Rob Holt

Manager (Seismic Acquisition and Processing) @Oxy

Houston, TX, US

I lead Oxy’s global seismic acquisition and processing team. We are very active in the Permian Basin, Gulf of Mexico, US Rockies, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Algeria, Oman and UAE with over 50 seismic projects currently underway, coving a total area larger than the country of Denmark. We have consistently achieved significant imaging improvements through the acquisition of modern offshore and onshore high density seismic data, the application of leading edge processing workflows at selected processing contractors, careful processing QC, and by enabling close collaboration between our contractors and end data users.Recent publications- Li, T, & Holt, R, 2025, Improving Permian Basin imaging with PSDM residual trim statics, IMAGE\'25 Oral Presentation- Holt, R, Blymyer, D, Kennedy, R, & Derkach, L, 2021, Stratigraphy revealed in the Permian Basin with phase-stabilized processing, SEG Annual Meeting Oral Presentation- Holt, R, van de Coevering, N, & Koster, K, 2021, Building an in-house seismic technology team during an industry downturn, SEG Annual Meeting Oral Presentation- Holt, R, Al Darmaki, F, Rodriguez Gonzalez, J, Anderson, P, & Adiletta, S, 2021, Lessons Learnt Reprocessing A Noisy Onshore 3D Seismic Survey, Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference Presentation and SPE Paper 207965.Notable publications from my team members- Albertz, et al, 2025, 4D full-waveform inversion detects time-lapse reservoir changes at King Field, Gulf of Mexico, USA; TLE, v44(7), p.540-548- Reinier, et al, 2025, High resolution land FWI under dunes in the Sultanate of Oman, 86th EAGE Annual Conference- Blymyer, et al, 2021, A 108km2 compressive sensing trial, IMAGE conference best poster award winner.