Monday, February 22, 2016

The Reason Why The Gravity Geophysical Exploration Is Becoming Popular

By Lisa Lee


For a long time now, seismic has been the principal method used in the extracting of gas and oil. The logic behind this was the fact that the other options that were available were not well established to do the extraction. Most of that are changing as the technology has paved the way to new methods to be used in the extraction. An example is the gravity geophysical exploration method, which has become popular due to many discoveries being made in its favor. Below are some explanations that will explain that reason that gravity method is becoming popular.

With the rise of technology, more people are now open to the idea of using gravity as a way of hunting oil. Initially, people were reserved about using this method because the result was rougher and coarser as compared to when they used the seismic gear. However, all that has changed and now people are open to the idea of using gravity as a compliment to the seismic data or even as an only tool of extraction.

Initially, no one would have thought that it would be possible to use gravity alone without implementing the seismic. Now, all that has changed and some large companies are using the gravity technique alone during the extraction, and they are successful. This success has been enabled due to the improvement that has been made to the being given by gravity. The data is faster, reliable and better.

The improvements that have been brought by these results allow the scientist to extract in both large scale and small scale. Initially, the only large scale was possible but with the new improved method, it is possible to have even the smallest size being extracted. This has been possible due to the use of hydro-carbonate that is used to play a major role in the extraction and to enhance the results given by using gravitational force.

It is now easy to explore in detail using gravity method in places where the use of seismic alone has not produced any results. The quality of data that is produced by seismic is not uniform in all settings of geology. This is because of the elastic property that is found in the seismic. There is some rock lithology that does not readily produce the acoustic energy. As a result of this, the signals of seismic can be attenuated significantly and in return will offer little seismic imaging below any acoustically challenging horizons.

No method of extraction is more reliable at the vertical interface than the gravity method. In most cases, it tends to be applicable to the area where there is a cross between the vertical interface and the susceptibility or the lateral density of the contrast of magnetic.

The exploration of oil has become so intense, that there are areas where it cannot be applicable without the use of the gravity process. More explorers are opting to use this method so as to improvement the seismic exploration.

The advance of gravity indicates that there will be a time when this is the most popular method of exploration. More hunters of gas and oil are opened to this idea and implementing it more with each new day.




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