Education

CSEG DoodleTrain

Rules, Rights Responsibilities and Obligations of Seismic Data Ownership

Instructor: Doug Uffen
Date: November 1, 2010
Duration: 1 day
Members (early bird/price): $350/$450 CDN (plus GST)
Non-Members (early bird/price): $400/$500 CDN (plus GST)

Venue: GX Technology (ION), Altius Building Classroom – Altius Centre, 500 - 4th Ave SW, 2nd Floor, +15 Level
Time: 8:00am - 5:00pm

Course Outline:

This one day course identifies and clarifies the unwritten rules practiced in industry as it pertains to seismic data ownership. The course will also identify and address subtle nuances where current standard industry practice is not uniform. The attendee will develop the insight to make their own informed decisions on these matters. The course will focus upon the rules, rights, privileges, responsibilities and obligations of seismic data ownership and their ramifications, permissions and limitations as related to specific business situations.

A sampling of the topics discussed in this seminar include:

  • The Do's and Don'ts of Data Quality Inspections
  • Releasing Data for Sale
  • Data Room Practices
  • Seismic Data Licensing Agreements
  • Joint Venture Operating Agreements
  • Partner Obligations and Responsibilities
  • Data Archival Obligations for Frontier Datasets
  • Third Party Data Licensing Agreements
  • Speculative Survey Transfer Fees
  • Copying Data and Maps

The seminar will also bring these rules and obligations to life for the attendee through the use of common business case scenarios involving seismic data. Some of the business context situations to be discussed will be:

  • Corporate acquisitions
  • Property divestitures
  • Farm-outs
  • Seismic review options
  • Show & tells
  • Seismic data sale transactions.

This course is of particular interest to technologists, professionals and managers who may not work directly with seismic data but are involved in numerous business situations involving seismic data. Land personnel, geologists, engineers, and even geophysicists will all benefit from the clarity provided about these previously unwritten rules governing seismic data in the industry. Course notes will be provided.

Inquiries can be made directly to Doug Uffen (cell phone number 403-669-9238) or at reflectionpeak@shaw.ca.

 

Presenter / Instructor Biography:

J. Douglas Uffen, P. Geoph.
Doug Uffen graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Honours Geophysics with a minor in Geology. In 1984, he received his professional registration as a geophysicist to practice in the province of Alberta. He is also registered in British Columbia as a Professional Geoscientist. Doug has worked for both large and small oil and gas companies in Calgary throughout his twenty-eight year career. Doug is currently the VP Geoscience at Canoro Resources Ltd in Calgary, focusing on oil and gas exploration in India.

Doug has extensive experience as a seismic interpreter within the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and Canada's Frontier regions. His experience encompasses the Canadian Foothills, Northeast British Columbia, Alberta, the East Coast of Canada, the Beaufort Sea, and the Central McKenzie region. His experience has spanned the entire stratigraphic column. He has prospected for shallow gas, deep gas, and oil throughout the basin. He has also worked internationally with datasets from numerous countries. Doug has a broad understanding of geophysics and its affiliated technologies and disciplines.