http://www.seismictalk.com News and views, rants and raves from the seismic industry Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:16:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.seismictalk.com/will-it-break-10000-this-year http://www.seismictalk.com/will-it-break-10000-this-year#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:10:22 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/2007/10/20/will-it-break-10000-this-year Technorati Tags: oil prices , Turkey , Kurdish separatists The title is referring to the price of oil. At $90.00 per barrel as this is being written it would be foolish to bet against it. With the turmoil in the Middle East being added to by the Turkish government’s decision to pursue Kurdish separatists into [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/will-it-break-10000-this-year/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/personnel-department-computer-system http://www.seismictalk.com/personnel-department-computer-system#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:44:52 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/2007/10/11/personnel-department-computer-system Technorati Tags: personnel department , personnel shortage , computerized systems While on a crew run by one of the biggest name seismic outfits recently I was surprised to hear that one of the staff had been bid for multiple jobs at the same time. Bidding in this manner is not unusual but what is highly [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/personnel-department-computer-system/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/safety-culture-today http://www.seismictalk.com/safety-culture-today#comments Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:50:48 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/2007/06/24/safety-culture-today/ Seismic has changed a lot during my years in the industry. In the late seventies there were no such things as HSE reports or stop cards. Management seminars and meetings were about production, costs, logistics and quality. These days HSE plays a very big role and takes up a lot of time both in such [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/safety-culture-today/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/tesla-roadster http://www.seismictalk.com/tesla-roadster#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:15:53 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/2007/03/31/tesla-roadster/ While I have worked in the seismic industry for more than 30 years and believe that everybody who makes a living in the oil industry should drive a big block V8 powered gas guzzler I have to admit that I do like the look of this electric roadster. Looking at the car you would never [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/tesla-roadster/feed 0