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Countering mine dangers that threaten land seismic exploration
- Source: First Break, Volume 15, Issue 9, Sep 1997,
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- 01 Sep 1997
Abstract
The debris of war - minefields, unexploded ordnance and other hazards - have left a lethal legacy which only specialist companies like Exploration Logistics can deal with. The very public - but tragically all too brief - campaign by Diana, Princess of Wales, against landmines left over from armed conflicts worldwide has drawn public attention to a problem all too familiar to the seismic industry. Oil companies are resigned to the fact that seismic exploration and subsequent development can be frustrated by the legacy of war. Mark Tomlins says that around the world there are areas, such as parts of the Falkland Islands, which may be 'off limits' forever. The reason is that during the Falklands war in the 1980s when Argentina tried to occupy the islands, plastic anti-personnel mines were planted over wide expanses of the territory.