A Team Effort

Just how does a stubborn sandstone lense give up its treasure of natural gas? It takes certain skills, a lot of expertise, and specialists from virtually every possible field of mathematics and science.

Engineers and scientists help locate natural gas deposits, plan the drilling and construct the platforms. Petroleum geologists use their knowledge of the earth and its subsurfaces to search for oil and gas reserves. Seismologists study the results of soundings taken from gas industry experts as they force sound waves deep into the earth, looking for reflected pockets of possible oil and gas. Chemists use computers for modeling and simulation of gas pockets.