The Cecil Green Enterprise Award was established to recognize the importance of an individual enterprise to the economic vitality of our industry and shall be conferred from time to time on persons who have demonstrated courage, ingenuity, and achievement while risking their own resources and future in developing a product, service, organization, or activity which is recognized as a distinct and worthy contribution to the industry.

Official recognition of the award will take place on the evening of Tuesday, August 18, 2026, during IMAGE in Houston TX.

See Mihai’s blog post about this award here >

See previous recipients of the Cecil H. Green Enterprise Award here >

See the Honors and Awards page from the SEG website here >

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See the agenda on Mihai’s blog here >

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Z-Terra’s CEO Alexander Mihai Popovici has joined the SEG Foundation’s Board of Directors for 2026-2028.

See Mihai’s profile on the SEG’s website here >

And see all of the SEG Foundation’s Leadership on the SEG website here >

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To see details of Mihai’s class click on the link for “Advanced Depth Imaging Agenda – Room P118″

Read the event overview on the GSH website here >

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The Nessim Foundation – GCCG is proud to host the official inauguration of the Egypt Geo-Archeology Project – bringing together world-class geoscientists, technology leaders, and industry partners who are helping shape the future of Egypt’s subsurface heritage research.
This groundbreaking initiative unites cutting-edge geophysics with archeological exploration to unlock invaluable insights into Egypt’s ancient past using the most advanced technologies and expertise from across the globe.

Read the full announcement on LinkedIn here >

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After dedicating thirteen years to serving Romania’s national oil company, Dan Negut arrived in Calgary in 1990 and has since built an intriguing career in the Canadian oil industry. With more than four decades of experience as an explorationist and geophysicist, Dan has navigated his way through various companies, including Halliburton, Kelman, Arcis, and Divestco, where he held key positions and thoroughly enjoyed the science he practiced. Currently, he is leading Z-Terra North Inc., where he is highly regarded for his expertise.

Read the full interview on the CSEG website here >

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In November 2018, serving as First Vice President on the SEG Board I wrote a short article on the state of our industry looking at the evolution of the main service companies in our industry from 2012-2018 for the TLE President’s Page that appeared in the December 2018 issue, you can find a copy here:
https://library.seg.org/doi/10.1190/tle37120872.1
or here:
http://www.alexanderbrad.com/2018/11/the-state-of-our-industry/
I decided to revisit the numbers in 2024, in the November 2018 article I had to estimate the revenues for 2018 as the data from the public companies was only available for the first two quarters, so I was curious to see how my estimate held against the real numbers. The approximation was pretty good for most of the companies, with a few others doing better.

Read the full article on Mihai’s blog here >
or
Read the full article on the GSH website here >

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Details of the event are here and pictures of the event with Mihai Popovici and Dan Negut in attendance are below.

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