hughes' 30% stake for a reported $2.4 billion, making WesternGeco one of its subsidiaries.

Exit seismic data acquisition In January 2018, Schlumberger CEO Paal Kibsgaard announced that Schlumberger would be exiting the seismic data acquisition business, both onshore and offshore, while retaining its multiclient data processing and interpretation segments. This decision followed the bankruptcy filings of several competitors in the seismic services sector. In August 2018, the seismic data acquisition business was sold to Shearwater GeoServices.

Head office WesternGeco had its head office and its Europe/African offices in the Schlumberger House, a 124,000-square-foot (11,500 m2) building on the grounds of Gatwick Airport in Crawley, England. The building was vacated in 2022 and remaining operations moved to the nearby Manor Royal industrial park.

References

External links

WesternGeco Website Supreme Court of the United States litigation involving WesternGeco's patents

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with WesternGeco

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what WesternGeco claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to WesternGeco before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about WesternGeco ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of WesternGeco

In research: WesternGeco appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses WesternGeco in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: WesternGeco is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics British companies established in 2000, Business services companies established in 2000, Business services companies of the United Kingdom, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for WesternGeco outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study WesternGeco in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what WesternGeco means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain WesternGeco out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is WesternGeco in simple terms?

WesternGeco is a geophysical services company. It is headquartered in Schlumberger House on the property of London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex.

Why does WesternGeco matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study WesternGeco?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on WesternGeco.