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Foundation subsurface software

A shared earth canvas for subsurface science and GIS.

Bring seismic, boreholes, geology, terrain, maps and engineering data onto one canvas. Explore how they fit together, then use Foundation's tools to process, interpret and model the subsurface.

Early access through the Founding Industry Partnership.

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  • Oil & gas
  • Mining
  • CCUS
  • Geothermal
  • Wind
  • Geotechnical surveys
Foundation Base showing the Build-the-Tie workflow for Well-02 in the East 3D survey, with seismic volumes, interpreted surfaces and gated interpreter decisions.
Foundation Base in the Build-the-Tie workflow, with seismic, interpreter decisions and workflow context in one place.
The shared earth canvas

See the geology beneath the map.

A map shows where a project sits. Seismic, boreholes and geological models help explain what lies below it. Foundation brings these observations and interpretations into a common spatial environment, alongside terrain and engineering data.

Move from the regional picture to a section, a structure or a borehole. Compare the model with the measurements that support it, using linked views for data that needs a closer look.

Surface and location

GIS, maps and terrain

Place the investigation in its geographic setting, with survey locations, surface features and infrastructure.

Below ground

Measurements and geology

Examine seismic, boreholes, geophysics, horizons and faults together in their spatial context.

The project

Models and engineering

Compare interpretations, simulations and engineering geometry with the observed ground conditions.

The canvas gives the data its context. Processing, interpretation and analysis tools let you investigate it.

Applications

For energy, mining and engineering.

A reservoir study, a mine and an offshore wind survey ask different questions of the earth. Each draws on geology, spatial data and measurements. Foundation lets you assemble the combination your investigation needs.

Oil & gas

Tie wells to seismic, interpret horizons and faults, and examine geological models alongside log and attribute data.

Mining

Bring drillhole geology, geophysics and geological surfaces together with terrain and mine workings.

CCUS

Examine the storage geology for carbon capture, utilisation and storage projects, using wells, seismic, faults and monitoring observations.

Geothermal

Explore relationships between wells, faults, geological units and geophysical observations in the geothermal setting.

Wind

Review site and cable-route ground conditions using geophysical surveys, boreholes, terrain or seabed data and engineering layouts.

Geotechnical surveys

Compare boreholes, cone penetration tests and laboratory results with the geology along a tunnel, foundation or infrastructure alignment.

The same approach extends to groundwater and environmental investigations wherever subsurface observations need geographic context.

Inside Foundation

A substantial scientific product line.

Foundation brings data access, seismic processing, rock physics, machine learning, interpretation, visualisation and repeatable workflows into one shared earth canvas.

515seismic analysis operations
330attribute operations
42native prestack operators
780rock physics algorithms and workflows
135registered data handlers
16chart families
8domain renderer families
5native seismic runtime families
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Shared Earth Canvas

Keep seismic, wells, surfaces, faults, maps and engineering context together while moving between regional and detailed views.

  • 3D seismic volumes and planes
  • Wells, curves and time-depth placement
  • Interpretation surfaces and faults
  • GIS, terrain and multi-view context
02

Seismic Interpretation and Horizon Tracking

Pick and track horizons, interpret faults and keep every change tied to the seismic evidence behind it.

  • Interactive 2D and 3D horizon picking
  • Seed, line and grid-based surface tracking
  • Fault picks, surfaces and intersection QC
  • Preview, commit, undo and redo
03

Seismic Analysis

Move from traces and volumes to attributes, spectra, structure, horizon analysis and time-lapse comparisons.

  • Instantaneous and windowed attributes
  • Coherence, dip, azimuth and curvature
  • Spectral decomposition and bandwidth
  • Horizon, alignment and 4D analysis
04

Prestack and AVO

Condition gathers, build stacks and AVO products, and retain the QC needed to decide whether the result is usable.

  • NMO, residual moveout and mute
  • Filtering, deconvolution and Q compensation
  • Partial stacks, supergathers and Tau-p
  • Intercept-gradient, EEI and gather QC
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Seismic Processing

Build and run repeatable processing flows from a searchable catalogue instead of assembling command pipelines by hand.

  • 285 catalogued processes in 27 categories
  • Amplitude, filtering and deconvolution
  • Statics, velocity analysis and migration
  • SEG-Y and SU round trips
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Rock Physics and AutoRPM

Calibrate rock-physics models from well data, compare candidate relationships and carry useful priors into seismic work.

  • Fluid substitution and elastic properties
  • Granular, cement and empirical models
  • Reflectivity, synthetics and AVO
  • Facies model ranking and calibrated priors
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ML Modeller

Prepare, train, evaluate and publish scientific machine-learning models with explicit inputs, limitations and qualification evidence.

  • 2D, 3D, PreStack Shot/AVO support
  • Segmentation, ensembles and transfer learning
  • ONNX and TorchScript export
  • Local CPU and approved CUDA inference
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Foundation Models and Model Lifecycle

Build reusable seismic models, adapt them to new data and carry qualified models into governed production use.

  • Self-supervised pretraining and fine-tuning
  • Transfer across 2D, 3D and prestack tasks
  • Model qualification and versioned registry
  • Portable ONNX deployment and native inference
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Chart Engine

Inspect technical data in coordinated displays built for geoscience rather than generic business charts.

  • Well logs and cross-sections
  • Seismic, AVO and well-tie QC
  • Crossplots, spectra and curve comparison
  • Maps, annotations and export
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Render Engine

Visualise large subsurface scenes with domain-aware rendering, streaming and linked views.

  • Seismic planes and 3D ray-cast volumes
  • Transfer functions and multi-channel blending
  • Wells, surfaces, faults, terrain, GIS and point clouds
  • Virtual texturing, LOD and GPU streaming
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Progressive 1D, 2D and 3D Data

Move smoothly from a whole-project overview to full-resolution detail. Foundation's own formats and access paths serve the detail the view needs while preserving exact values for measurement.

  • Continuous level of detail for curves and logs
  • Direction-aware detail for seismic sections
  • Bricked, multi-resolution 3D volumes
  • Bounded reads, compression and streaming
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Native and OSDU Stores

Work directly with native seismic stores and OSDU-backed sources while preserving geometry and scalable access.

  • SEG-Y and sparse-aware indexes
  • CBVS for regular, irregular and prestack data
  • OpenZGY, OpenVDS and OSDU endpoints
  • MDIO chunking and compression
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IMPEX

Detect, read, convert and publish data across subsurface, geoscience, GIS, engineering and scientific formats.

  • Seismic, wells and interpretation
  • Raster, vector, point cloud and CAD
  • Scientific, database and tabular formats
  • Direct and multihop conversion
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Data Management

Assemble projects from existing sources while keeping object identity, lineage and materialised results clear.

  • Source registration and working sets
  • Artifact manifests and provenance
  • Schema validation and compatibility
  • Reference-first Canvas handoff
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Native Host Bridge and Connected Workflows

Use data and specialist tools from existing interpretation systems directly, without rebuilding the project around every application.

  • Native connections to interpretation hosts
  • Direct access to live project objects
  • Specialist tools inside unified workflows
  • Object identity, permissions and provenance retained
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Workflow Engine and Automation

Turn technical work into typed, replayable workflows with human decisions, evidence and headless execution.

  • Branches, approvals and replay
  • Workflow mining and recommendation
  • Governed AI proposals
  • Desktop, service and container execution paths
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Stateful Interpreter and Governed Tool Calling

Work through a problem in conversation without losing project state. Foundation can gather context, propose the next step and call approved scientific tools.

  • Project-aware conversation and working context
  • Typed calls to native tools and services
  • Human approval before consequential actions
  • Durable state, restart and replay
18

Agentic Applets

Package a scientific objective as a focused application that handles context, computation, progress, review and delivery.

  • Trace-attribute volume generation
  • Horizon-window property calculation
  • Seismic model inference
  • Reconnect, correct, cancel and review
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Distributed Execution and Capsules

Start work interactively, then move the same workflow to team servers, cloud or HPC without rebuilding it for each environment.

  • Durable jobs and live progress
  • Desktop, service and container execution
  • Reconnect, cancel, retry and recover
  • Data-resident compute at larger scale
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Knowledge, Provenance and Replay

Keep the evidence, decisions and method with the result so another person can understand it, challenge it and run it again.

  • Evidence-linked project context
  • Inputs, parameters and outputs recorded
  • Decision and approval history
  • Reproducible runs and governed replay
A closer look: seismic interpretation

Spend more time interpreting.

Move between well ties, seismic conditioning, attributes and structural interpretation as the work demands. Compare alternative explanations while the supporting data is in view. Foundation keeps the tools connected, reducing the exports, project rebuilds and manual handoffs that interrupt an interpretation.

01

Open the survey and its history.

Find the seismic, wells, horizons and earlier reports. Reference the source data and bring the existing work into the review.

The shared earth canvas

Whole Earth and Enterprise Context

An interpretation gains value when you can see how it relates to the wider geology, neighbouring projects and the assets your organisation manages. Foundation brings subsurface data, GIS, terrain and engineering information into a common spatial context, from regional coverage to individual wells and structures.

Connect that view to the knowledge held across the business: earlier interpretations, project archives, technical reports and monitoring records. Teams can build on work that already exists, recognise gaps in coverage and assess a new interpretation against a much broader body of evidence.

VolumesMeshesPoint cloudsTrajectoriesSurfacesTime seriesSimulationsDocuments
AI and automation

Explore more possibilities in the time you have.

Ask an agent to find relevant data and prior work, assemble the inputs, run quality checks and carry out a processing sequence. It can coordinate several tools, track progress and bring back results with the information you need to review them.

Use agents to prepare alternative processing runs, organise the outputs for comparison or repeat an established method across datasets. That leaves more of your time for judging the geology and deciding which interpretation holds up.

You define the task and the actions an agent may take. Scientific tools perform the calculations; the agent pauses for failed checks and decisions that need your attention.

Local and customer-hosted models support work within your own environment. The partnership's data commitments are set out below.

Delegate the workAgent activityWhat you review
01Assemble a projectFind data, prior work and missing inputsThe working dataset and gaps
02Compare processing choicesRun agreed methods and organise outputsResults, parameters and QC
03Repeat a proven methodApply the workflow and flag exceptionsNew results and issues to resolve
TaskChecksReviewDecision
The technical record

Revisit an attribute run six months later.

Open the result to find the source data, parameters and software versions used to calculate it. Repeat the run, test different settings or give a colleague the workflow to use on another survey.

Deployment

Keep working as the workload grows.

Move from interactive desktop work to larger jobs on your servers, cloud or HPC within the same workflow. Use the compute the job needs without rebuilding the project or recreating processing steps. Results return with their inputs, parameters and execution history, ready for interpretation.

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Desktop

Work interactively with the data and interpretation.

02

Team servers

Run shared processing services and repeatable jobs.

03

Cloud and HPC

Use larger compute resources for demanding workloads.

04

Existing systems

Connect storage, identity services and specialist tools.

Native host bridge

Work directly with your existing interpretation systems.

Foundation's native host bridge connects directly to other interpretation systems, bringing their role in the workflow into the shared earth canvas. Combine Foundation's tools with the software and project work your team already relies on.

Reduce repeated exports, imports and application handoffs. Build connected workflows across systems so adopting a new method does not mean starting the project again.

Public API

Bring your own tools.

Add specialist methods, build company workflows or connect internal applications through the public API. They use the same data access, permissions and result history as Foundation's own tools.

Getting started

Start with one workflow.

Evaluate Foundation alongside your current software. Connect the data and tools the pilot needs, then extend its use as the team is ready.

Project filesObject storageOSDU / PPDMSpecialist toolsCustomer appsCloud / HPC
Founding Industry Partnership

Explore Foundation with your own data.

We are inviting a small group of industry partners to evaluate Foundation on real projects. Members get early access and work directly with the team to test workflows and shape development priorities.

Show us the data you work with and the questions you need to answer. We will arrange a walkthrough around your discipline, discuss how the datasets fit onto the earth canvas and agree a pilot with your technical team.

Your data stays within your environment.

Participation does not require sharing proprietary data or methods with other members. We agree data access and confidentiality before work begins.

We will not use your data to train models, upload it to the cloud, or allow it to be sent to frontier models through APIs or any other route.

Discuss a partnership
PARTNERSHIP MEMBERS
  • 01
    Early accessUse preview releases on an agreed pilot.
  • 02
    Direct technical supportWork with the people building the product.
  • 03
    Product inputHelp set priorities through the pilot findings.
  • 04
    Deployment planningAssess how Foundation fits your systems and ways of working.