GeoBee, outcrop analogue modelling in fieldworks
Themes: Energy
Market ready application
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Why?
Collecting accurate geological datasets has long been a challenge for geoscientists. Several 'Digital Outcrop Modelling' methods exist, but their flexibility is limited. The GeoBee provides both accuracy and flexibility.
How?
The GeoBee workflow applies existing commercial tools (a high-end drone and photogrammetry techniques) with our in-house digitisation tools to create accurate geological datasets for input in geomechanical and fluid flow models.
When?
The GeoBee has been used in two projects, and the resulting datasets and models are providing both academic output (publications) as well as improved geological models for the Oil and Gas industry.
Ir. Kevin Bisdom