Seismatix delivers seismic tape recovery, legacy-to-modern media migration and subsurface data management for oil and gas operators, regulators and seismic contractors. We operate globally, and every project runs on our own verified pipeline.
We sell services, not software. Our engineers use the Seismatix recovery pipeline on your data, so every tape follows the same documented, auditable path.
Data recovery from aged, damaged or unreadable seismic tapes, including sticky-shed, mould and drive-obsolete media.
Transcription of legacy tape libraries to current storage, with originals preserved and every file checksummed.
Make recovered data findable, trusted and ready for use, for exploration, reprocessing, M&A and regulatory needs.
Not listed? Ask us. We assess unusual media and formats before quoting.
A recovery project is a managed process, not a single read. Every stage records who did what, when and with which result.
Photograph, label and register every cartridge on arrival. Custody starts here.
A checklist covers case, leader, label, contamination and acclimatisation before any tape enters a drive.
Read the tape structure and record every file before restoring anything.
You decide the order. Critical surveys go first.
Parallel drives, retries and error logging. Data lands on verified staging storage.
Trace sequence, dead traces, noise bursts and header checks on every file, with visual previews.
A second person reviews flagged files. The reviewer cannot be the operator who ran the restore.
Two hash-matched copies, a signed report, and media returned or destroyed with a certificate.
The Seismatix recovery pipeline tracks every tape from intake to release, runs automated seismic QA, enforces separation of duties and shows live operations on a wall screen.
The software is not for sale. We use it to deliver your project. The demo uses synthetic sample data only.
Receive a tape, inspect it, catalogue and restore it, run seismic QA and sign off as an independent reviewer. Nothing leaves your browser.
Secure national data assets before the media or the drives needed to read them disappear.
Recover legacy surveys for relicensing, reprocessing and new exploration cycles.
Migrate national archives to modern storage with documented integrity.
Transcribe client libraries and hand back clean, catalogued data.
Verify what a portfolio really contains before you buy, and get usable data fast.
Preserve well, survey and operations records, then dispose of media with certificates.
Rysen Group is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, with laboratory and warehouse capability in Luanda, Angola. Your project runs the way your data policy requires.
Oil and gas data is commercially and nationally sensitive. We run projects under documented controls and align our management system to recognised international standards.
ISO/IEC 27001Information security management
Aligned
ISO 9001Quality management
Aligned
ISO 14001Environmental management and media disposal
Aligned
ISO 15489Records management
Aligned
ISO 14721OAIS archive reference model
Aligned
POPIA and GDPRPersonal data protection
Aligned
Yes. We assess the physical condition of each tape, clean or bake it only where the condition calls for it, and read it with multiple passes and retries. Blocks that cannot be read are recorded and reported, never silently skipped.
We work with 9-track reel, 3480/3490, 3590/3592, StorageTek, DLT/SDLT, Exabyte, DAT and LTO media, and with SEG-Y, SEG-D, SEG-B, SEG-2 and SEG RODE data, plus navigation, well-log and backup-catalogue formats. If your media is unusual, we assess it before quoting.
No. At this stage we sell services. Our engineers use Seismatix, our proprietary recovery pipeline, to deliver your project, and you receive the recovered, verified data and a signed report.
Yes. We can process in-country in a local laboratory where regulations or data policy require it, or transport media securely to our laboratories. Rysen Group is based in Cape Town, South Africa, with laboratory and warehouse capability in Luanda, Angola.
Every file is hashed at read and again at delivery. A dataset counts as safe only when two copies on separate storage have matching hashes. Automated seismic QA checks each file, and an independent reviewer signs off flagged files.
It depends on tape count, condition and format. We give a written estimate after a short assessment, and you see live project status throughout.
We sign an NDA before accepting media, keep a named-user audit trail of every action, use encrypted storage and transfer, and apply need-to-know access. Media is returned or destroyed with a certificate at close-out.
Your data on the storage you choose (disk, LTO, or a cloud tenant), a catalogue and metadata, a QA report, a signed project report with the success rate and exceptions, and your media returned or destroyed with a certificate.
Book a meeting with our team. We discuss your media, formats, volumes and timelines, and then send a written proposal.
Choose a meeting type and a time. You will receive a Microsoft Teams link and a calendar invitation, and we confirm by email.
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