What's New at Arcis
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Arcis sells joint seismic data to Pulse Data
As of July 31st, 2007, Arcis has sold to Pulse Data all of its seismic data jointly owned with Pulse. The deal covers 1,357 square
kilometers of 3D and 65 kilometers of 2D seismic data. The data is located
primarily in northeastern British Columbia and includes the following areas:
- Beatton River
- Beatton River South
- Beatton South West
- Buick Creek
- Buick North
- Buick South
- Buick West
- Dahl
- Hamburg
- Ladyfern
- Ladyfern-Fox
- Ladyfern 2000J
- McMillan
- Osprey
- Osprey II
- Rambling
- Sith
Proceeds from the sale will be used to fund new data acquisition programs. For more information contact
Mark Watson, 403-781-1724.
Arcis featured in Calgary Herald article: Better Workplaces by Design
Read article
in the workplace section of the Calgary Herald; Saturday, July 21st issue, page
H1. Zoom in for better resolution.
CalgaryInc magazine names Arcis the best overall place to work in Calgary
Read article in July/August 2007 issue, page 22. Zoom in for better resolution. Arcis employees were featured on the cover of the magazine.
See cover.
Arcis ranks 196 in Alberta for Venture 100 (and Next 100)
Annually, Alberta Venture magazine ranks Alberta-based companies,
based on revenue, to determine the top 100 companies (and
the next 100). The list includes public, private and crown
corporations. Arcis ranked 196 in 2006 with revenues of
$63,353,000 (2005 revenues). The top ten are:
Imperial Oil, Petro-Canada, EnCana, Shell, Husky, Suncor, CNRL, Enbridge, Talisman and Nova Chemicals.
View entire ranking on Alberta Venture website
New Basin Exploration Opportunity – Nechako Basin – Central British Columbia
Arcis Corporation in cooperation with Geoscience BC are pleased to announce today (November 16th) an initiative to encourage new activity in the intermontaine basins of British Columbia. This included the signing of a definitive agreement in which Geoscience BC has acquired the rights to all seismic data previously acquired by Canadian Hunter Exploration in the mid 1980’s. Concurrent to this announcement, Geoscience BC and Arcis are entering into an agreement whereby Arcis will assume responsibility for reprocessing, marketing and management of the seismic data.
Reprocessing of the data has commenced and to date significant improvement in subsurface imaging has been recognized. Active marketing and data availability shall commence immediately with anticipation of delivery of final results prior to March 31, 2007 to interested parties.
Execution of the agreements marks completion of a process that commenced in 2003 as part of the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines initiative. “We are excited about the opportunity to continue our efforts with Geoscience BC and industry to identify new oil and gas and mineral exploration opportunities in these frontier basins. Presently, long term vision for the project is to determine if the basins contain potential to satisfy future local or global needs for hydrocarbons and minerals” said Brad Torry, Senior Vice President of Arcis. Companies interested in details of the current proposal and future plans for uncovering the potential of these new basins can contact an Arcis representative or Geoscience BC.
View News Release issued by Geoscience BC
Arcis Acquires Varidata
The acquisition of Varidata Seismic Ltd. is complementary with
Arcis’ existing data brokerage and data management
business operated by Kary Data and provides improved
synergies and services to data brokerage and data
management clientele. This transaction represents
Arcis’ continued focus on synergistic growth and
ensuring the resources to support our growing client
base.
Onshore Division of Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) of Houston Recently Awarded Two
Large, High-density, 3D Processing Projects to Arcis.
The two projects include the processing of the newly acquired
Cambridge 3D (220 square miles) and the 3D merge of eight
3Ds (928 square miles) in Oklahoma. This is a significant
technical win for Arcis and may be the largest land 3D
dataset to be processed in Calgary. As part of Arcis'
commitment to PGS, Arcis has added 454 compute nodes
to bring the CPU total to nearly 1,000 compute nodes in its Calgary office.
Explor Data 2D Reprocessing Agreement
Explor Data Ltd and Arcis have entered into an agreement to reprocess
Explor's 2D structural data as part of an ongoing project to improve the quality
and consistency of their entire 2D data library. The library
consists of over 17,000 km of high quality regional 2D data
within the AB/BC Foothills, North West Territories, Montana and North Dakota.
Arcis has the innovative tools and experienced personnel
capable of reprocessing complex, structural seismic data. The
project was awarded based on the quality of the test line and as of August 2006, Arcis has
processed over 50,000 records. It is anticipated that the project will continue
throughout 2006 and into 2007.
OXY Libya Awards Contract to Arcis
OXY Libya, LLC recently awarded Arcis a contract to process 2D data from
the Sirte Basin, Libya. The project will consist of the
reprocessing of vintage data as well as the processing of
data currently being acquired by OXY Libya, LLC. It is
anticipated that this project will continue into 2007.
Arcis Commissions Piano Composition to Celebrate 10th Anniversary
To commemorate Arcis’ 10th Anniversary, we have sponsored the commission of an
eight-minute work for solo piano by Alberta-born composer, Heather Schmidt. Twenty one pianists
invited to the Honens competition quarterfinals will perform this new work
and one quarterfinalist will be chosen to receive a $3,000 prize, donated by Arcis,
for “Best Performance of the Commissioned Work”.
The name of the Commissioned work is Nebula. This is what Heather wrote about the piece:
“Nebula is the name for a cloudlike mass of dust and gas - a phenomenon in the universe
that provides the environment from which stars are created. Nebula seemed to be a fitting
title for this musical composition because it captures the essence of the music -
both the spacious, timeless quality of the opening, as well as the continual transformation
and build in energy that imply something powerful such as the birth of a star.”
Work Safe Alberta 2005 Best Performer Award
Arcis was selected for the Work Safe Alberta 2005 Best Performer Award for exceptional performance in workplace health & safety.
Of Alberta's 128,000 employers, approximately 350 earned this award. Arcis met the following criteria:
- A current Alberta WCB account
- A current certificate of recognition
- A lost time claim rate (LTC) less than 2.0 LTCs per 100 person years, a
LTC rate of 40% better than our industry's LTC rate, no LTCs in the
most recent 120 consecutive person years of employment, and no more than one
additional LTC per additional 120 person years.
- No workplace related fatalities
- No outstanding compliance orders under the Alberta Occupational Health
and Safety (OHS) Act and no current prosecution for a violation
"Thank you for your ongoing commitment to ensuring the health and safety of
Alberta's workers. Congratulations and best wishes for the future," wrote Mike
Cardinal, Minister, Alberta Human Resources and Employment.
Harper 3D Available for Immediate QI and Sale
On behalf of Devon, Arcis is marketing the Harper 3D over the
Galleon Energy Discovery in AB.
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Sun Microsystems Recently
Showcased Arcis Within a Prominent News Release.
Excerpt from news release:
Recent customers worldwide that have signed with Sun include:
Arcis Corporation, a provider of seismic solutions for Canada's energy industry, chose a combination of Sun Microsystems servers and software to address its needs for faster and more effective compute-intensive systems for processing large, structurally complex seismic data volumes. Arcis provides a wide spectrum of 2D and 3D seismic data processing services for domestic and international markets that help customers minimize the risks associated with drilling while reducing exploration and development costs. In February, Arcis implemented a new system consisting of multiple 32 node, Dual-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor-powered Sun Fire servers running the Solaris 10 OS to make good on its commitment to continually invest in research and development, and state-of-the-art technology.
Read full news release.
Exploration Comeback Creates Seismic Shift - Calgary Herald
Article by Shaun Polczer, May 20th.
Excerpt from article:
Because of the cyclic nature of the geophysical business, Calgary seismic broker Arcis Corp. made a decision in 2004 to withdraw its Toronto Stock Exchange listing to become a private company.
Senior vice-president Brad Torry said the company hasn't looked back.
"Public markets are focused quarter to quarter," he said. "It's difficult to be a public company when investors don't understand your business. We're a lot happier being private."
After struggling since 1996 to stay on top of market ups and downs, Torry sees smoother sailing while Arcis continues to build its data library in hot exploration regions in northeast British Columbia and northwest Alberta.
"It's been an extremely busy winter and we're looking at a steady summer," he said.
Read full article.
Canadian Interiors Magazine Feature Article on Arcis'
Offices
April 2006 issue.
Read
article.
CBC Features Arcis
Arcis featured on CBC's The National; Road Stories: Alberta; feature report The Alberta Rocket; March 20th, 2006.
Download the whole report (20 MB video) or just the portion featuring
Arcis and Peter Boyd (1.4 MB video). Copyright of the CBC.
Arcis Sponsors Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre (AARC)
Gala Event
Arcis was a major sponsor of the 2006 AARC Gala banquet to raise
funds to assist adolescents with addictions.
New Surveys Acquired
In the first quarter of 2006 Arcis acquired 6 new surveys, totaling 1,068 km2 of 3D data. Several other strategic locations are currently under consideration for 2006.
View map.
Minehead 3D - available now
West Pembina IV 3D - on exclusive until August 2006
Obed 3D - on exclusive until August 2006
Marsh Creek 3D - on exclusive until October 2006
West Pembina II 3D - on exclusive until November 2006
Pickell 3D - on exclusive until November 2006
Arcis is pleased to announce the addition of new members to
our Seismic Data Processing team:
| Chen, Chongfeng |
Depth Image Processor |
| Ilie, Liliana |
Seismic Data Processor |
| Janzen, Florence |
Sales & Marketing |
| Londono, Gustavo |
Seismic Data Processor |
| Mejia, Jose |
Geophysical Technologist |
| Nieto, Alvaro |
Geophysical Technologist |
| Onwuka, Vincent |
Seismic Data Processor |
| Oyewumi, Kola Matthews |
Senior Software Developer |
| Scheuchner, Camille |
Geophysical Technician |
| Towes, Verdon |
Seismic Data Processor |
| Xu, Yong |
Developer/Researcher |
Fusion Geophysical and Arcis Form Strategic Alliance
The two companies have formed an alliance in the field of
seismic analysis, which will allow Arcis to provide Fusion's
proprietary technologies to our clients.
Brad Torry and Rob Howey Promoted
Peter Boyd, CEO of Arcis, announces the promotion of Brad Torry to Senior Vice President, Participation Surveys and Data Marketing, and Rob Howey to Senior Vice President, Seismic Data Processing.
Arcis is on the Move
On April 16th, Arcis and Kary Data (an Arcis company) are moving to the 26th floor of the East Tower of the Petro-Canada Centre. Phone numbers and fax numbers will stay the same. The new address is:
2600, 111 - 5th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 3Y6
New Employees: Fafu Zeng, Spencer Lee and Tom Charlton
Arcis is pleased to announce the addition of four new members to our Seismic Data Processing team; Fafu Zeng, Vladimir Alexeev, Spencer Lee and Tom Charlton. Fafu joins Arcis as a depth imager, Vladimir as a seismic data processor and software developer, and both Spencer and Tom as experienced seismic data processors. Spencer has 25 years of experience and Tom has 16 years. Arcis offers the energy industry a unique, integrated complement of seismic services; including, data processing, participation surveys, data marketing, geotechnical services and access to an extensive data library.
Spencer Lee; 403-781-6232, slee@arcis.com
Tom Charlton; 403-781-1425, tcharlton@arcis.com
Fafu Zeng; 403-781-6226, fzeng@arcis.com
New Employee: Wendy Ohlhauser
Arcis is pleased to announce that Wendy Ohlhauser has joined our team as a Processing Supervisor. Wendy has over 27 years of experience working in the geophysical processing industry, and comes to Arcis from Paradigm Geophysical (formerly Core Lab Reservoir Technologies Division). Arcis offers the energy industry a unique, integrated complement of seismic services; including, data processing, participation surveys, data marketing, geotechnical services and access to an extensive data library. Wendy can be reached at (403) 781-5872 or by email at wohlhauser@arcis.com.
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