Appalachian Basin

Appalachian Basin

Our ever-expanding coverage in the Appalachian Basin has recently doubled to include former ION Geophysical U.S. assets including the Lakeview, Krause, Clearfield, Groundhog, Greensburg, and Allegheny 3D surveys This expansion now brings our portfolio to over 3,400 square miles of high-quality 3D seismic data across the Utica and Marcellus Shales, illustrated in our comprehensive Appalachian Basin map. Fairfield Geotechnologies’ leading position in Appalachia gas-plays provides survey covering Allegheny, Bradford, Green, Lycoming, Susquehanna, and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania and in part represents a partnership with Geophysical Pursuit Inc.

Our Appalachian Basin seismic focuses on overcoming challenges associated with rich culture, difficult topography, and numerous permitting obstacles. Each Appalachian Basin program successfully resolves these issues having benefited from superior program planning, enhanced imaging technologies, noise removal, and reservoir characterization compliant processing.

Survey Coverage

3,400+ SQMS

3D seismic coverage across the Appalachian Basin

6 Penn.

Counties

Allegheny, Bradford, Green, Lycoming, Susquehanna, and Washington

Latest Appalachian Basin News

Industry Articles Case Studies

Doubling Down in the Appalachian: Fairfield’s Seismic Expansion Powers Smarter Investment

Oct 02, 2025 • 5 min read

Key Takeaways: • Fairfield Geotechnologies conducted a regional evaluation of the Marcellus Shale, integrating 3D/2D seismic surveys with production analytics to bring clarity to a geologically compl...

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Fairfield Geotechnologies Adds Strategic Land and GoM Assets to its U.S. Multi-Client Library

Jul 06, 2022 • 5 min read

Fairfield Geotechnologies Named Successful Bidder in the Auction Process for ION Multi-Client Assets Houston, Texas (6 July 2022) – Fairfield Geotechnologies, a U.S. premier provider of subsurface en...

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Industry Articles

The American Oil & Gas Reporter- Shale Plays Drive Seismic Advances

Feb 04, 2020 • 5 min read

HOUSTON–The rapid growth in production from unconventional resources has changed the dynamics of the global hydrocarbon commodities market significantly. It also has changed the nature of U.S. product...

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Fairfield Sharpens its Focus

Jan 13, 2020 • 5 min read

Fairfield Geotechnologies president, Joe Dryer, explains why selling off nodal assets to Magseis was a logical next step for the company. Read the article in its entirety here....

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The American Oil & Gas Reporter- High Density, Long-Offset 3-D Datasets Drive Seismic Acquisition

Dec 17, 2019 • 5 min read

Onshore unconventional formations and deepwater subsalt horizons present radically different operating settings and technical challenges, but the role of petroleum geophysics remains essentially the s...

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Fairfield Geotechnologies Completes Acquisition of Waynesburg III Multi-Client 3D Survey

Oct 30, 2019 • 5 min read

Houston, USA – 29 October 2019 -- Fairfield Geotechnologies has completed acquisition of the Waynesburg III multi-client 3D program in southwestern Pennsylvania and northwestern West Virginia. Located...

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