The achievement highlights his dedication to advancing standards in legal metrology while reinforcing GSA’s commitment to excellence.
Since 2018, the Ghana Standard Authority has consistently held scientific conferences to encourage knowledge sharing across its directorates and departments to improve technical competence among its staff.
During this year’s conference, Dr. Bedu-Addo presented on his PhD thesis which seeks to investigate the impact of Model-Based Offset Scaling Technique on the Amplitude Variation with Offset (AVO) Responses from 3D Seismic Data Acquired from the Tano Basin, Offshore Ghana.
His research explains how seismic amplitudes vary with angle or offset, and why it is crucial to preserve unstacked seismic data for accurate analysis.
He used seismic data from the Tano Basin, including a test well, and showed how spectral balancing and synthetic modelling help improve the interpretation of amplitude responses especially in the far-angle stacks.
The results revealed that far-offset amplitudes should be scaled down by up to 16 per cent, depending on the time window, and he identified a Class II AVO anomaly, which suggests the presence of an oil-filled reservoir.
It reinforces the importance of validating seismic processing with well data to ensure reliable exploration outcomes.
Rev. Dr. Striggner Bedu-Addo is a Physicist who has worked with the GSA for the past 15 years in various departments, having served as Technical Committee Member at the Engineering, Building and Basic Standards Department, Head, Information Technology Department, Chief Scientific Officer, Industrial Metrology Department and the Scientific Metrology Department.
He holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc.) degree in Physics, Master of Science in Telecommunications Engineering and Master of Science in Petroleum Geoscience.
Rev. Dr. Bedu-Addo was awarded a PhD in Geophysics from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in November last year.
He has so far published three scientific papers and looks forward to churning out more in the coming years.
He currently serves as Vice President of the ECOWAS Metrology (ECOMET), the Technical Lead for the GSA-PTB Project (Establishment of fit-for-future National Metrology Institute (NMI) in Ghana), and the Technical Lead for the Public Utility Metrology Laboratory project (calibration and verification of Electrical Energy Meters).
His long-term vision for the GSA’s Metrology Directorate is to elevate the secondary laboratories in Metrology to an NMI status under the GSA-PTB project and harmonise the legal metrology activities with international best practices.
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