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Events09 June 2026

Meet us at EAGE Annual 2026 in Aberdeen

Our CEO Nanne Hemstra and CTO Arnaud Huck will be at EAGE Annual 2026 in Aberdeen (8–11 June). Get in touch to arrange a meeting on the exhibition floor.

dGB Earth Sciences

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News04 June 2026

Next-Generation Interpretation Workflows

What does a next-generation seismic interpretation workflow look like in 2026? An overview of where OpendTect, AI, and modern compute are taking the interpreter.

Marieke van Hout

OpendTectSeismicAI

News28 May 2026

Reassessing Geothermal Potential in Twente, the Netherlands, Using AI-Enhanced 3D Seismic Interpretation

A case study from Twente, the Netherlands, where AI-enhanced 3D seismic interpretation is used to reassess the geothermal potential of a mature subsurface dataset.

Marieke van Hout

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Webinars07 May 2026

OpendTect Free Webinar — Architecture, Performance & Workflow Enhancements

A free deep-dive webinar covering the new architectural improvements, performance gains, and workflow enhancements that ship with the latest OpendTect release.

Marieke van Hout

OpendTect ProWebinarPerformance

News30 April 2026

AI as a starting point for seismic interpretation in OpendTect

AI should not be a black box at the end of the workflow — it should be the starting point. Here is how OpendTect uses AI to accelerate the first pass of seismic interpretation.

Marieke van Hout

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News23 April 2026

Unlocking the secrets of the Taranaki Basin (NZ)

A look at the Taranaki Basin in New Zealand through the lens of modern seismic interpretation, stratigraphic analysis, and AI-driven attribute workflows.

Marieke van Hout

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News16 April 2026

Rethinking Fault Interpretation: From Manual Picking to Self-Improving AI Workflows

Fault interpretation is moving from manual stick-by-stick picking to AI workflows that learn from the interpreter and improve with every pick.

Marieke van Hout

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Events09 April 2026

You are invited: OpendTect User Meeting in Aberdeen

Join us for the OpendTect User Meeting in Aberdeen — a full day of technical talks, live demos, and direct exchange with the dGB team and the wider OpendTect community.

Marieke van Hout

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Webinars26 March 2026

OpendTect Webinar — New Release Deep Dive

A deep-dive webinar on the new OpendTect release: what is new, what changed under the hood, and how to get the most out of the latest workflows.

Marieke van Hout

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Events22 January 2026

Free Webinar Series 2026

This year, we're excited to host one free OpendTect webinar every quarter. All webinars start at 4:00 PM CET. Can't attend live? Register anyway and receive the recording the day after.

Marieke van Hout

OpendTect ProSeismicPresentations

News08 December 2025

Automatic Fault Plane Extraction — Part 4

This is the fourth post in our series on fault plane interpretation in OpendTect. In Part 1, we looked at pre-processing and visualization of fault attributes. This was followed by manual interpretation on a plane-by-plane basis and by the standard workflow of picking sticks first and creating planes thereafter.

Marieke van Hout

OpendTect ProSeismicPresentations

News27 November 2025

Automatic Fault Plane Extraction — Part 3

In Part 3, we dive deeper into manual interpretation of faults and describe the most common method: From unsorted fault sticks to fault planes.

Marieke van Hout

OpendTect ProSeismicPresentations

News13 November 2025

Automatic Fault Plane Extraction — Part 2

Manual Fault-Plane Interpretation with OpendTect — we move into the hands-on stage: manually picking fault sticks and constructing a fault plane to build a geologically sound structural framework.

Marieke van Hout

OpendTect ProSeismicPresentations

News06 November 2025

Automatic Fault Plane Extraction — Part 1

Fault interpretation typically begins with Pre-processing, where we condition the seismic data to improve fault visibility and reduce noise. This is followed by visualizing fault attributes.

Marieke van Hout

OpendTect ProSeismicPresentations

Events14 August 2025

Visit our team at the MEOS in Bahrain

dGB Earth Sciences will be exhibiting at the MEOS in Bahrain. From 16–18 September, you'll find us at booth #8.C89 showcasing the latest innovations in OpendTect.

Marieke van Hout

OpendTect ProSeismicPresentations

Events14 August 2025

Visit our team at the IMAGE 2025 in Houston

dGB Earth Sciences will be at IMAGE 2025 (25–28 August) at Booth #1048. Our CEO and CTO will showcase our latest technology with live demos, plus talks on seismic inversion and deep-learning enhanced Pseudo3D workflows.

Marieke van Hout

OpendTect ProSeismicPresentations

News10 July 2025

More Than a Button: The Engineering Philosophy Behind OpendTect

To mark our 30th anniversary, former CTO and long-time OpendTect user Friso Brouwer shares a reflection on what makes OpendTect special — focusing on the engineering philosophy that has always made his work more enjoyable.

Marieke van Hout

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Webinars03 July 2025

OpendTect Webinar: New AVO Formulation and Advances in Bayesian Inversion

Free webinar on 18 September at 4 PM CET. Dr. Leandro Passos de Figueiredo from LTrace Geosciences will present exciting developments in the BLI plugin — one of the most user-friendly and cost-effective solutions for generating acoustic impedance, shear impedance, and density from seismic data.

Insights, Updates & Events

Meet us at EAGE Annual 2026 in Aberdeen

Next-Generation Interpretation Workflows

Reassessing Geothermal Potential in Twente, the Netherlands, Using AI-Enhanced 3D Seismic Interpretation

OpendTect Free Webinar — Architecture, Performance & Workflow Enhancements

AI as a starting point for seismic interpretation in OpendTect

Unlocking the secrets of the Taranaki Basin (NZ)

Rethinking Fault Interpretation: From Manual Picking to Self-Improving AI Workflows

You are invited: OpendTect User Meeting in Aberdeen

OpendTect Webinar — New Release Deep Dive

Free Webinar Series 2026

Automatic Fault Plane Extraction — Part 4

Automatic Fault Plane Extraction — Part 3

Automatic Fault Plane Extraction — Part 2

Automatic Fault Plane Extraction — Part 1

Visit our team at the MEOS in Bahrain

Visit our team at the IMAGE 2025 in Houston

More Than a Button: The Engineering Philosophy Behind OpendTect

OpendTect Webinar: New AVO Formulation and Advances in Bayesian Inversion

Join our Machine Learning challenge on a brand new free dataset from Delft, The Netherlands

Machine Learning Fault Prediction Challenge

The FORCE Machine Learning competition 2020

PyTorch added as development environment in OpendTect

We are excited to invite you to join our OpendTect Machine Learning Developers’ Community!

Come see us at IMAGE ‘23 and check out what’s new in OpendTect 7!

Join us for an Exclusive Presentation on Seismic Diffraction Imaging in Malaysia!

Join us at the SBGf International Congress in Rio de Janeiro Brazil from October 16th to 19th, 2023!

dGB Earth Sciences at IMAGE 2022 - Houston

New Major OpendTect release

Sharing Trained Machine Learning Models will redefine our modus operandi

We're gearing up for EAGE 2025 in Toulouse – and our team can't wait to see you there!

Our team has arrived in Toulouse for the EAGE Annual Conference

Machine Learning Data Enhancement of 2D Seismic

Demystify Complex Chained Attributes with Data Flow Visualization in OpendTect

Optimizing Thinned Fault Likelihood (TFL) through Advanced Filtering and Computing RMS of TFL

Introducing our new Pre-trained Fault model (Fault Net)

Have you explored the free 3D auto tracker in OpendTect yet?

Can AI Outshine Human Expertise in Seismic Analysis?

How to Visualize Amplitude Anomaly in 3D Using Spectral Decomposition and RGB Attribute

Streamline Your Presentations with OpendTect: Fast, Professional Results with the free Presentation Maker

Dip Steering: Improving multi-trace attributes

Fault Dip and Azimuth for Machine Learning Fault Likelihood

Finding Hydrocarbons with OpendTect's Fluid Contact Finder and Chimney Cube

High-Resolution 3D Waveform Segmentation

Improving interpretability with Machine Learning

Integrated Machine Learning Rock Property Prediction Workflow

Machine Learning Workflows - De-risking charge and seal issues with AI - Neural Network Chimney Cube

Machine Learning Workflows - Fast and Simple Seismic Facies Analysis - 3D UVQ Waveform Segmentation

Machine Learning Workflows - Ready to go AI workflows - Apply Pre-trained Model

Machine Learning Workflows - Seismic Inversion using AI - Machine Driven Seismic Inversion Workflow

Machine Learning Workflows - Supervised AI Seismic Facies

Machine Learning Workflows - Using AI for Salt Detection

Machine Learning Workflows – Quick UVQ Waveform Segmentation

New enhancement to the Well Log viewer

OpendTect Noise Filters Comparison: Cast your preference

OpendTect Pro supports two OSDU formats: OpenVDS and OpenZGY

OpendTect vs OpendTect Pro

Removing noise and artifacts from (Thinned) Fault Likelihood

Superior fault imaging using OpendTect's Faults and Fractures plugin

Thalweg Tracker: Geobodies Extraction tool

The Power of OpendTect's Attribute Engine

OpendTect v7.0.3 includes the first release of the AWS plugin

XGBoost NPHI Prediction

Creating labels for supervised geoscience applications

This year marks dGB’s 30th birthday🎉—a perfect moment to reflect on where it all began.

New AVO Formulation in OpendTect's BLI (Bayesian Linear Inversion) plugin

Interpretation Showdown: What is your take?

Carbonate Buildup Interpretation

Chimney Atlas - Free Fluid Migration Studies Overview

Cyber Security Certified - Saudi Aramco’s stamp of approval

Low Unit Cost (LUC) Geothermal Installations

OpendTect is now STL compatible thanks to BGE sponsoring

Petition to support the creation of a comprehensive, consistent, open-source well database, for the entirety of The Netherlands

Pioneering in Machine Learning

Seismic Interpretation Services

Upcoming Price Increase

LUC (Low Unit Cost) Geothermal Energy – Field Trip to Piesberg Recap

Free State-of-the-Art Well Tie Module: Your Support is Key!

Black Friday: End of year SPECIAL

dGB provides expert support for Doordewind Wind Farm Zone