Geophysicist helps map where to drill for oil, gas deposits

 
BY JAY F. MARKS
Published: December 26, 2010

Drilling for oil or natural gas is too expensive to leave to chance, so energy companies rely on employees like Ryan Miller to point them in the right direction.

Miller is a geophysicist at Devon Energy Corp. His job is to interpret scientific data from seismic tests that can send sound waves as deep as 30,000 feet below ground and identify oil and gas deposits.

“We can’t drill on imagination or hopes...


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