Offshore Exploration

Shell offshore seismic history including Shell America. 

CHAPTER 1 - 1936: THE BEGINNING NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI  

CHAPTER 2 - 1946-65: THE EARLY ERA IN THE GULF OF MEXICO 

CHAPTER 3 - 1945-65: THE EARLY ERA OFFSHORE THE WEST COAST  

CHAPTER 4 -1963-83: THE FIRST SHELL-DESIGNED SEISMIC SHIPS  

CHAPTER 5 - 1983-85: SHELL'S MODERN SEISMIC SHIP, THE SHELL AMERICA 

This document summarizes how Shell Oil Company has used seismology to  find offshore petroleum, from the first operation in 1936 near Corpus Christi,  Texas, to the present operations off all coasts of the U.S. mainland and Alaska.   Click here  (Note document is split into 6 parts)