SEAM exists because some of the world’s most influential energy companies, research institutions, and government agencies chose to collaborate on the industry’s hardest problems. Their partnership has shaped SEAM into the premier global consortium for subsurface modeling—and continues to set the standard for what’s possible in geophysical innovation.
These organizations understand the value of cooperation, early access to groundbreaking datasets, and the ability to influence the next wave of industry-defining technology.
Participating Companies
SEAM’s participants include supermajors, national oil companies, top-tier service providers, and pioneering research institutions—representing the full spectrum of the global subsurface community. Their involvement has led to:
- New workflows that became global standards
- Benchmark datasets adopted across academia and industry
- Accelerated innovations in seismic imaging, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), carbon capture and storage (CCS) modeling, and hazard prediction
- Stronger alignment across companies solving the same real-world challenges
SEAM’s credibility is a direct reflection of the companies that invest in it.
The Value of SEAM Participation
Shape the Project from Day One
Participants don’t join SEAM — they build it. From the earliest planning stages, your team helps define:
- Objectives and technical targets
- Industry challenges to be solved
- Model design and generation strategy
- Deliverables, testing workflows, and evaluation criteria
This ensures each SEAM project directly addresses the real-world problems your company is facing.
Your Role and the Benefits of Participating
Your Role
- Serve as a core contributor during planning
- Provide technical input that directly influences project design
- Collaborate with other domain experts
- Help steer the direction, scope, and priorities of the project
Your Benefits
- Two years of exclusive access to all data and deliverables
- A perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use and develop all SEAM deliverables
- Early insight into next-generation workflows long before they reach the broader industry
- Collaboration that builds relationships across the global energy community
- Shared innovation, reduced cost, and lowered project risk
- Benchmark data that strengthens your internal research and development (R&D) capabilities
SEAM gives companies a strategic head start — one that competitors must wait two years to access.
Why Your Participation Matters
SEAM participants are not just supporters—they are the architects of industry-changing technology.
Their leadership has driven advances in:
- CCS/CO₂ sequestration modeling
- Subsalt imaging
- 4D reservoir simulation
- Hazard prediction
- Land seismic challenges
- AI/ML-ready datasets
Your company can help shape what comes next.
Join the Companies Shaping the Future of Subsurface Modeling
SEAM is built by its participants.
Your organization can be part of the next breakthrough.