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Permits for seismic exploration and $2.00 Bills

In the early 1970’s, a Robert H. Ray Vibroseis crew was working in the coal country of Pennsylvania for Amoco. Part of the planned...

Party V-30 Members Describe Life and Work in Tanzania

GSH Doodlebugger Diary article on land-based seismic acquisition in Tanzania in the mid-1970’s with Western Geophysical crew V-30.

Hollis Hedberg

Story of the launching and life of the R/V Hollis Hedberg, a seismic research vessel owned and operated by Gulf Oil in the 1970's and 1980's

Rivers in Amazon Basin Challenge Western Ingenuity

Seismic exploration in the early 1970's in the Amazon River of Brazil.

Exploring off Fiji Islands

This article is a 2D seismic acquisition survey in the Fiji Islands in the South Pacific in 1973 along with a tectonic summary of the area.

Incas, Spaniards, and Now Westerners in Peru

This article describes efforts to acquire some of the original 2D seismic data in the Amazon jungle of eastern Peru in the early 1970’s.

Western Islander Launched

Recounting the early history of Western Geophysical’s boat building escapades with the launching of the Western Islander in Singapore in 197