i can just see the Exxon Earthquake machine now....

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Seismic movement could assist in oil production

 

Like so much else in this crazy world, earthquakes are bad for you but

potentially good for oil companies. Seismic shaking appears to increase

permeability of underground rocks, leading to easier oil flow. " [T]his has

practical implications for oil extraction, " says University of California

scientist Emily Brodsky, who with two other researchers published findings in

Nature. Artificially shaking the ground, the researchers believe, could help

extractors obtain oil from natural reservoirs; scientists already use vibroseis

trucks (trucks that shake the ground) to take a sort of X-ray of the earth,

determining the structure of rocks and locating oil. " Potentially if you could

increase permeability you could greatly increase the available oil you could tap

out of a reserve, " Brodsky said. The researchers are now working to pinpoint the

amplitude and frequency of seismic waves that best get the oil flowin'.

 

 

straight to the source: Scientific American, Tracy Staedter, 29 Jun 2006

 

 

straight to the source: People's Daily Online, Xinhua, 29 Jun 2006

 

 

straight to the source: Reuters, Patricia Reaney, 28 Jun 2006

 

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