Abstract
Geologists are using drones to help extract more resources from the North Sea, using the latest visual technologies to identify oil-bearing rocks.
Using an eight-rotor, camera-equipped “octocopter” drone to record rock faces in minute detail, the research team from the Universities of Aberdeen and Bergen in Norway are creating a “Google Earth for geologists”.
John Howell, Aberdeen’s chair of geology and petroleum geology, explained that while two boreholes drilled a mile apart can provide rock samples to examine, the nature of the rock between remains unknown – and could be very different.
Using an eight-rotor, camera-equipped “octocopter” drone to record rock faces in minute detail, the research team from the Universities of Aberdeen and Bergen in Norway are creating a “Google Earth for geologists”.
John Howell, Aberdeen’s chair of geology and petroleum geology, explained that while two boreholes drilled a mile apart can provide rock samples to examine, the nature of the rock between remains unknown – and could be very different.
| Original language | English |
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| Specialist publication | The Conversation |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Jan 2014 |