EM tool ready for commercialization

摘要

The new EM Locator holds great promise for oil and gas exploration. It just needs a good home. It started with a young man's promise. Inspired by his bride-to-be's dexterity with a dowsing rod, Franz Van de Kop boldly announced that some day he would build her an electronic version to snoop out aquifers. Fast-forward several years, and Van de Kop has kept his promise to wife Bridget and has developed a tool that functions as a direct hydrocarbon indicator in the process. Called the EM Locator, the system consists of a battery-operated source that sends pulses into the ground with electrodes or a loop. The return signals are collected by a sensor, amplified, digitized, and transferred to a laptop for further processing. It can be controlled from a vehicle or on the ground.