Injecting "Nanoreporters" Into Reservoirs May Help Pinpoint Oil Supplies
AUGUST 03, 2009
Associated Press One of the latest attempts to learn where the oil is hiding would involve injecting hundreds of millions of tiny carbon clusters deep into natural underground reservoirs, where changes to their chemical makeup would signal whether they've come across oil, water or other substances. The clusters, referred to as "nanoreporters" and roughly 30,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, also can tell the temperature, pressure and other factors that can help a company zero in on more oil.Read the AP story: " target="_blank">www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32208227/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/
