Science needs to trump market perception. The prospect of using higher value microseismic products founded upon the application of advanced location methodologies, mechanism estimation and the increased understanding of the physics of rock failure and its seismogenic expression is an exciting concept. However, current market conditions are pushing service providers back into a low-cost model founded upon overly automated location estimation with undeclared location error, mechanism estimates with questionable robustness and an overly simple understanding of rock physics. This state of the market and its effect on product quality is in turn having a harmful effect on the perception of what is in reality a very useful diagnostic technology.
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