oil exploration
Seeking underground crude
Oil exploration is the search for underground petroleum deposits.
Geologists and energy companies use seismic surveys, test drilling, and other methods to locate reserves before committing to full-scale extraction.
The term covers both the technical process and the broader industry activity: Oil exploration in the Arctic has sparked environmental controversy.
Exploratory wells that find nothing are called dry holes.
- frackingExtracting gas via pressure
- boom or bustCycles of prosperity and collapse
- core samplingRemoving underground material cylinders
- offshore platformsMarine drilling installations
- offshore drillingExtracting petroleum from seabed
stratigraphy · gravimetry · crude oil · magnetometry · petroleum · directional drilling · reclamation · natural gas · deepwater · arctic drilling · water contamination · blowout · oil · oil field · oil rig · offshore · wellhead · reservoir
- Mappingmap, digital maps, compass rose, GPS, latitude
- petroleumcrude oil, crude, petroleum, oil wells, oil fields
- business venturesventure, startup, franchise, enterprise, investment
- oil industrypetroleum, oil fields, oil well, oil rig, oil production
- African economicsGDP, GDP growth, foreign investment, trade deficit, trade deficits
- Canadian ArcticNunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Baffin Island, Yellowknife
oil explorationclean energy transition
Shift to sustainable power
decarbonization · sustainable energy · energy transition · climate mitigation · energy conservation
oil explorationwilderness conservation
Protecting undeveloped natural areas
land preservation · environmental protection · habitat restoration · resource conservation · ecosystem preservation