Publications
Explore our extensive library of peer-reviewed research, journal articles, and conference proceedings. We are dedicated to advancing the frontiers of seismic imaging through innovation in beam tomography, diffraction imaging, and high-resolution velocity model building. Access our technical resources below to see how our geophysical expertise solves the industry’s most complex subsurface challenges.
From field to office – A fast-track beam depth migration with tomography updates applied to blended data
Authors: Ali Alzayer, Constantine Tsingas, Nick Tanushev, Mihai Popovici, and Mohammed Almubarak
The Leading Edge, August 2025.“Real Time” Imaging of Blended Seismic Data
Authors: A.Alzayer, C. Tsingas
First EAGE Data Processing Workshop, Cairo, 26-28 February 2024.Fast Track Imaging Using Beam Tomography for Land Data
Authors: Abdulmohsen Alali, Constantinos Tsingas, Jeong Woodon, Nick Tanushev, Alexander Mihai Popovici
September 2022.Depth Velocity Model Building on Blended Data via Beam Tomography
Authors: Abdulmohsen Alali, Nick Tanushev, Constantinos Tsingas
83rd EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Madrid, 6-9 June 2022.A Synthetic Test of Residual Statics
Author: Joseph H. Higginbotham
June 2022.Research Committee Update: The curmudgeon’s column: High-tech low tech
Author: A.M. Popovici
The Leading Edge, Vol. 40, Issue 12, Dec 2021.High Resolution Beam Tomography on 3D Land Data Applications
Authors: Abdulmohsen AlAli, Ramzy Alzayer, and Constantinos Tsingas, Saudi Aramco; Nick Tanushev and Alexander Mihai Popovici, Z-Terra Inc
First International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy, September 2021.Rapid OBN Survey Design Using a Wave Equation Illumination Study
Authors: Jean Paul Gruffeille, Ayman Rehan, Salvador Rodriguez, Malcolm Lansley, Dave Ridyard, Iulian Musat
First Break, Vol. 38, November 2020.Research Committee Update: The curmudgeon’s column, Part 2: Diffraction Imaging
Author: A.M. Popovici
The Leading Edge, Vol. 39, Issue 11, Nov 2020.Survey design and illumination study for complex geology in the Gulf of Suez
Authors: Malcolm Lansley, Dave Ridyard, ACTeQ; Jean Paul Gruffeille, Ayman Rehan, Salvador Rodriguez, Neptune Energy; Iulian Musat, Nick Tanushev, Z-Terra
SEG International Exposition and 90th Annual Meeting, 11-16 October 2020.Research Committee Update: The curmudgeon’s column
Author: A.M. Popovici
The Leading Edge, September 2020.Broadband Azimuthal Processing with Diffraction Imaging
Authors: A.M. Popovici, I. Sturzu, N. Tanushev
Sixteenth International Congress of the Brazilian Geophysical Society, Rio de Janeiro, 19-22 August 2019.President’s Page: Industry revenues
Author: A.M. Popovici
The Leading Edge, Vol. 37, Issue 12, Dec 1, 2018.Diffraction Modeling and Imaging of Sand Injectites
Authors: M.A. Pelissier, D. Brethaut, R.L. Hartstra, M. Jaya, T.J. Moser
80th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Copenhagen, 11-14 June 2018.President’s Page: The future of our industry
Author: A.M. Popovici
The Leading Edge, Vol. 37, Issue 1, Jan 1, 2018.Diffraction Imaging and Well Planning – A Case Study in the Dutch North Sea
Authors: D. Brethaut, B. Hartstra, M. Jaya, T.J. Moser
79th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Paris, 12-15 June 2017.Diffraction Modelling and Imaging of Fluid Escape Features, South China Sea
Authors: T.J. Moser, M.A. Pelissier, A. Ball, I. Sturzu, A.M. Popovici
79th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Paris, 12-15 June 2017.Surface Seismic While Drilling – Imaging of Well Bores in Seismic Context
Authors: E.B. Raknes, T.J. Moser, B. Arntsen, S. Johansen, S. Sangesland
79th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Paris, 12-15 June 2017.Anisotropic elastic wavefield imaging using the energy norm
Authors: Daniel Rocha, Nicolay Tanushev & Paul Sava
Geophysics, Vol. 82, No. 3, May-June 2017.Anisotropic elastic wavefield imaging using the energy norm
Authors: Daniel Rocha, Nicolay Tanushev & Paul Sava
CWP-863, May 2017.Interpretation Value of Diffractions and Sub-Specular Reflections — Applications on the Zhao Dong Field
Authors: Michael Pelissier, Tijmen Jan Moser, Changhua Yu, Jing Lang, Ioan Sturzu, and Alexander Mihai Popovici
First Break, Vol. 35, February 2017.Seismic Diffractions: How It All Began
Authors: Henning Hoeber, Michael Pelissier, Tijmen Jan Moser, Kamill Klem Musatov
First Break, Vol. 35, February 2017.Fast, High Resolution Beam Tomography and Velocity Model Building
Authors: N.M. Tanushev, A.M. Popovici, S.S. Hardesty
The Leading Edge, Vol. 36, Issue 2, February 2017.High Resolution, Super Efficient Wide Azimuth Beam Tomography for Velocity Model Building
Authors: A.M. Popovici, N. Tanushev, S. Hardesty
78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Vienna 2016.Interpretation of Complex Reservoirs — From Outcrops to Superresolution Imaging
Authors: T.J. Moser, S. Johansen, B. Arntsen, E.B. Raknes, S. Sangesland
78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Vienna 2016.
Seismic Diffraction Response from Boreholes
Authors: T.J. Moser, B. Arntsen, S. Johansen, E.B. Raknes, S. Sangesland
78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Vienna 2016.Diffraction Imaging Enhancement Using Spectral Decomposition for Faults, Fracture Zones, and Collapse Feature Detection in Carbonates
Authors: G. Zelewski, W.A. Burnett, E. Liu, M.K. Johns, J. Zhang, X. Wu, G.L. Skeith
SEG International Exposition and 86th Annual Meeting, Dallas 2016.Structural and Stratigraphic Diffraction Imaging — Applications on the Zhao Dong field, Bohai Bay, China
Authors: T.J. Moser, M.A. Pelissier, C. Yu, A.M. Popovici, I. Sturzu
SEG International Exposition and 86th Annual Meeting, Dallas 2016.Classical and Modern Diffraction Theory
Editors: Kamill Klem-Musatov, Henning Hoeber, Michael Pelissier, Tijmen Jan Moser
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Geophysics Reprints Series, 2016.Seismic Diffraction
Editors: Kamill Klem-Musatov, Henning Hoeber, Michael Pelissier, Tijmen Jan Moser
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Geophysics Reprints Series, 2016.Fracture Characterization by Integrating Seismic-Derived Attributes including Anisotropy and Diffraction Imaging with Borehole Fracture Data in an Offshore Carbonate Field, United Arab Emirates
Authors: E. Liu, M. Johns, G. Zelewski, W.A. Burnett, X. Wu, J. Zhang, J. Molyneux, G. Skeith, T. Obara, R. El-Awawdeh, A. Sultan, A. Al Messabi
International Petroleum Technology Conference, Doha, Qatar, December 2015.High Resolution Diffraction Imaging of Small Scale Fractures in Shale and Carbonate Reservoirs
Authors: A.M. Popovici, I. Sturzu, T.J. Moser, C. Tsingas
8th Congress of the Balkan Geophysical Society, Chania, Greece, October 2015.High Resolution Diffraction Imaging of Small Scale Fractures in Shale and Carbonate Reservoirs
Authors: A.M. Popovici, I. Sturzu, T.J. Moser
14th International Congress of the Brazilian Geophysical Society, Rio de Janeiro, 3-6 August 2015.High Resolution Diffraction Imaging of Small Scale Fractures in Shale and Carbonate Reservoirs
Authors: A.M. Popovici, I. Sturzu, T.J. Moser
Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, San Antonio, July 2015.Diffraction Imaging of the Zhao Dong Field
Authors: M.A. Pelissier, T.J. Moser, L. Jing, P. de Groot, A. Sirazhiev, I. Sturzu, A.M. Popovici
77th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Madrid, June 2015.Diffraction Imaging in Fractured Carbonates and Unconventional Shales
Authors: I. Sturzu, T.J. Moser, A. M. Popovici, T.J. Moser, S. Sudhakar
Interpretation, Vol. 3, Issue No. 1, February 2015.Diffraction Signatures of Fracture Intersections
Authors: Mark Grasmueck, Tijmen Jan Moser, Michael A. Pelissier, Jan Pajchel, Kenri Pomar
Interpretation, Vol. 3, Issue No. 1, February 2015.5D Interpolation Using Azimuth Moveout (AMO) and Offset Vector Tiles (OVT)
Authors: A.M. Popovici, S. Hardesty, N. Tanushev
76th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Amsterdam 2014.Diffraction Imaging in the North Sea, Case Study Over the Dutch Q16 Fields
Authors: R.Veenhof, T.J. Moser, I. Sturzu, D. Dowell, A.M. Popovici, F. Nieuwland
76th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Amsterdam 2014.Diffraction Imaging of the Eagle Ford Shale
Authors: I. Sturzu, A.M. Popovici, M.A. Pelissier, J.M. Wolak, T.J. Moser
First Break, Vol. 32, November 2014.Diffraction Imaging Using Specularity Gathers
Authors: I. Sturzu, A.M. Popovici, T.J. Moser
Journal of Seismic Exploration, Vol. 23, February 2014.Method Images Small-Scale Fractures
Authors: A.M. Popovici, T.J. Moser, I. Sturzu
American Oil & Gas Reporter, January 2014.Diffraction Imaging Using Plane-wave Destructor Filters in Common-depth Specularity Gathers
Authors: I. Sturzu, T.J. Moser, A. M. Popovici, I. Musat, N. Tanushev
7th Congress of Balkan Geophysical Society, Tirana, 2013.Specularity Gathers for Diffraction Imaging
Authors: I. Sturzu , A.M. Popovici, I. Musat, N. Tanushev, M.A. Pelissier, T.J. Moser
75th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, 2013, Expanded Abstracts.Fast Beam Migration Using Plane Wave Destructor (PWD) Beam Forming
Authors: A.M. Popovici, N. Tanushev, I. Sturzu, I. Musat, C. Tsingas, S. Fomel
75th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, London, 10–13 June 2013Fast Beam Migration Using Plane Wave Destructor (PWD) Beam Forming
Authors: A.M. Popovici, N. Tanushev, I. Sturzu, I. Musat, C. Tsingas, S. Fomel
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Middle East Oil and Gas Show SPE-164267-MS, Manama, Bahrain, March 2013.High Resolution Diffraction Imaging of Small Scale Fractures Fields in Unconventional Shale Plays
Authors: A.M. Popovici, I. Sturzu, I. Musat, N. Tanushev, T.J. Moser, C. Tsingas
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Middle East Oil and Gas Show, Manama, Bahrain, March 2013.Review of Ray-Born Modeling for Migration and Diffraction Modeling
Author: T. J. Moser
Studia Geophysica et Geodætica, Vol. 56, 411–432, 2012.Diffraction Imaging in Depth
Authors: T. J. Moser and C.B. Howard
Geophysical Prospecting, Vol. 56, 627–641 2008.Diffraction Imaging by Focusing-Defocusing: An Outlook on Seismic Superressolution
Authors: V. Khaidukov, E. Landa, and T.J. Moser
Geophysics, Vol. 69, No. 6; P. 1478–1490, 2004.
