In this episode, Mike sits down with Brian Coil, one of STRYDE’s field support experts supporting customers across Asia and the Americas, to explore what it takes to set seismic crews up for success. Drawing on his hands-on experience in the field, we discuss:

• How he helps customers prepare for and deliver their seismic surveys
• The common challenges he sees crews face in the field
• His immersive experiences with our customers, including spending Christmas Day in the jungle, with the Elnusa team on a live seismic survey
• What he believes needs to change to help crews overcome some of the biggest challenges in land seismic acquisition
• His involvement in field testing Halo before its launch in June 2026

In this episode, we sit down with Sandeep Kumar Chandola, who has led geophysics teams at PETRONAS for several years, to explore how smarter survey design, faster turnaround and scalable acquisition can increase the value of seismic data. We discuss:

• Why timely data can be more valuable than perfect data delivered too late
• How modern survey design can support both exploration and development for years to come
• The gap between new seismic data and geological or reservoir models
• The QC information that matters most during acquisition
• Sandeep’s vision for a seamless, scalable land seismic system
• How seismic can support both hydrocarbon exploration and CO₂ storage
• Why higher-density nodal acquisition does not have to mean proportionally higher cost

In this episode, we sit down with Max Brouwers, former Shell exploration leader and now Chief Business Development Officer at Getech, to explore how operators can better understand subsurface risk, high-grade opportunities, and focus investment where it can create the greatest value. We discuss:

• Why operators should “measure twice, cut once” before committing to new data acquisition
• The most important questions to answer before designing and acquiring a seismic survey
• How smarter screening can replace broad, sparse acquisition with more targeted, higher-quality seismic
• What the most successful companies in emerging energy sectors value when making subsurface investment decisions
• The importance of maintaining an exploration mindset — and why “absence of evidence is not evidence of absence”
• Lessons from Max’s time at Shell on aligning technical teams, executives, governments and partners around subsurface risk and opportunity