PRUDHOE BAY, Alaska: New technology is being used to search for untapped oil in an Alaska bay that is already an established source of fossil fuel, according to officials.
Oil and gas company BP is employing “3D seismic” technology to locate small pockets of previously undiscovered oil in Prudhoe Bay in northern Alaska, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Saturday.
The area has been an oil source for more than four decades, but in recent years its flow has slowed, the newspaper reported.
The technology involves metal platforms mounted to “vibe trucks” weighing about 93,000 pounds (42,185 kilograms) that cause the ground to vibrate with sonic energy, officials said.
