Quote Originally Posted by blue View Post
Its actually called seismic imaging, and its not anything new.



Source, and a good read on the tech.
Yes, that is really cool technology. We have a client who uses it a lot. They do "resistivity" tests to look for gas deposits in NW Pennsylvania and other places. I have seen what the output looks like and it IS really, really cool stuff.

They talked about how this technology lets them plan SIDEWAYS drilling. That is, they penetrate at a "friendly" site, go down a thousand feet then go sideways as necessary to get to the deposit. Way cool stuff. Now, if only people would understand this and how little it impacts the area being drilled.... We could drill ANWAR and everybody would be happy... (Pipe Dream?)