The Next Wave of Exploration:
Petroleum exploration has evolved into a pattern molded on . . . the assembly line. Specialists in data acquisition record field data, which is then handed off to data processing specialists, who in turn deliver the processed sections to a seismic i
. . .With most of the structures found, attention in the last few years has turned increasingly to stratigraphic traps . . . instead of the assembly line approach to exploration, such activities require a more circular feedback system.