Find oil from the air

A company in Scotland has achieved initial success in developing aerial search technology from the air.

Well exploited oil between the mainland. Photo: Internet

Experts from Edinburgh's Adrok Company have built a nuclear dielectric resonator (ADR) scanner. This machine can detect oil seams on the shore by using radio waves and microwaves, thereby minimizing drilling of wells.

The technology is working well with oilfields at a depth of 4,000 meters, and experts hope to apply it to the search for offshore oilfields, so it can scan larger areas from overhead. "The advantage of this technology is that we can look at large areas of land, so the size of the projects can increase dramatically , " said Gordon Stove, CEO of Adrok. .

Oil and gas scanners operate by radio and microwave waves into the ground and measure the resonances of electrons in the mineral atoms. "In the past, we have never imagined penetrating into such a land." With traditional equipment, land is often "swallowed up" by the waves, and the secret is the resonance of the waveform and the interaction. with ground materials , " Stove said. Adrok estimates their technology can help reduce the exploration costs of oil companies by 70 percent.

Most recently, the scanner helped accurately predict the presence of an oil reservoir in Oklahoma, which produces 22 barrels of oil and nearly 40 cubic meters of gas per day. Adrok uses a scanner to create a series of "virtual boreholes" at different points in the area, and then process the data to form an overall picture of the size and depth of the field. The test wells are then drilled to confirm the detection of the scanner. In the process of locating the Oklahoma field, Adrok also demonstrated the ability of the scanner to detect mines without significant oil or gas reserves.

Stove adds that his company's internal tests show that their scanners can reach a depth of 20,000 meters and "in theory we go deeper . " ADR technology has also been used in the mining industry to find titanium and have potential applications in water detection.