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Method for locating sub-surface natural resources

US8344721B2 · kind B2 · utility

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1References

16Claims

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Assignee

VAISALA OYJ · FI

Inventors

H. Roice Nelson, Jr. · Houston, US
Joseph H. Roberts · Houston, US
D. James Siebert · Katy, US
Wulf F. Massell · Conroe, US
Samuel D. LeRoy · Houston, US
Leslie R. Denham · Houston, US
Robert Ehrlich · Columbia, US
Richard L. Coons · Katy, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 7, 2010
Grant date	Jan 1, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 2, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01V3/082
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for locating sub-surface natural resources. The method utilizes lightning data to discern relatively likely locations for finding the sub-surface natural resources.

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