Landman secures the permission by contracting with land owners. The "sensors" are called geophones I believe. My roommate in college is a Geophysicist.
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Landman secures the permission by contracting with land owners. The "sensors" are called geophones I believe. My roommate in college is a Geophysicist.
They're giving earthworms free massages.
near my buddy's place they actually set off small explosive charges to map the underground. Lots of technology in fuel. One of the few forward moving industries in the country right now.
Yep.
These trucks came through many of my P-Dog hunting grounds in years past in eastern colorado. I also know a kid that earned a Felony by attaching the seismic cables to the back of a pickup and drove all around ripping them up. Oil company wasn't happy about that one.
Very fun to watch the Helicopter pick up and drop off the seismic cables out in the fields too.