Seafloor Electromagnetic Methods Consortium

The Seafloor Electromagnetic Methods Consortium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography develops electromagnetic methods for the purpose of offshore petroleum exploration. Consortium support since 1996 has led to the developement of a highly reliable marine EM receiver, the active-source EM method for exploration, an acitve-source EM transmitter system, the marine MT method for mapping of 3D salt structures, EM software and modeling tools, and supported several marine EM graduate students. Please visit the links at left to learn more about the SEMC. Also, the tabs at the top of this page offer more information about the Marine EM Laboratory's research and resources.

The Principal Investigators for the SEMC are Steven Constable and Kerry Key. The SEMC also funds Yuguo Li ( Project Scientist), Karen Weitemeyer (Post Doc) and graduate students David Myer, and Brent Wheelock. Arnold Orange joined our group in early 2007 on a part-time, volunteer basis. Jim Behrens left us mid-2007 to find his fortune as a free-lance geophysicist - if you want someone to ride a boat or play guitar, he's your man.

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Current sponsors of the SEMC

• Aker Exploration
• Anadarko
• AOA Geophysics Inc
• BG International
• BGP International
• BHP Billiton
• Black Gold Energy
• BP
• Chevron
• ConocoPhillips
• CSIRO
• Det Norske Oljeselskap
• EMGS
• ExxonMobil
• Fugro
• Geophysical Resources and Services
• GERD
• Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS
• JOGMEC
• Hess Corporation
• KMS Technologies
• Norsk-Hydro
• Ohm Surveys
• Petrobas
• PGS
• Phoenix Geophysics
• QUASAR Federal Systems
• Reliance Industries
• Repsol YPF
• Rocksource ASA
• Shell
• Statoil
• Total
• WesternGeco Electromagnetics (formerly AGO)
• Woodside