EM is becoming a major attraction

Norman Allegar of KMS Technologies explains how this Houston-based company is emerging as one of the players in the market for electromagnetic survey technology. The company was founded in 1999 with a vision to take electromagnetic (EM) sensors to the permanent monitoring market and to establish it as a routine tool in hydrocarbon exploration and appraisal. It was recognized early on that reservoir monitoring systems could offer high value to operators, but at the time, existing seismic-based methods could not convincingly deliver the solutions needed which required knowledge of the reservoir fluid. While there was serious push and support from major oil companies, technology was the motivator for the company.