{"id":152757,"date":"2014-05-25T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpcluster1.dcthomson.co.uk\/pressandjournal\/?post_type=fp&#038;p=152757"},"modified":"2024-01-16T11:31:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T11:31:47","slug":"oil-gas-technology-hunt-life-mars","status":"publish","type":"fp","link":"https:\/\/www.pressandjournal.co.uk\/fp\/business\/scotland-business\/152757\/oil-gas-technology-hunt-life-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil and Gas technology to hunt for life on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"before-the-content-hook-1\" class=\"content-hook\"><\/div><p>Technology used to find oil and gas could help search for life on Mars.<\/p>\n<p>As the global hunt for reserves continues, exploration and production activities are occurring in increasingly harsh environments and drilling is going deeper than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Alfred William Eustes III, a petroleum engineering and drilling specialist, believes the technology could extend even further \u2013 the Red Planet.<\/p>\n<p>His involvement in drilling operations, coring and resonant sonic drillings across the US has led to advising NASA on extra-terrestrial drilling issues and the National Science Foundation on ice coring and drilling in Antarctica and Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>The American will jet into Aberdeen next week to share his experiences with energy bosses at a Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) dinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhilst no organic life has ever been found on Mars, it is possible that a large biomass could exist under the surface, similar to Earth,\u201d he said last night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo determine if this is true, drilling will be required to access the subsurface and the techniques used in oil and gas exploration activities are well suited to future exploratory missions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of my presentation, I will discuss the current plans for Martian subsurface exploration, the techniques that are required to get there and also how what we learn about drilling there could impact us here on Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prof Eustes is an associate professor in petroleum engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, where he has taught for 17 years. As well as teaching and conducting specialist drilling and completions research, he also has more than 35 years\u2019 experience as a professional engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Anthony Onukwu, chairman of SPE Aberdeen, said: \u201cWe are honoured to have secured a speaker of Professor Eustes\u2019 stature, to discuss this extremely interesting and unusual topic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is still a relatively new area of discussion which has gained traction in recent years, with the technology advancements allowing it to become a viable concept.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time that an SPE Aberdeen event will delve into the world of extra-terrestrial drilling and we look forward Professor Eustes\u2019 presentation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His talk will be on May 28 at the Douglas Hotel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"after-the-content-hook-1\" class=\"content-hook\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Technology used to find oil and gas could help search for life on Mars.","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":152811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"esio_related_content":"yes","esio_send_to_subbed":"","send_to_es":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[43],"tags":[376983,383421,143,436656],"newsletter-control":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.pressandjournal.co.uk\/fp\/business\/scotland-business\/152757\/oil-gas-technology-hunt-life-mars\/","author_name":"Ryan Crighton","author_image_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/260807bfe65cdf09bce86c6d1df4b487?s=64&d=blank&r=g","featured_image_url":"https:\/\/wpcluster.dctdigital.com\/pressandjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/mars-1280x720.jpg","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.1 (Yoast SEO v21.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Oil and Gas technology to hunt for life on Mars<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pressandjournal.co.uk\/fp\/business\/scotland-business\/152757\/oil-gas-technology-hunt-life-mars\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oil and Gas technology to hunt for life on Mars\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Technology used to find oil and gas could help search for life on Mars. 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