Stuart Schmitt

Processing & Imaging Geophysicist @DUG

Houston, TX, US

I joined DUG\'s Houston office, which provides seismic processing and imaging services to most of the major energy companies operating in North America. It continues to be a great opportunity to gain experience in a core area of exploration geoscience.At first I worked mostly on marine processing at various stages from time processing to depth imaging and velocity model building. As \"the freshman,\" I performed a lot of quality control tasks and assisted preparing presentations for clients. With more experience, I developed new production workflows as well.Since spring 2017, I have worked almost exclusively on land seismic processing projects. Until recently, DUG\'s processing capabilities had been focused on marine projects, but advancing our land processing capabilities has become a top priority for the company. Even though I\'m not in an R&D role, I\'ve been able to use my programming and mathematical skills to accelerate that process by developing tools and workflows that address the complex noise and geometry issues in land seismic data.