“Currently, digitization is a hot topic. We’re making old data new again just by digitizing it, and making it more accessible through the cloud or online data portals. We are consulting with operators in their (virtual) offices on grading and (de)risking their prospects as they integrate with other data. We are finding ways for our staff to be in multiple places at once with digital microscopy and photography. We are finding new ways to illustrate and analyze our data through mapping and index algorithms.

We are also partnering with other service providers like mud loggers and geochemists to provide integrated products. One that I’m particularly excited about is partnering with geochemists and running x-ray fluorescence and stable isotope stratigraphy to provide a highly resolved stratigraphy. These efforts are based on clients’ feedback and experience to make their workflows simpler and more efficient.”

The economic downturn is fueling a wave of creativity in the drilling industry. Our president, Ryan Weber, tells Basin Dynamics about the utility of biostratigraphic analysis, leadership through diversity of thought, and the new techniques and services Paleo Data has to offer in a new interview!

Ryan Weber, Paleo Data Inc. President

Ryan Weber, Paleo Data Inc. President


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Paleo Data, a PetroStrat Company

Paleo Data Inc. is an employee-owned, full-service biostratigraphy consultancy working primarily in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Coast, with additional international experience. Paleo Data Inc. maintains and updates substantial databases which utilize a consistent and proven biostratigraphic framework for optimal uniformity and accuracy in stratigraphic correlation. PetroStrat is a leading and global provider of integrated geoscience services, delivering best-in-class subsurface solutions to the energy industry, enabling customers to make informed strategic, operational and commercial decisions. They bring together the data, analytical services, and world-leading expertise under one roof, delivering agile, flexible, innovative, cost-effective, and HSE-conscious solutions, to de-risk exploration and development targets and reduce asset uncertainty. The team, in partnership with their clients, has worked on some of the biggest oil and gas discoveries in the world and has a proven track record in delivering significant returns on investment for a range of clients from service companies and small independents, to super majors and state oil companies. PetroStrat’s headquarters and main laboratories are in Conwy, North Wales, with offices in St. Albans (UK) and Northwich (UK), Houston (USA), Calgary (Canada), and facilities through joint ventures and collaborative agreements in Trinidad, Kuala Lumpur, and Mexico. Clients include many of the world’s international and national oil companies.