Abstract

In future, geophysicists involved in land exploration will regard this era as one of the most exciting in the whole history o f the science. They will see how the challenge of ever more difficult to locate hydrocarbons was met with a new explosion in imagination and techniques. The period will be regarded as an example to other practical fields of physics in how to use advances in technology for the betterment of all mankind. It will be seen as a renaissance in the science and engineering of one of the world's most important endeavours - the search for energy