Reading the Rock: How Oil Is Found Underground
In short: How geologists picture the rock traps that hold oil, and how seismic echoes, gravity and magnetic surveys build maps that point to promising rock before any well is drilled.
A 2:01 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS), “Seismic Reflection- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology”; University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment, Institute of Applied Geoscience (Applied Geophysics research group), “Applied Geophysics”; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), “Aggregated Oil and Natural Gas Drilling History”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Petroleum trap | Geology, Stratigraphic Traps & Reservoir Rocks | Britannica”; Geological Survey of Victoria, Victorian Government (resources.vic.gov.au), “Understanding a deep seismic reflection survey”; US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Environmental Geophysics, “Seismic Reflectivity | US EPA”.
Sources used in this film
- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) — Seismic Reflection- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology · View →
- University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment, Institute of Applied Geoscience (Applied Geophysics research group) — Applied Geophysics · View →
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) — Aggregated Oil and Natural Gas Drilling History · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Petroleum trap | Geology, Stratigraphic Traps & Reservoir Rocks | Britannica · View →
- Geological Survey of Victoria, Victorian Government (resources.vic.gov.au) — Understanding a deep seismic reflection survey · View →
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Environmental Geophysics — Seismic Reflectivity | US EPA · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS): Seismic Reflection- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
- Also: University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment, Institute of Applied Geoscience (Applied Geophysics research group: Applied Geophysics
- Also: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): Aggregated Oil and Natural Gas Drilling History
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Petroleum trap | Geology, Stratigraphic Traps & Reservoir Rocks | Britannica
- Also: Geological Survey of Victoria, Victorian Government (resources.vic.gov.au): Understanding a deep seismic reflection survey
- Also: US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Environmental Geophysics: Seismic Reflectivity | US EPA
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