# Geoprobe Reviews **Vendor:** Halliburton **Category:** [Geology and Seismic Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/geology-and-seismic) **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 22 ## About Geoprobe Geoprobe software is 3D multi-volume interpretation and visualization solution, to accelerate interpretation workflows from basin scale through detailed prospect and reservoir analysis. ## Geoprobe Reviews ### 1. Launch Customer User **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael M. | Warranty Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 16, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** As a field chemist at Ecology and Environment and Terracon, I operated a variety of Geoprobe's equipment. At E&E we had the third unit off the line in 1989. We put it through it's paces sampling soil, soil gas, and water across the midwest. The E&E unit did not have the gas chromatograph unit included. At Terracon we had 3 units, all equipped with GC's. Terracon also had the track mounted Geoprobe for accessing sample points on difficult terrain. I chased chlorinated solvents and leaking underground storage tank plumes in most states west of the Mississippi. I sampled water from as deep as 200' below grade. The data generated on the mobile GC setup matched CLP level III duplicate samples in almost all cases. We were able to collect many soil core samples from selected depths and analyse them on site for rapid determination of plume shape, size and migration rate. This allowed for rapid deployment of remediation systems and rapid assessment of their effectiveness. I used Geoprobe generated data in multiple court cases to prove sources of soil and ground water contamination. I miss my days putting holes in the ground. **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** I had no dislikes of the Geoprobe equipment. **Recommendations to others considering Geoprobe:** Geoprobe is able to provide rapid on-site data to make decisions on contamination or soil conditions. Geoprobe data acquired by experienced users stands up in court. **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** I delineated soil and water contamination. I used the on board GC to provide quick results for chlorinated solvent and leaking underground storage tank plumes. I mapped landfill gas plumes. I collected soil samples from specific depths to map the vertical extent of contamination. ### 2. Geoprobe is a work horse. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jeremy D. | Project Geologist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** Geoprobe's versatility is a great feature. The small size relative to other drill rigs allows for the unit to reach tight spaces. The tracks allow for zero degree turns and mobilization through most conditions. **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** There is a lot of tooling that needs replaced frequently. This tooling is expensive and proprietary. Due to the tracked design of the geoprobe units, a support vehicle and trailer are needed for mobilization. **Recommendations to others considering Geoprobe:** If you are looking to purchase a geoprobe and you have the resources, I would suggest purchasing a unit that can handle both geotechnical applications, i.e. turn augers, and do direct push. The 7822 machine is capable of doing both. But, geotech holes over 20 ft take exponentially longer. Clearly, geoprobe is not software. It's a drill rig. **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** We typically use geoprobe for environmental soil and groundwater sampling applications. We have also used it for for LIF, CPT, and geotechnical applications. ### 3. Very pleased with all my experience with the 7822DT. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Environmental Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 20, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** Ability to reach hard to access boring locations. Also the durability of the split spoon samplers. **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** Minor issues with the LCD display and electronics. **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Location of contamination plumes and delineation of such. Accesabilty to boring locations while increasing daily production rates. ### 4. Environmental Project Manager **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nathan K. | Project Manager/Geologist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** Groprobe direct push technology is unrivaled. They have 3 or 4 different rig sizes which allows for ultimate mobility and drilling in tight spaces. The power of the rig varies with size. The Geoprobe 7822DT is one of the larger rigs and can push through some of the hardest clay soils of central and northern Indiana. The rotary option allows for quick and convenient monitoring well installation. Environmental sampling is fun and stress free when using a Geoprobe. **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** Rotary power can be limited in hard clay soils. Particularly clay soils in northern Indiana. The truck mounted drill rigs significantly lack power for drilling in clay soils or breaking concrete. Some difficulties opening the spoon sleeve; however, with the right tools it can be easy. Not much to dislike about Geoprobe, great company with amazing products. **Recommendations to others considering Geoprobe:** Space and size of your drilling Site. Depending on the area, you might need to use a smaller or larger Geoprobe rig **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are solving client problems by sampling contaminated soil and groundwater with Geoprobe machinery. Geoprobe drill rigs make projects very cost and time efficient, especially for a large Site. Geoprobe is great for vertical soil boring and monitoring well installation. I have experience with installing permanent and temporary monitoring wells. ### 5. Versatile sampling tech **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alexander C. | Teacher and Video Content Creator, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 28, 2021 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** It's made for people to use easily, portable, and doesn't take too much expertise to set up and operate **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** In very cold climates is hard to get out the soil cores and pack them into samples easily. I'm not sure whether Geoprobe can assist in this matter though. **Recommendations to others considering Geoprobe:** The tech works just fine, so focus on having the right people around you for a better experience. Of course you need a good lab that can reliably analyze your outputs. **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Remediation of rig sites, testing for hydrocarbons in the soil ### 6. Site investigation **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Steve B. | GI rotary driller, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 14, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** Incredibly well manufactured rigs, very reliable and user friendly. User friendly control panel is well laid out. Extraction clamp is quick and simple and the sliding chassis for quick access during installation of wells. The remote control for tracking is a huge benefit with the on board battery charger inside the engine bay. We could complete an 8 metre borehole in under an hour with 2" well screen installation - never managed a borehole completed as quickly on other company manufactured rigs. We found ordering coreliner/spares etc was simple enough and delivery was quick. **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** Replaced the barrel clamp with a stronger one as original broke. Vibration caused nuts to loosing but solved with starlick washers. Noise while drilling from the head. Could not proceed with sampling through blowing sands due to not using a flush medium. This was not a machine fault though. It can be a slow process to get the filter materials around the well screen and tagging the depth due to the diameter of the completed borehole. **Recommendations to others considering Geoprobe:** Far quicker to drill/window sample than a dando terrier or archway competitor. Really good pull back power. Fast tracking which is very stable on uneven ground between boreholes. Good fuel efficiency compared to similar sized rigs. We removed the winch as extraction of core barrel was quick enough usin the clamp. It may be more expensive than other rigs on the market but the speed of drilling boreholes more than makes up for it. I've recommended these rigs to my new employer and forwarded online videos and specifications to the management - says it all really on my experience with using these rigs. **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** We did site investigation and water monitoring boreholes incredibly fast without the need for air/water flush. Very quick setup on uneven ground. We took this rig on a truck around Europe for months without a single issue. Smaller sized coreliner takes up less storage space during mobilisations. On board core extraction is a huge benefit to quickly extract coreliner. The equipment rack on the back is great for moving equipment between boreholes without the need for a support vehicle following. The rig had its own pressure washer to clean of dirt before moving to new sites. ### 7. Very efficient and cost effective **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dusty M. | Staff Geologist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 11, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** I like the efficiency of being able to collect a large number of soil and/or groundwater samples in a very short period of time. **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** The check valves used for collecting groundwater samples from the rods get stuck open very often. **Recommendations to others considering Geoprobe:** Take care of your geoprobe and it will take care of you **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Using geoprobes we can conduct an entire soil or groundwater investigation in a very short time and be way more cost effective than using a drill rig. They can maneuver in tighter spaces obviously also. ### 8. Reliable and Versatile drilling equipment **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David M. | Director Of Environmental Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 10, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** I have had the opportunity to both operate and work alongside Geoprobe equipment in my career. The machines are tough, extremely reliable and able to get to nearly any location. I prefer to have Geoprobe brand equipment above any else on my projects. **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** The parts are proprietary but Geoprobe can replace any equipment needed quickly with a phone call. **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Geoprobe equipment reduces the potential for cross contamination during sampling and is able to reach nearly any location based on their range of equipment sizes. ### 9. Have drilled on a geoprobe numerous times. Very user friendly. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Joshua H. | Operator , Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** The computer module is very easy to use and easy to read. Big fan of the auto throttle feature as well. **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** Geoprobe hand auger jacks are the only product that I did not find of top quality. **Recommendations to others considering Geoprobe:** Can’t go wrong for most applications. **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are able to get the Geoprobe into tight quarters along railroad tracks and drill with augers down to depths of 90 feet. ### 10. A great and powerfull tool to make G&G analysis and very stable at interpretation. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Oil & Energy | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 06, 2021 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** Seismic attributes, seismic interpretation and 3D modeling. **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** Geoprobe has to develope more tools like SKUA. **Recommendations to others considering Geoprobe:** One of the best tools in the market of Oil and Gas industry. **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Better salt dome interpretations supported with seismic attributes. I have been using Geoprobe in a lot projects in México, the benefits its to have G&G data as quick as we need. ### 11. Groprobes are Tektronix probing tools to provide the seamless packet capture capabilities **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 30, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** The session analyser and the datacast, Mostly for troubleshooting the network call failure **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** Nothing everything is fine, didnt face any difficulty while using it. **Recommendations to others considering Geoprobe:** Good **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Network KPI degradation and troubleshooting ### 12. Geoprobe always provides great customer service! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Environmental Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** Their service and support is second to none. **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** The cost of their equipment over value is high. **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Geoprobe has a wide spectrum of equipment & resources that allows us to support our clients in nearly any circumstance. ### 13. Geoprobe provides excellent algorithm for seismic interpretation and 3D visualization. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Oil & Energy | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 09, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** 3D visualization & horizon interpretation **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** - Limited format options for transferring data to other applications. - 8 bit data to be processed in Geoprobe - Not an integrated software **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** - Detail horizon interpretation. - 3D visualization ### 14. Experience has been great. Love Geoprobe machines. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kaylin F. | Hydrogeologist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 27, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** Leaves a small footprint and can be utilized for subsurface investigations in many ways. **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** Inability to probe through tough geology sometimes. **Recommendations to others considering Geoprobe:** No recommendations. **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Environmental subsurface investigation. ### 15. Need time to try out first. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Environmental Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 02, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** Seems to offer a basket of options to review. Instead of researching each. **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** Seems too generalized and broad in scope. **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** During pandemic. Geoprobe offers options to improve site survey. ### 16. Geoprobe - a great 'Swiss Army Knife" of an interpretation tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David A. | Petroleum Geology & Geophysics Consultant , Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 25, 2019 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** Speed of full rendering of the seismic data being interpreted resulted in not only a better interpretation but a more complete one. You could test more alternative interpretations and fully address smaller-displacement faults that might have been skipped but may turn out to effect reservoir continuity. Geobody picking was easy and could be finely detailed. Color rendering and transparency controls were excellent and allowed new insights into the stratigraphy and hydrocarbon distribution in the data volume being interpreted. **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** At least when I last used Geoprobe in 2015 it didn't have rebust graphics displays of well logs and ability to stretch and slide interactively over the seismic cubes. Sometimes loading into memory of large seismic data volumes was slow. However, the software allowed "carving off" sub-volumes for easy day to day access of areas being actively interpreted. **Recommendations to others considering Geoprobe:** Try it, you will like it! It's a leading edge solution, in my opinion. **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mapping complex fault frameworks Picking geobodies which can represent reservoir sweet spots, strat traps, or direct hydrocarbon indicators Map and define three dimensional representations of oil and gas prospects Develop horizon an fault frameworks for reservoir models later scaled into models for petroleum engineers to define likely hydrocarbon production characteristics ### 17. Supperb, user friendly **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 13, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** Working smoothly n easy to use, best tool **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** Nothing, working better if u need you guys can work on its looks **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are taking traces n analysis the traces by using Geoprobe. ### 18. Excellent volumes of attributes and combinations of them. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Oil & Energy | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 08, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** The coherency volumen is one of the best. **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** The loading data interface is no easy to apply **Recommendations to others considering Geoprobe:** Excellent product to obtain volumes of attributes. **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Checking structures with volume consistency ### 19. Great equipment **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Environmental Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 19, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** Maintenance availability and ease of access **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** How often fixes are needed. Expensive equipment and pieces **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Probing and soil collection ### 20. Geoprobe Review from an Environmental Professional **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Environmental Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 17, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** Very accessible, reliable, quick, efficient **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** Noise, maintenance, cold start in winter **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sampling soil and groundwater from depths of 40' below ground surface. ### 21. Experience in running and overseeing Geoprobe direct push and auger operations. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Environmental Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 16, 2020 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** What I like the most about Geoprobe is their customer service. There is always a knowledgeable person willing to take a call at any hour. **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** I would prefer to see more outriggers on some of the direct push machines. **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being able to get in and out of tricky locations. The size of some of the direct push machines allows us to drill where other machines can't. Also fitting into a small connex is nice. ### 22. Powerful tool for geomodeling **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Abelardo P. | Staff Geophysicist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2019 **What do you like best about Geoprobe?** Fast way to visualize and compute attributes in big 3D seismic data **What do you dislike about Geoprobe?** Just the way to select data to display it **What problems is Geoprobe solving and how is that benefiting you?** Compute Seismic attributes ## Geoprobe Discussions - [What is Geoprobe used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-geoprobe-used-for) - [View Geoprobe pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/geoprobe/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-13+21%3A53%3A19+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=f9d8bc94-c5ad-48f7-8077-8be9cf883fe4&secure%5Btoken%5D=2e94b2603528e35270dd9fd2c19bd9253be1811d2a4ede82375861c7957156bc&format=llm_user) ## Geoprobe Features **Agentic AI - Geology and Seismic** - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Decision Making ## Top Geoprobe Alternatives - [Surfer](https://www.g2.com/products/surfer/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (124 reviews) - [Petrel E&P Software Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/schlumberger-petrel-e-p-software-platform/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (17 reviews) - [GEOVIA Surpac](https://www.g2.com/products/geovia-surpac/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (22 reviews)