JULY 2000
JULY 2000
By MIKE FORREST |
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| Editor's note: This is the third of three articles by Mike Forrest, working in collaboration with Marlan Downey, on the application of "bright spot" technology, which helped Shell discover many large oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico during the late 1960s to the late 1980s. Forrest also wants to thank the several former Shell Offshore employees -- especially Jim Funk -- who made contributions to this article. |
Map by Rusty Johnson
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Data courtesy of Shell Oil |
Shell Oil had major success in the Gulf of Mexico at these fields
in the 1980s due to "bright spot" technology. 
The
seismic data for Shell's Mars play, a "bright spot" winner that proved
to be a 700 million barrel discovery.