Sentences with phrase «locate oil deposits»

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All the big oil companies are beginning to tap hard - to - reach deposits by using 3 - D seismic imaging and computer - controlled sensors to detect where pockets of oil are located in a well.

The Goldston - Yildirim - Pintz finding is like telling the geologist where all the world's major oil deposits are likely to be located.

In Brazil, the immediate remedies for this very real need are seen in the massive number of unharnessed rivers of the Amazon basin and in oil deposits in the jungles of Western Amazônia (not to mention the vast deposits of deep - drilled oil located off - shore along the coast of Rio de Janeiro which is another story).

Large deposits of crude oil called tar sands are located in Alberta, Canada.

The smallest oil sands deposit is known as Peace River, which is located in northwest central Alberta.