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Either directly employed by an oil company or under contract with a private company, geologists are the ones responsible for finding oil. Their job is to find the right conditions to trap oil - correct source rocks, reservoir rocks and traps. A few years ago, geologists interpreted surface features, surface rock and soil type, and perhaps some small core samples obtained by shallow drilling. Modern oil geologists also examine surface rocks and regions, with the additional help of satellite images. Investing in Oil However, they also use various other methods to find oil. They can use sensitive gravity meters to measure tiny changes in the Earth's gravitational field that could indicate flowing oil, as well as sensitive magnetometers to measure tiny changes in the Earth's magnetic field caused by the flow of oil. Drilling for Oil in Texas They can detect the smell of hydrocarbons using sensitive electronic noses called sniffers. Finally, and most commonly, they use seismology, creating shock waves through hidden rock layers and interpreting the waves are reflected back to the surface.

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