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The Geography of Oil
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on Wednesday April 12, @09:40AM
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Vector One links and discuss the oil industry and visualization technologies. Very Spatial discussed the geography of oil as main topic for their 38th episode. The Google Earth Blog also provide links to oil and geology related stuff for Google Earth. From the OilOnline article: "Yet, from 4D seismic and the dynamics of visualization rooms to state-of-the art software for drilling operations, technology is dramatically reducing the industry's historic trial-and-error statistics. [...] It's become increasingly evident that small independents having access to virtually the same technology as majors is changing the business landscape."
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