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The AAPG/Datapages Combined Publications Database

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Abstract

Pub. Id: A012 (1980)

First Page: 7

Last Page: 38

Book Title: M 30: Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade 1968-1978

Article/Chapter: Geologic Significance of Landsat Data for 15 Giant Oil and Gas Fields

Subject Group: Field Studies

Spec. Pub. Type: Memoir

Pub. Year: 1980

Author(s): Michel T. Halbouty (2)

Abstract:

If land satellite data had been available and applied to areas over which giant fields were found, how effective would the data have been in the exploration effort, and what kind of useful geologic information would have been generated from the satellite images? This question obsessed the writer and prompted the effort to find the answer by obtaining satellite images of fifteen existing giant fields in various parts of the world and interpreting whatever geological data the images provided. The studies clearly proved that the images would have been of considerable value in exploring for, and pinpointing the locations of, most of the giants under study. Such a conclusion would indicate that land satellite images and remote sensing data should be a top priority in the searc for the future giants to be found in the remaining prospective areas of the earth.

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