( see Petroleum Exploration)
Searching for geological structure and potential hydrocarbon deposits beneath the Earth's surface, such as oil and natural gas, using the surface imaging facilities.
The most popular are:
- Topography
- Outcrops survey
- Climate survey
- Gravimetry survey
- Magnetic survey
- Electrical Resitivity survey
- Seismic surveys
- Passive seismic survey
- 2D seismic survey
- 3D seismic survey
- 4D seismic survey