Method of determining petroleum location
OwnerShuji Moriinventor
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Abstract
The probable location of petroleum deposits is determined by identifying a severe-weather-inducing site from severe weather such as mesocyclones, tornados, funnels aloft, wall clouds or supercells, water spouts, and a high density of multiple lightning ground strikes. Typically the severe-weather-inducing site is located by identifying the initial appearance of the tornado vortex signature in modern Doppler radar or monitoring the severe weather, recording data as to its position and its velocity and acceleration with respect to the ground or water surface if it is moving, and determining the inducing site from such data. The occurrence of multiple severe weather sites in a dense pattern is also used to determine the probable location of petroleum deposits.
Claims28
A method for determining the probable location of underground petroleum comprising the steps of:
- a) monitoring weather phenomena in an area designated for petroleum exploration;
- b) detecting a severe-weather phenomenon;
- c) locating the severe-weather inducing site associated with said severe-weather phenomenon;
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- d) using said severe-weather inducing site as a site for further petroleum exploration.
A method for determining the probable location of underground petroleum comprising the steps of:
- a) selecting a surface area of land or water or both;
- b) monitoring said surface area for multiple occurrences of at least one phenomenon of a group of severe-weather phenomena consisting of:
- 1) a wall cloud or supercell;
- 2) a funnel aloft;
- 3) a tornado;
- 4) multiple lightening ground strikes;
- 5) a water spout;
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- 6) a mesocylcone;
- c) determining the origins of said occurrences of said severe-weather phenomenon;
- d) determining an area of high severe-weather source density within said selected surface area as a probable petroleum deposit location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.