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Originally started in 1981 to create the first computerized structural restoration program, Geo-Logic Systems was reformed in 1998 by its founders: Jim Geiser, Bob Ratliff, and Kurt Ranzinger.

The GLS mission is to use modern concepts of structural geology to enhance petroleum and minerals exploration and production.

 

Recent News

  • October 2009
    GLS is now part of Halliburton!! On Tuesday, October 27, Halliburton announced its acquisition of Geo-Logic Systems, LLC. “The industry faces increasingly difficult exploration and drilling scenarios,” said Paul Koeller, Halliburton’s vice president of Software and Asset Solutions. “The integration of Geo-Logic Systems offers geoscientists advanced modeling solutions to address the technical challenges of exploring in complex petroleum regimes such as overthrust belts and the pre-, syn- (including sub-salt) and post-rift portions of extensional basins. In these complicated, poorly imaged plays risk reduction is of paramount importance.”

  • May 2009
    GLS's Dr. Catalina Luneburg is chair of a technical session at the upcoming AAPG conference - there should be some great presentations. Here are details - Theme V: Structural Geology "Thrust Belt Plays — Revisit and Application of Emerging Technologies." She is co-chairing along with Drs. Chuck Kluth and Jim Granath.
  • May 2009
    We are very excited to have GeoQuasar Energy Solutions, which specializes in technical solutions for the oil and gas industry, providing LithoTect software, training, and consulting services in the Latin American market. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the company has strategic business alliances and operates in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Marcos de Almeida, the company’s president, has 28 years of experience working in the Oil & Gas Industry. Most recently he was Director of Business Development for Latin America with Paradigm Geophysical, and prior to this position he was the Global Account Director for Petrobras. Marcos has worked in Seismic Data Acquisition, Geophysical Data Processing and as director of business development in the integration of technology for upstream in the areas of structural interpretation, stratigraphic delineation, reservoir characterization and geologic modeling. Marcos has held management positions with CGGVeritas (prior VeritasDGC), WesternGeco (prior GecoPrakla) and Geokinetics.
  • March 2009
    A very successful 2009 LithoTect Advanced Functionality Consortium Meeting was held in Boulder, participants included BG, Marathon, Shell, ExxonMobil, StatoilHydro, Conoco-Phillips.
  • October 2008
    Carolyn Lampe and the group at UCON Geoconsulting are a recent addition to the list of independent consultants using LithoTect - based out of Koln, Germany, they provide worldwide expert consulting, training and full support for all aspects of quantitative numerical basin and petroleum system modeling.

  • September 2008
    Catalina taught a well-received industry course in Denver, Colorado titled "ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURAL TRAPS IN EXTENSIONAL SETTINGS", along with Rick Groshong, Chuck Kluth, and Jim Granath. The course is offered through the Petroskills Alliance.

  • September 2008
    Bob taught another great field/seismic course this month with Peter Hennings in the Sun River area of Montana titled "GEOLOGICAL SEISMIC INTERPRETATION FIELD SEMINAR: FOLD AND THRUST SYSTEMS (MONTANA)". The course is offered through the Geosciences Training Alliance.

  • Mr. Ben Schupack (University of Colorado), Mr. Jeremy Schupack (University of Colorado), and Mr. Nick Miller (Colorado School of Mines) have joined the Boulder office of GLS as a Geologist Interns - welcome!
  • March 2008
    Mr. Vishal Singh (University of Colorado) has joined the Boulder office of GLS as a Java Developer - welcome!

  • February 2008
    A very successful 2008 LithoTect Advanced Functionality First Consortium Meeting was held in Boulder, February 20-22, 2008.

  • December 2007
    Bob is teaching the third annual GLS seminar in the Middle East: STRUCTURAL RESTORATION & BALANCING: COMPREHENSIVE THEORY & LithoTect™ WORKSHOPS, December 2-6, 2007, Cairo and Hurghada, Egypt. The course is offered through Earth Resources Exploration (EREX).

  • September 2007
    Bob taught a great field/seismic course this month with Peter Hennings in the Sun River area of Montana titled "GEOLOGICAL SEISMIC INTERPRETATION FIELD SEMINAR: FOLD AND THRUST SYSTEMS (MONTANA)". The course is offered through the Geosciences Training Alliance.

  • August 2007
    Catalina Luneburg (Ph.D., 1996, ETH under John Ramsay) has joined the Boulder office of GLS. Recently with Midland Valley, Catalina has a wide-ranging structural geology background, including academic faculty and oil industry consulting positions. She has authored or co-authored over 30 technical papers, and has multilingual fluency: English, German, Spanish, French, and Italian!

  • June 2007
    Interested in a job? Work on a modern 100% Java application and get to know the key companies and players in the oil and gas industry. Positions are available for high-level programmers as well as internships for geologists and computer science students. Please contact us for more information.
  • January 2007
    Tom Guidish has been hired as the Director of Sales and Marketing for GLS. Tom has worked in research, operations and sales of technology solutions to the Oil and Gas Industry for 25+ years. He has authored or co-authored over 25 technical papers, and holds a U.S. patent on estimation of Reservoir Porosity from seismic data. He has championed new technologies for the E&P business, developing unique technology solutions and services utilizing leading edge technologies around the world.

  • November 2006
    Bob is teaching a second annual GLS workshop in the Middle East: STRUCTURAL RESTORATION & BALANCING: COMPREHENSIVE THEORY & LithoTect™ WORKSHOPS, November 12 – 16, 2006, Cairo and Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The course is offered through Earth Resources Exploration (EREX).

  • August 2006
    3D Geo - Structural Seismic Consultants are using LithoTect as part of their high-tech, innovative, rigorous balanced seismic-structural geology solutions
    for the oil and gas, mineral, and geothermal industries. Providing the best seismic-structural and tectonic interpretation, modelling, restoration and data collection skills, 3D Geo has global experience, but particularly in Australia and SE Asia.

  • January 2006
    EREX Petroleum Consultants provides LithoTect sales and support in North Africa and the Middle East. Established in 1988, Earth Resources Exploration, "EREX", has been the leading Egyptian petroleum consulting company. EREX has also offered international technical training courses and field seminars since 1991.

  • September 2005
    PEPSAINT, Inc., provides LithoTect sales and support in Mexico and South America. PEPSAINT is a seismic exploration & production business consulting, computer-on-demand provider, and Business-to-Business Web technology company that supplies computing solutions using the latest technology and web-based applications. It recently began construction of a 4000 sq. ft. Seismic & IT Data Center in Villahermosa, Mexico.

  • August 2005
    Lots of new publications by scientists using LithoTect software - a few are available from our website. Professor Shankar Mitra and his students and colleagues have two particularly interesting recent papers (including the 2005 AAPG Best Paper), as does the Bosold et al. group from RWE.

  • January 2005
    Rock Deformation Research is using LithoTect - based in Leeds, RDR is an an established market leader in structural geology, research and consultancy, and offers a wide range of services to hydrocarbon and mineral industries worldwide.

  • January 2004
    Dakon Technologies, Inc., provides LithoTect sales and support in China. Dakon specializes in seismic data processing and interpretation services, and distribution of state-of-the-art commercial geoscience software products. Dakon's Chinese facilities are equipped with complete market and sales forces, has extensive resources to provide the training, pre-sale software engineering and post-sale services.

  • January 2004
    Technology Applications: LithoTect Interpreter - Advanced Geological Interpretation Software from GLS
    - in the Journal of Petroleum Technology, p. 21.

  • October 2003
    GLS releases LithoTect Interpreter - based on the core LithoTect application, LT Interpreter contains an unprecedented amount of functionality for a truly economical price.

  • May 2003
    GLS is on the cover of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin - it's a great set of photos, and the article on the La Popa basin highlights the versatility of LithoTect.

  • September 2002
    The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin this month acknowledges GLS for its financial support in publishing volume 85(6) of the Bulletin, which contained an article by one of us on the Mahogany salt body of the northern Gulf of Mexico.

  • April 2002
    Technology Applications: GLS Structural and Stratigraphic Interpretation Program
    - in the Journal of Petroleum Technology, p. 20.

  • Tuesday March 5, 2002, 9:06 AM Eastern
    Geo-Logic Systems Chooses INT Toolkit to Build Structural and Stratigraphic Interpretation Program
    - at Yahoo! FinanceVision.

 

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