Take Richard Beavers, a seismic health, safety and environment expert at BP who is helping oversee the program. He said he’s considering getting a tattoo on his arm to remember it by. “I’m going to get a polar bear, “Beavers said, with “seismic imaging in the polar...

Pool is a seismic acquisition specialist for BP. And on a not-too-chilly March day, Pool acted as a North Slope tour guide, showing a group of reporters how 3-D seismic works. We exited a bus and stepped on to a snow-covered gravel pad near the heart of Prudhoe Bay....