Echoes from the Field is a video series hosted by STRYDE’s CEO, Mike Popham, bringing you unscripted, real-world insights from the forefront of land seismic data acquisition.
With an unwavering commitment to customer success, CEO Bill Mooney and the team at Polaris Seismic have contributed to numerous world-class discoveries across Africa and beyond.
In this episode of our Echoes from the Field series, STRYDE CEO Mike Popham sits down with Bill to go behind the shot and explore:
The origin story of Polaris Seismic and their vision for the future
The day-to-day challenges faced by crews operating in some of the world’s toughest environments
How Polaris invests in local communities, creating sustainable benefits and a lasting positive legacy
Best practices and lessons learned from delivering seismic campaigns across Africa and Pakistan
How STRYDE technology has transformed survey efficiency and elevated data quality across their projects
For years, operators in the Delaware Basin faced the same frustrating reality: complex near-surface geology made deep reservoir imaging unreliable. Many eventually gave up, concluding “Seismic can’t help us here.”
In this episode of our Echoes from the Field series, STRYDE CEO Mike Popham sits down with Fairfield’s geoscience experts, Bruce and Andrew, to go behind the shot and unpack:
What Fairfield is doing in the Permian and the imaging challenges they’ve encountered
Insights from the ultra-high-density seismic survey they acquired - and how improved near-surface sampling transformed their ability to illuminate the reservoir
A comparison of the three receiver technologies used during the survey and how each influenced data quality
Key lessons learned and how these insights are shaping their plans for future exploration
High-resolution land seismic acquisition was previously constrained by cost, crew size, and practical limits on density. Real-time QC was often seen as a “necessity”, and high-density surveys were considered unrealistic for many.
In this episode of our Echoes from the Field series, Mike Popham sits down with former Exploration Manager and land seismic contractor Chris Einchcomb to unpack:
The real-world operational challenges that led Chris to get involved in STRYDE’s development when he was at Rosneft
Why real-time QC is no longer required for modern land seismic acquisition
How these advances are enabling true quantitative geophysics and opening new opportunities for the next generation of geophysicists and explorers to visualise the subsurface more accurately, efficiently, and confidently
Land seismic acquisition in Europe has evolved rapidly in recent years, driven by tighter budgets, new energy priorities, and growing expectations around data quality and efficiency.
In this episode of our Echoes from the Field series, we sit down Jacek Słowiński to explore:
Geothermal energy is gaining renewed global attention as countries accelerate the transition to low-carbon, secure, and scalable energy solutions. Yet significant challenges remain around policy, financing, data availability, and public awareness.
In this episode of our Echoes from the Field series, we sit down with Alexander Richter, founder of ThinkGeoEnergy, to explore:
Drawing on decades of field experience, Claudio Strobbia, CEO of realtimeseismic, challenges common misconceptions in seismic acquisition and shares what success truly looks like from a geophysicist’s perspective.
In this episode of our Echoes from the Field series, we explore:
Türkiye’s complex tectonics, faulted geology, challenging terrain, and variable near-surface conditions can make high-resolution seismic imaging difficult to achieve.
In this episode, Halim Sedat Başar from HSB Enerji discusses what it takes to acquire reliable onshore seismic data in Türkiye and unpacks:
High-resolution site investigation and urban geothermal surveys are increasingly important across the UK market, but must be delivered quickly, discreetly and cost-effectively, while capturing the data density needed for high-quality imaging.
In this episode, Mark Rees, Operations Director at Echo Geo Ltd, unpacks:
With unmatched hands-on experience deploying STRYDE technology across some of the most challenging environments on Earth, Explor have pushed the limits of what’s possible in land seismic acquisition.
In this episode of our Echoes from the Field series, STRYDE CEO Mike Popham sits down with Explor President, Allan Châtenay to go behind the shot and explore:
Seismology is entering a new era, driven by dense nodal arrays, larger datasets, and advances in AI.
In this episode, we sit down with Professor James Hammond, a leading environmental seismologist to explore how these developments are expanding what’s possible in Earth science and discuss:
In this episode, we sit down with Max Brouwers, former Shell exploration leader and now Chief Business Development Officer at Getech, to explore how operators can better understand subsurface risk, high-grade opportunities, and focus investment where it can create the greatest value. We discuss:
In this episode, we sit down with Sandeep Kumar Chandola, who has led geophysics teams at PETRONAS for several years, to explore how smarter survey design, faster turnaround and scalable acquisition can increase the value of seismic data. We discuss: