Dear Colleagues: A few recent developments have been noted in the airborne gravity gradiometer arena that may be of interest.
BHPB-Gcap: BHPB has farmed out a block of time on their 3rd AGG system to an Australian junior; Gcap. Details on this arrangement (believed to be the first of several) can be found on Gcap's web site: http://www.gcap.com.au. BHPB also announced mid-year that they are entertaining proposals to use their AGG technology in o&g projects without needing to secure an equity position. Gedex/RT: One-pagers (see http://www.kegsonline.org/Feb%20Meeting%20-%20Gedex%20Abstract.pdf) is about all that this group has produced to date, although some background information on the group is available on their web site (www.gedex.ca). Gedex secured funding from OMET this year and based on the material presented at the OGS/KEGS session earlier in the month, it would seem Gedex has plans to do some flying in '03. CSIRO: The other major AGG development program is found 'down-under'; the attached site provides their official update on this project. http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=researchProgram&xml=relatedResearchAreas, researchProjects&id=Exploration%20and%20Mining_Airborne%20Gravity&stylesheet =divisionResearchProgram Bell Geospace: Besides BHPB, this is the other group actually flying AGG technology. Updates on a series of trials in 2001, early 2002 were provided in technical seminars earlier this year, with the promise that some of these results would appear later on their web site (www.bellgeo.com). Happy holidays! Ken Witherly Condor Consulting, Inc. St 206, 4860 Robb Street Wheat Ridge CO 80033 Tel: 303.423.8475 Fax: 303.423.9729 Cell: 303.520.5732 www.condorconsult.com _______________________________________________________ List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
