The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation has used laser technology for the first time to determine the conditions of a 5,000-metre oil well in the country's second-biggest oil field. A team led by Dr Wang Xiaojun, deputy director general at China's National Institute of Space Technology (NIST), said it had found that water was leaking from cracks on the surface of the well. Deputy director Wu Xiaofeng said the laser could be used to detect the presence of underground oil, as well as monitor the connection of oil-extraction equipment.
The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation has used laser technology for the first time to determine the conditions of a 5,000-metre oil well in the country's second-biggest oil field. It's also testing the system in three other locations. Deputy director Wu Xiaofeng said the laser could be used to detect the presence of underground oil, as well as monitor the connection of oil-extraction equipment.