The new January 2012 issue of First Break starts off with the current EAGE and Industry News followed by News Feature on Competitive challenge for oil majors: sustaining the rate of technology innovation. The two Technical Articles cover the issue of 3D OBC seismic survey geometry optimization offshore Abu Dhabi and The impact of conjugate margins analysis on play fairway evaluation – an analysis of the hydrocarbon potential of Nova Scotia. Finally, this month’s Special Topic is devoted to Land Seismic and includes four interesting articles.

Having reached ‘half-time’ in his term of office, EAGE president John Underhill reviews the Association’s recent developments and future initiatives.

EAGE continues to grow and thrive despite the uncertain financial climate that Eurozone nations are facing up to. Furthermore, after events in Japan last March and the resultant knockon effect that the devastation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant has caused for energy sources in general and the political appetite for nuclear energy in particular, it is clear that additional geo-challenges confront us in securing safe and efficient energy supplies.
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Do you want to be the next EAGE Student Chapter? That’s the question for all you students out there. And here’s a good example of why you might want to join the 22 student chapters around the world already supported by EAGE.

We are talking about the first geophysical field camp of the Bucharest Student Chapter of EAGE, held in Jurilovca, Tulcea county, Romania. This is a small historic village that hides an old fortress and the city of Argamum (Orgame), which is believed to be over 2700 years old.
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