CSEG Symposium – Honouree Andrea Crook, April 18, 2023

OptiSeis attended the CSEG Symposium, April 18, 2023. Thank you to all participants of the 2023 Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists – CSEG Symposium and the committee for organizing this great event. Thank-you to the speakers for their excellent presentations. Also, thank you to the sponsors for their support. Finally, thank-you to all volunteers who […]

OptiSeis Wins the HETI Energy Ventures Pitch Competition, March 8, 2023

OptiSeis won the HETI Energy Ventures Pitch Competition at CERAWeek, March 8, 2023. We are very excited to announce that we won the HETI Energy Ventures Pitch Competition at CERAWeek. Thank-you to all the Optiseis team for your hard work. Also, thank-you to all the volunteers, organizers, and participants. Andrea Crook, Cameron Crook and Leeloo […]

Foresight 50 2022: Canada’s Most Investable Cleantech Ventures

OptiSeis selected in the Foresight 50 Foresight 50, powered by Gowling WLG with support from BDC’s Climate Tech Fund II, the Canada’s Clean50 Awards Program, Copoint, Invest Vancouver, Platform Calgary, Simon Fraser University, and Vancity Community Investment Bank, shines a spotlight on compelling climate solutions by recognizing Canada’s 50 most investable cleantech ventures. From over […]

2021 CSEG Recorder: An Interview with Andrea Crook

Article Excerpt Andrea Crook has worked for an oil company, a geophysical consulting company, both in Calgary, and is now the President of OptiSeis Solutions Ltd., a geophysical acquisition software and survey design company focused on developing innovative acquisition solutions for acquiring high resolution seismic data. She likes to share her seismic acquisition knowledge by […]

Innovation Hacks: Not Just for Start-ups!

Article Excerpt Since COSIA’s inception, a key component of our strategy has been to identify clean technologies available from innovators, including start-up companies. One way we’ve engaged is by pointing them to a technology accelerator where they could benefit from outside expertise and mentorship to drive their clean tech innovation forward. In the past few […]

2021 SEG Podcast Episode 97: How to start 2021 successfully

Andrea Crook, President of OptiSeis Solutions Ltd., joins the podcast to discuss how to take full advantage of online learning and continuing education. Andrea shares the learning resources supporting her professional development, the activities she considers essential for all geophysicists, how her company has adjusted during the pandemic, and the future of geophysical software. This […]

Geoconvention 2019: Best Paper Award

Celebrating the best of GeoConvention 2019 At the Sixth Annual Best of GeoConvention at ConocoPhillips Theater, Calgary, Alberta, December 11, 2019, Andrea Crook was presented with the “Best Paper” Award. The Award was presented for the talk given on Transitioning to High Density Vibroseis – a Case Study. View All Winners View Case Study

CSEG Technical Achievement Award Citation for Andrea Crook

Andrea’s approach to survey design epitomizes the acquisition best practices experts have been promoting since at least the 1970s, namely, design better surveys based on the geophysics, collaborate with all participants (interpreters, processors, field crews) to achieve project goals, and share knowledge on what geophysics can and can’t do. Andrea has been developing and testing […]